02197nam 22005293 450 991016492450332120240408210111.097814674461121467446114(CKB)3710000001064487(MiAaPQ)EBC4859064(MiAaPQ)EBC7427355(Au-PeEL)EBL7427355(OCoLC)1427666506(EXLCZ)99371000000106448720240408d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDamning words the life and religious times of H. L. Mencken /D. G. Hart ; foreword by Mark A. Noll1st ed.Grand Rapids, Michigan :William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,2016.©20161 online resource (200 pages)Library of Religious Biography9780802873446 0802873448 Includes bibliographical references and index.Lamentable Heresies -- The Maddest, Gladdest, Damnedest Existence Ever -- Civilized Adults in Their Lighter Moods -- Philistinism, Another Name for Puritanism -- Educated Toryism -- The Mencken Show -- The Stronger Sex -- Finding Meaning and Losing Readers -- Delivered from Anonymity -- What Could Be More Preposterous Than Keeping Alive? -- Conclusion: Learning from H. L. Mencken.Recounts a famously outspoken agnostic's surprising relationship with Christianity H.L.Mencken (1880-1956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author--and a famous American agnostic.Library of religious biography.Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--ReligionMencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Religion.818/.5209Hart D. G(Darryl G.),276841Noll Mark A.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910164924503321Damning words2887750UNINA