murdock james 1776 1856 (2 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. 12mo, original brown cloth in good condition, parting slightly at the head of the spine, and lightly foxed throughout. Philosopher Paul Holmer's copy with his signature in ink on the front endpaper. As an independent biblical scholar, Murdock's purpose in this overview was to bring developments in European philosophy to American clergy trying to find its relevance to their theologies. In a prescient 20 page chapter on 'American Transcendentalism Murdock, in a highly critical somewhat sarcastic review, attributes the emergence of this movement, to the dissatisfaction of the Unitarian clergy with their own theology (true). But Transcendentalism (1830-1860) had yet to exert its impact on the larger American culture with Emerson's defining lecture (1842) and editorship of the DIAL ; Margaret Fuller's "Women in the 19th Century" (1845), and Thoreau's Walden (1854). A glimpse into the intellectual climate of the times.