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Outcasts and heretics : profiles in independent thought and courage
Sharpes, Donald K.

Publisher:	Lexington Books,
Pub date:	c2007.
Pages:	xiii, 352 p. ;
ISBN:	9780739123171
Copy info:	1 copy available in CIRC1. 1 copy total in all locations.

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Call number	Copies	Material	Location
BL51 .S4985 2007	1	Book	Main Library - Circulating Collection - 1st Fl.

Summary

Sharpes paints profiles of individuals who stood up against oppressing forces and overwhelming odds. Offering numerous profiles of varying lengths, the selection ranges from such well-known twentieth-century figures as Gandhi, to little-known and neglected historical figures, such as John Leo. Book jacket. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Author Biography

Donald Sharpes is professor emeritus at Arizona State University Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Table of Contents

Tables	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Introduction	1
Part I Modern Outcasts
Chapter 1 Great Souls of the Modern Age	13
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1942)	13
Martin Luther King (1929-1968)	18
Bantu Steven Biko (1946-1977)	23
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969-)	26
Chapter 2 Twentieth Century Dissenters	31
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)	32
Kaj Munk (1898-1944)	34
World War II German Army Deserters	36
Edith Stein (1891-1942)	38
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-	41
Authors and Outsiders	43
Chapter 3 American Outsiders	94
Roger Williams (c. 1603-1683)	50
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)	53
Cochise (c. 1815-1874)	61
Red Cloud (1822-1909)	63
Chapter 4 Skeptical Scientists as Dissidents	67
What Americans Believe	67
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)	70
Natural Selection Over Time	74
Evidence About Human Origins	76
Intelligent Design	79
Chapter 5 Witches and Other Pagans	83
Alice Kyteler, Medieval Irish Witch	86
Witches Among the Puritans	87
Mary Dyer (1611-1660)	90
Modern Wiccas	94
Part II The Legacy of Religious Heresy and Dissent
Chapter 6 Pre-Christian Dissenters	101
Paleolithic Beliefs	101
Greek Mystery Religions	103
Sources of the Literary Tradition	104
Anaxagoras	106
Protagoras	107
Empedocles	109
Socrates	110
Chinese Ideologies	111
Cicero (106-43 BCE): On the Nature of the Gods	113
The Religion of the Romans	115
Chapter 7 Heretics in the First Christian Centuries	119
First Century Rome	122
Apollonius of Tyana, Contemporary of Jesus	128
Marcion, The Heretic	131
Tertullian and the Montanists	134
The Proliferation of Heresies	138
Cyprian of Carthage	142
Chapter 8 The Age of Religious Dissension	145
Emperor Julian	148
Nestorius	153
Pelagius: Original Sin and Grace	160
Boethius	162
Chapter 9 Heresy in Medieval Islam and Christianity	167
Islam and the Infidels	168
Islamic Dissidents	170
The Crusades	174
The Rise of the Military Orders and the Fall of the Templars	178
The Crusade Against Heretics and the Cathars	180
Peter Abelard	186
Roger Bacon, Alchemist	187
Heretics Condemned	190
Chapter 10 Late Medieval Reformers	193
John Wycliffe	194
John Hus	200
Cecco d'Ascoli and Astrology	203
Marcilius (Marsiglio) of Padua	205
Saint Joan (1412-1431)	207
William Tyndale	212
Girolamo Savonarola	218
Chapter 11 Renaissance Dissenters	221
Giordano Bruno	222
Thomas More: A Man for All Seasons	227
Johannes Kepler	232
Rene Descartes	233
Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza	238
Voltaire	241
Chapter 12 Two Queens, One Princess	247
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots	248
Queen Christina of Sweden	257
Elisabeth von der Pfalz, Princess Palatine	263
Chapter 13 Enlightenment Dissenters	269
Denis Diderot	271
Philip-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais	274
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier	278
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet	281
Epilogue	287
Appendix A 293
Appendix B 295
Endnotes	299
Glossary	319
References	321
Index	345

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ISBN:	9780739123171
ISBN:	0739123173
ISBN:	9780739123188 (pbk.)
ISBN:	0739123181 (pbk.)
LC call number:	BL51 .S4985 2007
Personal author:	Sharpes, Donald K.
Title:	Outcasts and heretics : profiles in independent thought and courage / Donald Sharpes.
Publication info:	Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2007.
Physical description:	xiii, 352 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-344) and index.
Contents:	Modern outcasts -- Great souls of the modern age -- Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1942) -- Martin Luther King (1929-1968) -- Bantu Steven Kiko (1946-1977) -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969- ) -- Twentieth century dissenters -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) -- Kaj Munk (1898-1945) -- World War II German army deserters -- Edith Stein (1891-1942) -- Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-) -- Authors and outsiders -- American outsiders -- Roger Williams (c. 1603-1683) -- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) -- Cochise (c.1815-1874) -- Red Cloud (1882-1909) -- Skeptical scientists as dissidents -- What Americans believe -- Charles Darwin (1809-1882) -- Natural selection over time -- Evidence about human origins -- Intelligent design -- Witches and other pagans -- Alice Kyteler, medieval Irish witch -- Witches among the Puritans -- Mary Dyer (1611-1660) -- Modern wiccas -- Legacy of religious heresy and dissent -- Pre-Christian dissenters -- Paleolithic beliefs -- Greek mystery religions -- Sources of the literary tradition -- Anaxagoras -- Protagoras -- Empedocles -- Socrates -- Chinese ideologies -- Cicero (106-43 BCE) : On the nature of the gods -- Religion of the Romans -- Heretics in the first Christian centuries -- First century Rome -- Apollonius of Tyana, contemporary of Jesus -- Marcion, the heretic -- Tertullian and the montanists -- Proliferation of heresies -- Cyprian of Carthage -- Age of religious dissension -- Emperor Julian -- Nestorius -- Pelagius : original sin and grace -- Boethius -- Heresy in medieval Islam and Christianity -- Islam and the infidels -- Islamic dissidents -- Crusades -- Rise of the military orders and the fall of the Templars -- Crusade against heretics and the Cathars -- Peter Abelard -- Roger Bacon , alchemist -- Heretics condemned -- Late medieval reformers -- John Wycliffe -- John Hus -- Cecco d'Ascoli and astrology -- Marcilius (Marsiglio) of Padua -- Saint Joan (1412-1431) -- William Tyndale -- Girolamo Savonarola -- Renaissance dissenters -- Giordano Bruno -- Thomas More : a man for all seasons -- Johannes Kepler -- Rene Descartes -- Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza -- Voltaire -- Two queens, one princess -- Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots -- Queen Christina of Sweden -- Elisabeth von der Pfalz, princess Palatine -- Enlightenment dissenters -- Denis Diderot -- Philip-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais -- Antoine Laurent Lavoisier -- Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet.
Subject:	Philosophy and religion.
Subject:	Theologians.
Subject:	Philosophers.