Damning Words: The Life and Religious Times of H. L. Mencken

by D.G. Hart

Book Overview

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. From his role in the Scopes Trial to his advocacy of science and reason in public life, Mencken is generally regarded as one of the fiercest critics of Christianity in his day.

In this biography D. G. Hart presents a provocative, iconoclastic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802873448
• ISBN13: 9780802873446
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"