Secular Thought
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Secular Thought
| image = Secular Thought Cover Image (Jan. 1909).jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Secular Thought cover (January 1909)
| type = biweekly/monthly periodical
| format =
| foundation = 1887
| ceased publication = 1911
| owners =
| political position = Freethought
| publisher = C. M. Ellis
| editor = Charles Watts (1887–1891)
James S. Ellis (1891–1911)
| staff =
| circulation = 800 (1899)
| headquarters = Toronto, Ontario
| language = English
| ISSN =
| website =
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Secular Thought (1887–1911) was a Canadian periodical, published in Toronto, dedicated to promoting the principles of freethought and secularism. Founded and edited during its first several years by English freethinker Charles Watts, the editorship was assumed by Toronto printer and publisher James Spencer Ellis in 1891 when Watts returned to England. During that period, Secular Thought was the principal organ of the freethought movement in Canada, publishing large amounts of material from England and the United States in addition to commenting on Canadian affairs.Ramsay Cook, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985), pp. 46–64.
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External links
- [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22secular%20thought%22%20toronto%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Internet Archive] (holds vols. 31–37, 1905–1911)
Category:Newspapers published in Toronto
Category:Publications established in 1887
Category:Publications disestablished in 1911
Category:1887 establishments in Ontario