TY  - BOOK
AU  - Teed,Paul E.
TI  - A Revolutionary Conscience: Theodore Parker and Antebellum America
SN  - 9780761859642
AV  - BX9869.P3 T44 2012
U1  - 973.6 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - University Press of America
KW  - Parker, Theodore,
KW  - Unitarian churches
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Antislavery movements
KW  - Abolitionists
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Denominations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; A Revolutionary Conscience; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 "Bred Up Amid the Memories"; 2 Divinity School and Beyond; 3 Spiritual Indifference; 4 The Transcendentalist Controversy; 5 The Making of a Public Radical; 6 A Reckoning with Ministers; 7 Church and Society; 8 Classes, Families and Reform; 9 Slavery, Politics and the Revolution; 10 Making Antislavery Culture; 11 Conscience and the Fugitive Slave Act; 12 Continual Alarms; 13 Race, Politics and Antislavery Violence; 14 Conscience, Politics and Religion; 15 The Anthony Burns Crisis; 16 The Politics of Confrontation; 17 The Idea That Blood Must Flow18 Principles, Parties and Partings; 19 The Final Journey; 20 Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
N2  - Theodore Parker was one of the most controversial theologians and social activists in pre-Civil War America. 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
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