The Gospel of Intelligence: Robert Ingersoll on Religion and Politics
Jun 2026 · Steerforth
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A powerful collection on religion, politics, and justice from one of America’s most pivotal free thinkers, challenging faulty logic and superstitions about our nation’s founding that persist today.
Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899) is one of the great lost figures in United States history, all but forgotten at just the time America needs him most. An outspoken and unapologetic agnostic, fervent champion of the separation of church and state, and advocate of the rights of women and Black Americans, he drew enormous audiences in the late 19th century with his lectures on “freethought.”
In The Gospel of Intelligence, Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Page puts Robert Ingersoll back where he belongs at the forefront of independent American thought. Distilling copious letters, various newspaper interviews, and writings from the 12-volume set of his works, Page presents Ingersoll’s vast range of inquiry, from his strong critique of religion having a role in government, to the way he challenges the myths of our nation’s founding.
With admirers ranging from Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass, to Eizabeth Cady Stanton and Thomas Edison, Ingersoll remains one of America’s most articulate and entertaining public intellectuals. Featuring a new biographical introduction from Page, this popular collection of Ingersoll's work is an essential read for anyone looking for some of the best arguments ever articulated favoring the separation of church and state and critiquing religious beliefs.
Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899) is one of the great lost figures in United States history, all but forgotten at just the time America needs him most. An outspoken and unapologetic agnostic, fervent champion of the separation of church and state, and advocate of the rights of women and Black Americans, he drew enormous audiences in the late 19th century with his lectures on “freethought.”
In The Gospel of Intelligence, Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Page puts Robert Ingersoll back where he belongs at the forefront of independent American thought. Distilling copious letters, various newspaper interviews, and writings from the 12-volume set of his works, Page presents Ingersoll’s vast range of inquiry, from his strong critique of religion having a role in government, to the way he challenges the myths of our nation’s founding.
With admirers ranging from Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass, to Eizabeth Cady Stanton and Thomas Edison, Ingersoll remains one of America’s most articulate and entertaining public intellectuals. Featuring a new biographical introduction from Page, this popular collection of Ingersoll's work is an essential read for anyone looking for some of the best arguments ever articulated favoring the separation of church and state and critiquing religious beliefs.
A powerful collection on religion, politics, and justice from one of America’s most pivotal free thinkers, challenging faulty logic and superstitions about our nation’s founding that persist today.
Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899) is one of the great lost figures in United States history, all but fo...
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Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899), regarded as something of a secular saint and known as "the great agnostic", was for a long stretch during the 19th century one of the most famous men in America. An outspoken and unapologetic agnostic, fervent champion of the separation of church and state, and advocate of the rights of women and Black Americans, he drew enormous audiences in the late 19th century with his lectures on “freethought.”
Tim Page is the Pulitzer Prize—winning chief music critic for the Washington Post. He is the author of Dawn Powell: A Biography and editor of The Diaries of Dawn Powell (Steerforth Press, 1995) and Selected Letters of Dawn Powell.
Tim Page is the Pulitzer Prize—winning chief music critic for the Washington Post. He is the author of Dawn Powell: A Biography and editor of The Diaries of Dawn Powell (Steerforth Press, 1995) and Selected Letters of Dawn Powell.
Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899), regarded as something of a secular saint and known as "the great agnostic", was for a long stretch during the 19th century one of the most famous men in America. An outspoken and unapologetic agnostic, fervent champion of the separation of church and state, and advoc...
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