God's Funeral: The Decline of Faith in Western Civilization by Wilson, A. N - 1999

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Inscription on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor rubbing to upper and lower edges. 402pp. A major work which demonstrates that the destruction of religious belief hd been achieved welll before Darwin's momentous 'Origin of the Species', and that by 1900, the Church of England could be pronounced spiritually empty, however full its pews might be on a Sunday. He goes on to show that the church survived into the 20th century because so few people could face the brutal consequences of their own logic because they needed something to believe in. First American Edition. Scarce edition in the UK.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.