Between faith and unbelief : American transcendentalists and the challenge of atheism / by Elisabeth Hurth.

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Hurth, Elisabeth, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 136.Publication details: Leiden : Brill, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (219 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9047421264
9789047421269
1281936413
9781281936417
9786611936419
6611936416

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American transcendentalists and the challenge of atheism

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Between faith and unbelief.DDC classification:

141.3 261.2/1 22

LOC classification:

B905 .H87 2007eb

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08.24

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Contents:

Introduction -- "The spirit of infidelity" : Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harvard's early Göttingen students -- The "credentials" of faith : the miracles controversy in New England -- The arch-fiend of Christian faith : David Friedrich Strauss and New England divinity -- The claims of history : Strauss's "mytho-mania" and after -- Man as god-maker : Feuerbachian atheism in New England -- From idealism to atheism : Theodore Parker and the projection theory of religion -- The "cures for atheism" : Emerson and Jakob Böhme -- "A world without God" : Emerson and Arthur Schopenhauer -- Conclusion.

Summary: This book sets out to shed light on what ios specific to American Transcendentalism by comparing it with the atheistic vision of German philosophers and theologians like Ludwig Feuerbach and Arthur Schopenhauer.

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This book sets out to shed light on what ios specific to American Transcendentalism by comparing it with the atheistic vision of German philosophers and theologians like Ludwig Feuerbach and Arthur Schopenhauer.

English.

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