Treatise on the gods (Record no. 75789)
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 96051594 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 080185654X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780801856549 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)36051277 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 200 Men |
| Item number | 8 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 200 Men |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mencken, H. L. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Treatise on the gods |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | H.L. Mencken |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed., corr. & rewritten. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Baltimore |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 319 p. |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Maryland paperback bookshelf |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Originally published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1946. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Title | Contents: The Nature and Origin of Religion Its Evolution Its Varieties Its Christian Form Its State Today Bibliographical Note Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | H. L. Mencken is perhaps best known for his scathing political satire. But politicians, as far as Mencken was concerned, had no monopoly on self-righteous chest-thumping, deceit, and thievery. He also found religion to be an adversary worthy of his attention and, in Treatise on the Gods, he offers some of his best shots, a choreographed cannonade.Mencken examines religion everywhere, from India to Peru, from the myths of Egypt to the traditional beliefs of America's Bible Belt. He compares Incas and Greeks, examines doctrines, dogmas, sacred texts, heresies, and ceremonies. He ranges far and wide, but returns at last to the subject that most provokes him: Christianity. He reviews the history of the Church and its founders. "It is Tertullian who is credited with the motto, Credo, quia absurdum est: I believe because it is incredible. Needless to say, he began life as a lawyer." Mencken is no less interested in the dissidents: "The Reformers were men of courage, but not many of them were intelligent." Against the old-time religion of fellow countrymen, Mencken posed as a figure of old-time skepticism, and he reaped the whirlwind. Controversial even before it was published in 1930, Treatise on the Gods remains what its author wished it to be: the plain, clear challenge of honest doubt |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 91846 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Religion |
| General subdivision | Controversial literature. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Christianity |
| General subdivision | Controversial literature. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | 200 - 299 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Book Cart | 14.00 | 3 | 200 Men | 91846 | 2018-08-27 | 2018-08-21 |