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3. Searching for Frances Farmer, the lost Atheist: a chance encounter with a Hollywood biography reveals an Atheist heroine and leads to a search for the truth about the life of actress and political rebel Frances Farmer

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Actresses -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Actresses -- Religious aspects, Actors -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Actors -- Religious aspects, Conduct of life, Atheists, Farmer, Frances
Abstract

It was around 1988, while I was in the used book and antiquarian book trade, when a copy of a biography written by William Arnold titled Shadowland crossed my desk. […]

Published
2004

4. The Frances Farmer lobotomy legend: extraordinary claims, absent evidence, and Scientology; Was Frances Farmer the victim of a forced lobotomy?

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Shadowland (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation, Authors -- Works, Actresses -- Health aspects, Actresses -- Psychological aspects, Actors -- Health aspects, Actors -- Psychological aspects, Psychosurgery -- History, Psychosurgery -- Evaluation
Abstract

It is a story widely reported, especially on the Internet, yet rarely challenged. Frances Farmer was the victim of a political conspiracy and subjected to a gruesome medical procedure known […]

Published
2004

5. The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Abstract

by Bryan F. Le Beau New York University Press (New York, 2003). 386 pp., index. Madalyn Murray O'Hair repeatedly insisted that she wished no biography written about her before or […]

Published
2003

6. Muhammad is from Mars, Jesus is from Venus

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Abstract

A lecture delivered by Conrad F. Goeringer in Chicago on Friday, April 18, 2003, at the 29th National Convention of American Atheists You might be wondering, "where did this title […]

Published
2003

7. Stars on my ceiling

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Planetaria -- Equipment and supplies, Astronomy -- Equipment and supplies
Published
1992

9. Hans Kasten IV

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
World War II, 1939-1945
Published
2006

10. Imperial hubris in the name of God

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Bush, George W.
Abstract

The "Expanding Administrative Presidency" and the Faith-Based Initiative George W. Bush is abusing the limits of presidential power. A new report on the federal faith-based initiative notes that the president […]

Published
2004

11. New battles in a long war; from the display of the ten commandments to school prayer and 'under God' in our pledge, many culture war disputes today hearken back to the forgotten but still relevant Nine Demands of Liberalism

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Philosophy and religion
Abstract

The author of the text in Ecclesiastes (Lix) informs us, 'There is no new thing under the sun.' Perhaps more relevant, though, is the thought attributed to Marie Antoinette's milliner, [...]

Published
2004

16. Tragedy in West Virginia: did religious exuberance lead to bad reporting and false hopes?

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Faith -- Evaluation -- Religious aspects -- Social aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Coal miners -- Social aspects -- Religious aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Mine accidents -- Evaluation -- Forecasts and trends -- Religious aspects -- Social aspects, Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendment Act of 1977, News, opinion and commentary, Philosophy and religion, Market trend/market analysis, Evaluation, Social aspects, Religious aspects, Forecasts and trends
Abstract

IT WAS A DRAMA THAT kept many Americans glued to overnight cable television news coverage and fueled prayerful hopes of a 'miracle' on behalf of endangered coal miners in West [...]

Published
2006

21. Taking the Pledge: the nation's highest court will examine the constitutionality of the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance. But can California Atheist Michael Newdow expect fair and impartial treatment in this controversial case?

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Philosophy and religion
Abstract

By now, the controversy over the Pledge of Allegiance has joined a multitude of other issues like prayer in public schools, displays of the Ten Commandments on government property and [...]

Published
2003

22. Preachers, Pols & Kluxers join commandments bandwagon

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Ten Commandments (Sacred work) -- Cases, Religion and state -- Demonstrations and protests -- Cases, Company legal issue, Philosophy and religion, American Atheists -- Demonstrations and protests -- Cases
Abstract

A caravan of evangelicals supporting public display of the Ten Commandments barnstorms the South and arrives in Washington, DC. By the time they crossed the Potomac, though, the ranks had [...]

Published
2003

23. Alabama showdown

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Chief Justice Roy Moore defies a federal order to remove an unconstitutional monument of the Ten Commandments from the State Judicial Building. Will the incident ignite a new effort by [...]

Published
2003

24. The religious right crusade to target the 'Blaine Amendments'

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Educational vouchers -- Laws, regulations and rules, Church schools -- Finance, Church and state -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation
Abstract

Supporters of vouchers and other aid-to-religion schemes are intent on overturning state constitutional provisions that often exceed the scope of the federal First Amendment in protecting the separation of church […]

Published
2003

25. Tom Delay's shock and awe campaign against the first amendment

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties -- Cases -- Analysis -- Laws, regulations and rules, Church and state -- Analysis -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases, Religion in the public schools -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Cases -- Analysis, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Philosophy and religion, United States Constitution. 1st Amendment
Abstract

'The judges need to be intimidated...' --House Majority Leader Tom DeLay No sooner had the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court announced that it would not hear any appeals in the controversial. [...]

Published
2003

26. Bushwacked in New York: the GOP goes warm and fuzzy, but keeps the sharp edge of extreme Christian fundamentalism in the 2004 platform. A semi-secret, invitation-only confab rallied the religious right base

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Philosophy and religion
Abstract

'We must win this culture war ...' --Sen. Sam Brownback speaking at 'Family, Faith and Freedom' rally 'We have the president. He's a professed, born-again Christian' --Roberta Combs, Christian Coalition [...]

Published
2004

29. Thank God we ignore the commandments

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Even though Justice Roy Moore has, for the moment, lost his fight to keep a monument of the Ten Commandments in the foyer of the Alabama Judicial Building, there is [...]

Published
2003

30. Millennium mystery or misinformation?

Author

Goeringer, Conrad F.

Subjects
*TELEVISION programs
Abstract

Reports on CBS' airing of the television program `Mysteries of the Millennium.' Program's features; Claims of apocalypse.

Published
1996

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