Author: LEWIS, JOSEPH
Title: The Tyranny of God
Description: New York: The Truth Publishing Company, 1921. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. The text pages are generally clean and bright, however there are several pages that have foxing / patches of toning. "In 1889, Joseph Lewis was born in Montgomery, Ala, where he left school at age nine to find employment. Self-educated, he read Robert G. Ingersoll and Thomas Paine, his life-long "idol." Moving to New York City in 1920, Lewis became president of Freethinkers of America, a position he held his entire life." (from Wikipedia) "The society was founded in 1915. In January 1920, under the auspices of the Freethinkers' Society, Thomas Wright lectured in New York on Nietzsche and Thomas Paine in Manhattan. The society was behind a number of lawsuits seeking to ensure the separation of church and state. In 1925, the society was suing Mount Vernon, New York to stop school authorities from requiring children to attend religious services, with the case picked up as important by attorney Clarence Darrow. As of 1926, publisher Joseph Lewis remained president. After a court order favored their suit in early 1926, later that year, the society instituted injunction proceedings against the Board of Education of White Plains, New York over the decision of Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. Staley to allow time out for children's religious instruction. In May 1927, the Freethinkers' Society of New York took a decision on religious teaching to the Supreme Court on an appeal, after the court upheld the "religious training of public school children during schools hours at churches by parents." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Religion Joseph Lewis Truth Publishing Company Freethinkers Of America Atheism Religion
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Title: The Tyranny of God
Description: New York: The Truth Publishing Company, 1921. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. The text pages are generally clean and bright, however there are several pages that have foxing / patches of toning. "In 1889, Joseph Lewis was born in Montgomery, Ala, where he left school at age nine to find employment. Self-educated, he read Robert G. Ingersoll and Thomas Paine, his life-long "idol." Moving to New York City in 1920, Lewis became president of Freethinkers of America, a position he held his entire life." (from Wikipedia) "The society was founded in 1915. In January 1920, under the auspices of the Freethinkers' Society, Thomas Wright lectured in New York on Nietzsche and Thomas Paine in Manhattan. The society was behind a number of lawsuits seeking to ensure the separation of church and state. In 1925, the society was suing Mount Vernon, New York to stop school authorities from requiring children to attend religious services, with the case picked up as important by attorney Clarence Darrow. As of 1926, publisher Joseph Lewis remained president. After a court order favored their suit in early 1926, later that year, the society instituted injunction proceedings against the Board of Education of White Plains, New York over the decision of Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. Staley to allow time out for children's religious instruction. In May 1927, the Freethinkers' Society of New York took a decision on religious teaching to the Supreme Court on an appeal, after the court upheld the "religious training of public school children during schools hours at churches by parents." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Religion Joseph Lewis Truth Publishing Company Freethinkers Of America Atheism Religion
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 39694
- Book number: 39694
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