1874 Heterodox London: Or, Phases of Free Thought in the Metropolis

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First Edition, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

Complete in two volumes. First edition. A scarce edition of this work. A comprehensive study of the different movements and important figures associated with "free thought", the idea that beliefs and opinions should be formed based on reason, logic, and empirical observation, rather than dogma, authority or tradition. With discussions of secularism and atheism in Victorian London, this work intends to present the arguments of these individuals and groups to a broader public through chapters entitled: the nemesis of faith, sociable heretics, and ritualistic Unitarianism. Including commentaries on the most high profile supporters of this movement, as well as those who reject their ideas. Written by Charles Maurice Davies, an Anglican clergyman, writer and spiritualist.