TY - BOOK AU - Converse,Raymond W. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Atheism as a positive social force AV - BL2747.3 .C66 2003eb U1 - 211/.8 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Algora Pub. KW - Atheism KW - History KW - Religions KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233); The origin of religion : the earliest beliefs -- The early written records -- Modern religion in the Near East and Rome -- Christianity, Persia, and Islam -- Modern religious thought and the birth of atheism -- A redefinition of atheism -- Atheism as a positive social force -- Atheism in the U.S. -- Atheism as the arbiter of social self-interest -- The task of atheism -- Atheism and Islam; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10476675 ER -