Mencken on Machen - AC056

AnarchoChristian - Evaluating the relationship between the Christian and the state

English - May 10, 2020 04:30 - 43 minutes - 30 MB - ★★★★★ - 153 ratings
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H.L. Mencken was a skeptic and satirist that rhetorically skewered many opponents on the topics of politics and religion. However, he wrote very highly of J. Gresham Machen, a Presbyterian peer that many might have assumed he would oppose on every level. Let’s get into these writings and see if there is anything we can learn about these significant men, and admiring those with differing, yet consistent beliefs.

AnarchoChristian Resources on Mencken and Machen
https://www.anarchochristian.com/mr-machen-goes-to-washington/
https://www.anarchochristian.com/defending-scoundrels/
https://www.anarchochristian.com/the-impregnable-rock/
https://www.anarchochristian.com/dr-fundamentalis/

Recommended Books:
Christianity and Liberalism, by Machen https://amzn.to/2YM9nt9
A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing https://amzn.to/3dp9uyR