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A revolutionary conscience : Theodore Parker and antebellum America / Paul E. Teed.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : University Press of America, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 290 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780761859642
  • 0761859640
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A revolutionary conscienceDDC classification:
  • 289.1/092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • BX9869.P3
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
"Bred up amid the memories" -- Divinity school and beyond -- Spiritual indifference -- The transcendentalist controversy -- the making of a public radical -- A reckoning with ministers -- Church and society -- Classes, families and reform -- Slavery, politics and the revolution -- Making antislavery culture -- Conscience and the Fugitive Slave Act -- Continual alarms -- Race, politics and antislavery violence -- Conscience, politics and religion -- The Anthony Burns crisis -- The politics of confrontation -- The idea that blood must flow -- Principles, parties and partings -- The final journey.
Summary: Theodore Parker was one of the most controversial theologians and social activists in pre-Civil-War America. A vocal critic, of traditional Christian thought and a militant opponent of American slavery, he led a huge congregation of religious dissenters in the very heart of Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1840s and 1850s. This book argues that Parker's radical vision and contemporary appeal stemmed from his-abiding faith in the human conscience and in the principles of the American revolutionary tradition. A leading figure in Boston's resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law, Parker became a key supporter of John Brown's dramatic but ill-fated raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859. Propelled by a revolutionary conscience, Theodore Parker stood out as one of the most fearless religious reformers and social activists of his generation.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)521749

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.

Theodore Parker was one of the most controversial theologians and social activists in pre-Civil-War America. A vocal critic, of traditional Christian thought and a militant opponent of American slavery, he led a huge congregation of religious dissenters in the very heart of Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1840s and 1850s. This book argues that Parker's radical vision and contemporary appeal stemmed from his-abiding faith in the human conscience and in the principles of the American revolutionary tradition. A leading figure in Boston's resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law, Parker became a key supporter of John Brown's dramatic but ill-fated raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859. Propelled by a revolutionary conscience, Theodore Parker stood out as one of the most fearless religious reformers and social activists of his generation.

"Bred up amid the memories" -- Divinity school and beyond -- Spiritual indifference -- The transcendentalist controversy -- the making of a public radical -- A reckoning with ministers -- Church and society -- Classes, families and reform -- Slavery, politics and the revolution -- Making antislavery culture -- Conscience and the Fugitive Slave Act -- Continual alarms -- Race, politics and antislavery violence -- Conscience, politics and religion -- The Anthony Burns crisis -- The politics of confrontation -- The idea that blood must flow -- Principles, parties and partings -- The final journey.

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