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Name: Doubt: A History
Author: Jennifer Hecht

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.

First publish date: October 14, 2003

Authors: Jennifer Hecht

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