Infidel Deathbeds: Irreligious Dying and Sincere Disbelief in Nineteenth-Century America

This article inquires into the piecemeal, provisional de-marginalization of American irreligion and analyzes the social stakes and strategies of dis/belief's invocation during the long nineteenth century. It does so by considering the era's corpus of American deathbed narratives. It argues...

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Main Author: Kime, Bradley (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2017]
In: Church history
Year: 2017, Volume: 86, Issue: 2, Pages: 427-457
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Last words / Unbelief / History 1800-1900
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBQ North America
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