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UNINA9910450226603321 |
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Autore |
LeBeau Bryan F |
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Titolo |
The atheist [[electronic resource] ] : Madalyn Murray O'Hair / / Bryan F. Le Beau |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-5285-3 |
0-8147-6516-5 |
1-4175-8827-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Atheists - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-368) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Out of obscurity -- Murray v. Curlett -- The most hated woman in America -- The atheist -- Why I am an atheist -- Articulating the atheist position -- O'Hair's prominence recedes -- O'Hair retires -- Epilogue : The strange disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1964, Life magazine called Madalyn Murray O'Hair "the most hated woman in America." Another critic described her as "rude, impertinent, blasphemous, a destroyer not only of beliefs but of esteemed values.". In this first full-length biography, Bryan F. Le Beau offers a penetrating assessment of O'Hair's beliefs and actions and a probing discussion of how she came to represent both what Americans hated in their enemies and feared in themselves. Born in 1919, O'Hair was a divorced mother of two children born out of wedlock. She launched a crusade against God, often using foul language as she |
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