Bibliograph

Conflagration, how the transcendentalists sparked the American struggle for racial, gender, and social justice, John A. Buehrens

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Label

Conflagration, how the transcendentalists sparked the American struggle for racial, gender, and social justice, John A. Buehrens

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Conflagration

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1104918818

Responsibility statement

John A. Buehrens

Sub title

how the transcendentalists sparked the American struggle for racial, gender, and social justice

Summary

"Conflagration illuminates the connections between key members of the Transcendentalist circle--including James Freeman Clarke, Elizabeth Peabody, Caroline Healey Dall, Elizabeth Stanton, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Theodore Parker, and Margaret Fuller--who created a community dedicated to radical social activism. These authors and activists laid the groundwork for democratic and progressive religion in America. In the tumultuous decades before and immediately after the Civil War, the Transcendentalists changed nineteenth-century America, leading what Theodore Parker called "a Second American Revolution." They instigated lasting change in American society, not only through their literary achievements but also through their activism: transcendentalists fought for the abolition of slavery, democratically governed churches, equal rights for women, and against the dehumanizing effects of brutal economic competition and growing social inequality. The Transcendentalists' passion for social equality stemmed from their belief in spiritual friendship--transcending differences in social situation, gender, class, theology, and race. Together, their fight for justice changed the American sociopolitical landscape. They understood that none of us can ever fulfill our own moral and spiritual potential unless we care about the full spiritual and moral flourishing of others." -- Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Leading dramatis personae -- Grandchildren of the revolution -- Fire. Exposition -- Conviction -- Inclusion -- Mutual inspiration -- Water. Dissolution of the pastoral relation -- Affection and vocation -- Division because of inclusion -- Unequal union, or marriage in the nineteenth century -- Tribulation and separation -- Earth. Collaboration -- Rendition and insurrection -- Emancipation -- Organization -- Spirit. Evolution and differentiation -- Circumference and expansion -- Succession -- Application

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