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    <title>Christianity Unveiled</title>
    <subTitle>Being an Examination of the Principles and Effects of the Christian Religion</subTitle>
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    <title>Christianisme dévoilé. English</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1723-1789</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Johnson, W. M. (William Martin)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1771?-1797</namePart>
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  <abstract>"Christianity Unveiled" by Baron d'Holbach is an anti-Christian book probably published in 1766. Written under a pseudonym to avoid persecution, this provocative work attacks Christianity's contradictions and criticizes the moral and political influence of its clergy in harsh terms. Unlike earlier Enlightenment critiques, Holbach openly presents his text as anti-Christian propaganda rather than proposing alternative beliefs. The book sparked immediate controversy, drawing speculation about its true authorship while French authorities swiftly confiscated copies after publication. (This is an automatically generated summary.)</abstract>
  <note>Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_Unveiled</note>
  <note>Release date is 2012-09-17</note>
  <note>Produced by David Widger</note>
  <note>Original publication data not identified</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Free thought</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Christianity -- Controversial literature</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Atheism</topic>
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  <identifier type="lccn">39024775</identifier>
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