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American Freethinker: Elihu Palmer and the Struggle for Religious Freedom in the New Nation - Early American Studies Kirsten Fischer
American Freethinker: Elihu Palmer and the Struggle for Religious Freedom in the New Nation - Early American Studies
Kirsten Fischer
In this first biography of Elihu Palmer, Kirsten Fischer depicts a once notorious freethinker who countered Christianity with the idea of an interconnected universe infused with a divine life force. Denounced as "heretical," Palmer's speeches and writings shaped the contest over freedom of religion and of speech in the new United States.
304 pages, 15 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 18, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812252712 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 635 g |