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H.L. Mencken on religion

Author: H L Mencken; S T Joshi
Publisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The great majority of these writings (gathered from the newspapers and magazines in which they originally appeared) have never been reprinted, and they present a far broader picture of Mencken's stance on religion than can be found in his well-known 'Treatise on the Gods' (1930)"--Jacket.
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Genre/Form: Controversial literature
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
H.L. Mencken on religion.
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2002
(OCoLC)606926722
Online version:
Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
H.L. Mencken on religion.
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2002
(OCoLC)607790333
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: H L Mencken; S T Joshi
ISBN: 1573929824 9781573929820
OCLC Number: 49976887
Description: 330 pages ; 23 cm
Contents: I. The Beliefs of an Iconoclast --
II. Some Overviews --
III. Protestants and Catholics --
IV. Fundamentalists and Evangelicals --
V. Spiritualism, Theosophy, and Christian Science --
VI. The Scopes Trial --
VII. Religion and Science --
VIII. Religion and Politics --
IX. Religion and Society --
Epilogue: Memorial Service.
Other Titles: On religion
Responsibility: edited by S.T. Joshi.

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As a journalist, H L Mencken gained national prominence through his newspaper columns describing the famous 1925 Scopes trial, which pitted religious fundamentalists against a public school teacher  Read more...

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