Mark Twain's ReligionMercer University Press, 2003 - 386 psl. Although there are many studies of America's most famous literary figure, this thorough investigation provides not only new information on Twain's religion, but also a different approach from anything published before. Interpretations of Twain over the past century have been largely the province of literary critics. By skillful textual analysis they have produced an abundance of nuanced studies, but they tend to have little interest in, and knowledge of, the broad religious context of Victorian society, which both angered and intrigued Twain. Phipps provides perceptions often overlooked into the way Clemens's religion was related to such significant issues as racism, imperialism, and materialism. This study takes a close look at his growing up in the slave culture of Missouri Protestants and his subsequent involvement in the radically different abolition culture in which his wire was raised. Like Twain, who aimed at communicating with the common person, Phipps has written in a style that will attract the educated public while providing fresh insights for Twain scholars. His research has taken him to Hannibal, Elmira Hartford, and to the Twain archives in Berkeley. Mostly chronological, the book makes extensive use of Twain's works and, often neglected in such studies on Twain, the Bible, his most important literary source. |
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... mean either orthodoxy or liberalism , modernism or fundamentalism , Catholicism or Protestantism , Christianity or Judaism ... means being a sanctimonious churchman , MT was certainly antireligious . But MT recognized that the scope of ...
... mean either orthodoxy or liberalism , modernism or fundamentalism , Catholicism or Protestantism , Christianity or Judaism ... means being a sanctimonious churchman , MT was certainly antireligious . But MT recognized that the scope of ...
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... mean that he questioned the divinity of Jesus , rejected biblical literalism , and did not attend church regularly . If that was the case , then the outlook on religion of father and mature son were similar . 8 The last day of his ...
... mean that he questioned the divinity of Jesus , rejected biblical literalism , and did not attend church regularly . If that was the case , then the outlook on religion of father and mature son were similar . 8 The last day of his ...
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... mean that earnest prayer would be answered . Sam coveted the slab of gingerbread the baker's daughter brought to school each day and decided to pray for it fervently . Noticing that she was looking the other way when he finished praying ...
... mean that earnest prayer would be answered . Sam coveted the slab of gingerbread the baker's daughter brought to school each day and decided to pray for it fervently . Noticing that she was looking the other way when he finished praying ...
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... means of restoring to health one solitary sufferer among my race , of lifting up once more the fire of hope and joy in his faded eyes , of bringing back to his dead heart again the quick , generous impulses of other days , I shall be ...
... means of restoring to health one solitary sufferer among my race , of lifting up once more the fire of hope and joy in his faded eyes , of bringing back to his dead heart again the quick , generous impulses of other days , I shall be ...
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... means but after I marry , that sort of thing will be " played out , " you know.14 MT's conscience was apparently not disturbed by contemplating forni- cation . Servants were easily hired for sex and prostitutes were available 10RI 94 ...
... means but after I marry , that sort of thing will be " played out , " you know.14 MT's conscience was apparently not disturbed by contemplating forni- cation . Servants were easily hired for sex and prostitutes were available 10RI 94 ...
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Tpe AntiImperialist | 196 |
Biblical Usages | 215 |
Jewish Scriptures | 216 |
The New Testament | 235 |
Scriptural Affusions | 242 |
Theological Journey | 257 |
Views of Jesus | 271 |
Evil anb Freedom | 275 |
Travel Reflections | 75 |
Amid Liberal Caivmists | 83 |
In Hartforb | 105 |
Relations with Cable | 128 |
Justice m America | 137 |
Political Morality | 149 |
Race Relations | 156 |
Womens Rights | 175 |
AmbassaboratLarge | 181 |
In Europe | 182 |
Global Tour | 188 |
Versonal Immortality | 293 |
Final Quest | 307 |
Search for Healing | 315 |
Bittersweet Last Years | 322 |
Conclusion | 345 |
Ethics and Truth | 353 |
Humorist and Treacher | 357 |
The Tolerant Monotfest | 362 |
Bibliography | 371 |
Index | 377 |
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