Gå frakoblet med Player FM -appen!
The American Transcendentalists
Manage episode 415893069 series 3380346
Speaker:- Peter Lineham
Worship Leader:- Ruby Johnson
Recorded @ Auckland Unitarian Church 28th April 2024
Ralph Waldo Emerson knew how to upset Unitarians, for he had been one of them. Emerson was from a Unitarian family, trained at Harvard College, and his brother William was educated at Gottingen and was a minister. Waldo became minister of Second Church Boston in 1829. But he took a break, after the death of his wife, and headed to Europe. Returning he wrote this extraordinary essay, Nature, from which I read. He was a mystery to his fellow Unitarians. In 1838 he spoke to the Divinity Class at Harvard, in words that caused a huge controversy...
For more information see:-
https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/the-american-transcendentalists/
137 episoder
Manage episode 415893069 series 3380346
Speaker:- Peter Lineham
Worship Leader:- Ruby Johnson
Recorded @ Auckland Unitarian Church 28th April 2024
Ralph Waldo Emerson knew how to upset Unitarians, for he had been one of them. Emerson was from a Unitarian family, trained at Harvard College, and his brother William was educated at Gottingen and was a minister. Waldo became minister of Second Church Boston in 1829. But he took a break, after the death of his wife, and headed to Europe. Returning he wrote this extraordinary essay, Nature, from which I read. He was a mystery to his fellow Unitarians. In 1838 he spoke to the Divinity Class at Harvard, in words that caused a huge controversy...
For more information see:-
https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/the-american-transcendentalists/
137 episoder
Alle episoder
×Velkommen til Player FM!
Player FM scanner netter for høykvalitets podcaster som du kan nyte nå. Det er den beste podcastappen og fungerer på Android, iPhone og internett. Registrer deg for å synkronisere abonnement på flere enheter.