The atheist [[electronic resource] ] : Madalyn Murray O'Hair / / Bryan F. Le Beau
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| Titolo: |
The atheist [[electronic resource] ] : Madalyn Murray O'Hair / / Bryan F. Le Beau
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 211/.8/092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Atheists - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Americas |
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-368) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The atheist |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-5285-3 |
| 0-8147-6516-5 | |
| 1-4175-8827-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783262603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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