Title The scientific spirit of American humanism / Stephen P. Weldon

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource Series Medicine, science, and religion in historical context Medicine, science, and religion in historical context. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 14, 2020) Subject Humanism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Humanism, Religious -- History -- 20th century Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century Religion and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century Humanism Humanism, Religious Intellectual life Religion and science Science -- Philosophy SUBJECT United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140367 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781421438597 1421438593

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