Black Freethinkers: A History of African American Secularism

by Christopher Cameron

Book Overview

Black Freethinkers argues that, contrary to historical and popular depictions of African Americans as naturally religious, freethought has been central to black political and intellectual life from the nineteenth century to the present. Freethought encompasses many different schools of thought, including atheism, agnosticism, and nontraditional orientations such as deism and paganism.

Christopher Cameron suggests an alternative origin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810140780
• ISBN13: 9780810140783
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"