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Her muchneeded book is a primer on the antisecularism that characterizes much of american history. A history of american secularism and discovered how little i really knew. Susan jacoby is the author of numerous books, including freethinkers. Susan jacoby is an independent scholar, noted speaker and the bestselling author of twelve books, including the age of american unreason and freethinkers. Jacoby contends that its one of the great unresolved paradoxes that religion occupies such an important place in a nation founded on separation of church and state. Jan 07, 2005 susan jacoby is the author of several books, including wild justice, a pulitzer prize finalist. Susan jacoby is the author of five books, including wild justice, a pulitzer prize finalist.
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