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- 2004266061 abstract "In this sweeping history, Jennifer Michael Hecht celebrates doubt as an engine of creativity and as an alternative to the political and intellectual dangers of certainty -- Just as belief has its own history featuring people whose unique expressions of faith have forever changed the world, doubt has a vibrant story and tradition with its own saints martyrs, and sages.".
- 2004266061 contributor B9888536.
- 2004266061 date "2003".
- 2004266061 description "Doubt is no shadow : a quiz and a guide to the question -- Whatever happened to Zeus and Hera?, 600 BCE-1 CE : Greek doubt -- Smacking the temple, 600 BCE-1 CE : doubt and the ancient Jews -- What the Buddha saw, 600 BCE-1 CE: ancient doubt in Asia -- When in Rome in doubt, 50 BCE-1 CE : empire of reason -- Christian doubt, Zen, Elisha, and Hypatia, 1-800 CE : late-classical mix -- Medieval doubt loops-the-loop, 800-1400 : Muslims to Jews to Christians -- The printing press and the Age of Martyrs, 1400-1600 : Renaissance and inquisition -- Sunspots and White House doubters, 1600-1800 : revolutions in the authority of reason -- Doubt's bid for a better work, 1800-1900 : freethinking in the age of science and reform -- Principles of uncertainty, 1900- : the new cosmopolitan -- The joy of doubt : ethics, logic, mood.".
- 2004266061 description "In this sweeping history, Jennifer Michael Hecht celebrates doubt as an engine of creativity and as an alternative to the political and intellectual dangers of certainty -- Just as belief has its own history featuring people whose unique expressions of faith have forever changed the world, doubt has a vibrant story and tradition with its own saints martyrs, and sages.".
- 2004266061 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [521]-528) and index.".
- 2004266061 extent "xxi, 551 p. :".
- 2004266061 identifier "0060097728".
- 2004266061 identifier 2004266061-d.html.
- 2004266061 identifier 2004266061-b.html.
- 2004266061 issued "2003".
- 2004266061 language "eng".
- 2004266061 publisher "[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2003.".
- 2004266061 subject "121/.5/09 22".
- 2004266061 subject "BD215 .H42 2003".
- 2004266061 subject "Belief and doubt History.".
- 2004266061 tableOfContents "Doubt is no shadow : a quiz and a guide to the question -- Whatever happened to Zeus and Hera?, 600 BCE-1 CE : Greek doubt -- Smacking the temple, 600 BCE-1 CE : doubt and the ancient Jews -- What the Buddha saw, 600 BCE-1 CE: ancient doubt in Asia -- When in Rome in doubt, 50 BCE-1 CE : empire of reason -- Christian doubt, Zen, Elisha, and Hypatia, 1-800 CE : late-classical mix -- Medieval doubt loops-the-loop, 800-1400 : Muslims to Jews to Christians -- The printing press and the Age of Martyrs, 1400-1600 : Renaissance and inquisition -- Sunspots and White House doubters, 1600-1800 : revolutions in the authority of reason -- Doubt's bid for a better work, 1800-1900 : freethinking in the age of science and reform -- Principles of uncertainty, 1900- : the new cosmopolitan -- The joy of doubt : ethics, logic, mood.".
- 2004266061 title "Doubt : a history : the great doubters and their legacy of innovation, from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson / Jennifer Michael Hecht.".
- 2004266061 type "text".