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03654aam a2200433 i 4500 001 162CB784BFA611ECA5AD8FDE3CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220419010024 008 210512s2021 njua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2021022302 020 $a 0691217254 020 $a 9780691217253 035 $a (OCoLC)1240576067 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d PAU $d LNT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a BL2760 $b .S36 2021 082 00 $a 211/.60973 $2 23 084 $a BIO006000 $a BIO006000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Schmidt, Leigh Eric, $e author. 245 14 $a The church of Saint Thomas Paine : $b a religious history of American secularism / $c Leigh Eric Schmidt. 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xvi, 248 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The religion of secularism -- Relics of the secular Saint Thomas -- Positivist rites and secular funerals -- Churches of humanity -- Epilogue: Beyond secular humanism. 520 $a "The forgotten story of the nineteenth-century freethinkers and twentieth-century humanists who tried to build their own secular religionIn The Church of Saint Thomas Paine, Leigh Eric Schmidt tells the surprising story of how freethinking liberals in nineteenth-century America promoted a secular religion of humanity centered on the deistic revolutionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and how their descendants eventually became embroiled in the culture wars of the late twentieth century.After Paine's remains were stolen from his grave in New Rochelle, New York, and shipped to England in 1819, the reverence of his American disciples took a material turn in a long search for his relics. Paine's birthday was always a red-letter day for these believers in democratic cosmopolitanism and philanthropic benevolence, but they expanded their program to include a broader array of rites and ceremonies, particularly funerals free of Christian supervision. They also worked to establish their own churches and congregations in which to practice their religion of secularism.All of these activities raised serious questions about the very definition of religion and whether it included nontheistic fellowships and humanistic associations-a dispute that erupted again in the second half of the twentieth century. As right-wing Christians came to see secular humanism as the most dangerous religion imaginable, small communities of religious humanists, the heirs of Paine's followers, were swept up in new battles about religion's public contours and secularism's moral perils.An engrossing account of an important but little-known chapter in American history, The Church of Saint Thomas Paine reveals why the lines between religion and secularism are often much blurrier than we imagine"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Paine, Thomas, $d 1737-1809 $x Religion. 600 17 $a Paine, Thomas, $d 1737-1809. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00031776 650 0 $a Secularism $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x History. $x History. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Religion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093763 650 7 $a Secularism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01110732 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023403.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=162CB784BFA611ECA5AD8FDE3CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search