{"product_id":"american-freethinker-elihu-palmer-and-the-struggle-for-religious-freedom-in-the-new-nation-early-american-studies-9780812252712","title":"American Freethinker Elihu Palmer and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Given the paucity of information about Palmer and his limited literary output, it wouldn’t seem at first glance that he was a very promising subject for a full-length biography. Fischer, however, does a masterful job of filling out the book by carefully contextualizing Palmer’s life and work in his era...Using the life of Elihu Palmer as its entrée, Kirsten Fischer’s \u003ci\u003eAmerican Freethinker\u003c\/i\u003e serves as an admirable introduction to the history of Enlightenment-inspired radical religion in the United States\" * Nova Religio *\u003cbr\u003e\"[E]xciting...absorbing [and] crisply written...Elihu Palmer (1764–1806), when remembered at all, is often sidelined as a firebrand or crank. This book reintroduces him as a charismatic, resilient go-getter whose vitalist cosmology reveals the unexpected philosophical variety within early American nonreligion...American Freethinker energizes the study of early American nonreligion by detailing the life and views of a significant Deist who, properly understood, upends the common misconception that Deists uniformly believed in a watchmaker God.\" * Early American Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Freethinker\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length study of Palmer—a long overdue treatment of this intriguing figure.\" * Church History *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Freethinker\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful account of a fascinating but understudied figure. Kirsten Fischer has uncovered a trove of new information about Elihu Palmer and has written a definitive biography that will be of interest to specialists, students, and general readers interested in the religious, cultural, or political history of the early republic.\" * Seth Cotlar, author of \u003ci\u003eTom Paine's America: The Rise and Fall of Trans-Atlantic Radicalism in the Early Republic\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"With crystalline prose, Kirsten Fischer rescues Elihu Palmer from obscurity and, more importantly, sets his ideas against the broad religious and intellectual contexts of the early United States. Her investigation extends beyond one iconoclastic freethinker to show the vibrancy of the period's intellectual climate and the dynamism of freethought. This is a book of enduring significance.\" * Erik R. Seeman, author of \u003ci\u003eSpeaking with the Dead in Early America\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue. \"A Religious Tornado\"\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Expansive Christianity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Steady Habits Upended\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. A Liberal Education\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. \"All is Alive\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Freelance Universalist\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Making of an \"Infidel\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Palmer's Rubicon\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Hard Fate\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Fellowship\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Sensitive Atoms\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Lightning Rod\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Specter of Infidelity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Controversy Among Freethinkers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. Weaponizing Freethought\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. The Best Kind of Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Into the Future\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405745037655,"sku":"9780812252712","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-freethinker-elihu-palmer-and-the-struggle-for-religious-freedom-in-the-new-nation-early-american-studies-9780812252712","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}