William Ellery Channing : An Essay on the Liberal Spirit in America / Andrew Delbanco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delbanco, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalisme.

Theologie, Christentum.

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842.

LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.

RELIGION / Unitarian Universalism.

Local Subjects:

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842.

LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.

RELIGION / Unitarian Universalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2013

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a vivid portrayal of the man who led the movement toward liberal religion in America. Andrew Delbanco traces the development of Channing's thinking on the relation of man to God and nature, on the reality of evil, on the autonomy of the individual. He reveals Channing's hope and doubt concerning America's contribution to human progress. And he recounts Channing's emergence as a major voice in the antislavery movement--after a complex hesitation to embrace the cause. This is a study of the religious, literary, and political concerns of a man and his time. It will well serve all students of nineteenth-century American thought.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Family, Childhood, Youth

1. Nature

2. The Flight from History

3. Language and the Neutrality of Scripture

4. Slavery and the Problem of Evil

5. Channing and Romanticism

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-33153-2

OCLC:

1024036444