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Author:

Weldon, Stephen P., 1962- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 285 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Humanism--United States--History--20th century.
Humanism, Religious--History--20th century.
Science--History--History--20th century.
Religion and science--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Medicine, science, and religion in historical context

ISBN:

1421438585
9781421438580

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1149192111

LCCN:

2019052322

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)