- Religion, Gods, Controversial literature, Church history
*Treatise on the Gods* (1930) is H. L. Mencken's survey of the history and philosophy of religion, and was intended as an unofficial companion volume to his *Treatise on Right and Wrong* (1934). [...]
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- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- H. L. Mencken
- First published
- 1930
- Pages
- 342
- Publisher
- New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf, Alfred Knopf, Knopf
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780801885365
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