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Offers an account of religion and society in nineteenth-century America. Exploring the eruptions of religion in New York's penny presses, the budding fields of anthropology and phrenology, and Moby-Dick, this book challenges the strict separation between the religious and the secular that remains integral to discussions about religion.

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Secularism in Antebellum America

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/12/2011
    ISBN13: 9780226533230, 978-0226533230
    ISBN10: 0226533239
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Offers an account of religion and society in nineteenth-century America. Exploring the eruptions of religion in New York's penny presses, the budding fields of anthropology and phrenology, and Moby-Dick, this book challenges the strict separation between the religious and the secular that remains integral to discussions about religion.

    Trade Review
    "Imaginative and rewarding, this is an exemplary instance of interdisciplinary historical inquiry. A brilliant, groundbreaking book." (John Corrigan, Florida State University)"

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