LEADER 02197nam 22005293 450 001 9910164924503321 005 20240408210111.0 010 $a9781467446112 010 $a1467446114 035 $a(CKB)3710000001064487 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4859064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7427355 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7427355 035 $a(OCoLC)1427666506 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001064487 100 $a20240408d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aDamning words $ethe life and religious times of H. L. Mencken /$fD. G. Hart ; foreword by Mark A. Noll 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aGrand Rapids, Michigan :$cWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (200 pages) 225 1 $aLibrary of Religious Biography 311 08$a9780802873446 311 08$a0802873448 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLamentable 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. 330 $aRecounts a famously outspoken agnostic's surprising relationship with Christianity H.L.Mencken (1880-1956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author--and a famous American agnostic. 410 0$aLibrary of religious biography. 606 $aMencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 606 $aMencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Religion 615 0$aMencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. 615 0$aMencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Religion. 676 $a818/.5209 700 $aHart$b D. G$g(Darryl G.),$0276841 702 $aNoll$b Mark A. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164924503321 996 $aDamning words$92887750 997 $aUNINA