Damning Words

<DIV><I>Recounts a famously outspoken agnostic's surprising relationship with Christianity</I><BR /><BR /> 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.<BR /><BR /> In this biography D. G. Hart presents a provocative iconoclastic perspective on Mencken's life. Even as Mencken vividly debunked American religious ideals says Hart it was Christianity that largely framed his ideas career and fame. Mencken's relationship to the Christian faith was at once antagonistic and symbiotic.<BR /><BR /> Using plenty of Mencken's own words <I>Damning Words</I> superbly portrays an influential figure in twentieth-century America and at the same time casts telling new light on his era.</DIV>