| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
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Medicine, science, and religion in historical context.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. The scientific spirit of American humanism -- Liberal Christianity and the frontiers of American belief (1800-1920) -- The birth of religious humanism (1900-1920) -- Manifesto for an age of science (1920-1933) -- Philosophers in the pulpit (1910-1940) -- Humanists at war (1935-1945) -- Surviving the nuclear age (1945-1960) -- Scientific humanism and biological man (1957-1972) -- Inside the humanist counterculture (1956-1973) -- Skeptics in the age of Aquarius (1974-1985) -- The fundamentalist challenge (1968-1987) -- Fighting creationism and fundamentalist pseudoscience (1968-1987) -- The humanist ethos of science in modern America -- Epilogue: Science and millennial humanism. |
| Summary |
"A study in the history of science, this book explores the worldview and activism of a like-minded group of American intellectuals living in the twentieth century--from liberal Unitarians of the 1910s to Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov in the 1980s. It follows the fortunes of a few generations of ministers, philosophers, and scientists who wanted to replace traditional religion with a modern, scientifically informed kind of humanism"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Humanism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Humanism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Humanism, Religious -- History -- 20th century.
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Humanism, Religious. |
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Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Religion and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Religion and science. |
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weldon, Stephen P., 1962- Scientific spirit of American humanism. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020 (DLC) 2019052322 |
| ISBN |
9781421438597 (electronic book) |
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1421438593 (electronic book) |
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9781421438580 |
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1421438585 |
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