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Mark Twain's religion / by William E. Phipps.
Van Pelt Library PS1342.R4 P47 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phipps, William E., 1930-2010.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Religion.
- Twain, Mark.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
- Religion in literature.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Significant Dates for This Study ix
- Religious or Irreligious? 1
- The Scope of Religion 3
- 2. Along the Mississippi 7
- Parental Influences 7
- Growing Up in Hannibal 13
- Religious Varieties 30
- 3. Peripatetic Journalist 41
- To the Pacific 41
- To the Mediterranean 59
- Travel Reflections 81
- 4. Amid Liberal Calvinists 89
- In New York State 89
- In Hartford 111
- Relations with Cable 134
- 5. Justice in America 143
- Economic Equity 143
- Political Morality 155
- Race Relations 162
- Women's Rights 181
- 6. Ambassador-at-Large 187
- In Europe 188
- Global Tour 194
- The Anti-Imperialist 202
- 7. Biblical Usages 221
- Jewish Scriptures 222
- The New Testament 241
- Scriptural Allusions 248
- 8. Theological Journey 263
- Views of God 263
- Views of Jesus 277
- Evil and Freedom 281
- Personal Immortality 299
- 9. Final Quest 313
- Joan of Arc and Susy 313
- Search for Healing 321
- Bittersweet Last Years 328
- Parallel Lives 351
- Ethics and Truth 359
- Humorist and Preacher 363
- The Tolerant Monotheist 368.
- Notes:
- "September 2003."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-382) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0865548463
- 0865548978
- OCLC:
- 52948847
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