William Ellery Channing: An Essay on the Liberal Spirit in America - Hardcover

Delbanco, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674953355 ISBN 13: 9780674953352

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1981

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Delbanco is Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. Among his many publications are The Puritan Ordeal and The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope (both from Harvard).

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0674953355
• ISBN 13: 9780674953352
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223