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Miscellaneous Discourses: The Collected Works of Theodore Parker V8

Miscellaneous Discourses: The Collected Works of Theodore Parker V8

Parker, Theodore
Cobbe, Frances Power

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ISBN10: 1162729090
ISBN13: 9781162729091
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Miscellaneous Discourses: The Collected Works of Theodore Parker V8 is a book that compiles the writings and speeches of Theodore Parker, a prominent American theologian and abolitionist from the 19th century. The book contains a collection of various discourses on topics such as religion, morality, politics, and social justice, which Parker delivered throughout his career as a Unitarian minister. The discourses reflect Parker's progressive views on issues such as slavery, women's rights, and the role of government in society. The book is part of a larger series that compiles Parker's complete works, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of his ideas and contributions to American intellectual history.1864. Part Eight of Fourteen. Containing His Theological, Polemical, and Critical Writings, Sermons, Speeches, and Addresses, and Literary Miscellanies. Theodore Parker was a preacher, lecturer, and writer, a public intellectual, and a religious and social reformer. He played a major role in moving Unitarianism away from being a Bible-based faith, and he established a precedent for clerical activism that has inspired generations of liberal religious leaders. Although ranked with William Ellery Channing as the most important and influential Unitarian minister of the nineteenth century, he was an extremely controversial figure (he was active in the antislavery movement) in his own day and his legacy to Unitarian Universalism remains contested. Contents: A Discourse of the Transient and Permanent in Christianity; The Education of the Labouring Class; The Three Chief Safeguards of Society; A Sermon of the Public Function of Woman; A Sermon of the Moral Dangers incident to Prosperity; The Effect of Slavery on the American People; The Material Condition of the People of Massachusetts; and Two Christmas Celebrations. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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