Free Religion: An American Faith
Description
A historical study of free religion in the United States, first published by Yale University Press in 1947. Stow Persons traces the movement's emergence from Unitarian and Transcendentalist currents through the Free Religious Association, examining its appeal to reason, democratic ideals, humanism, social reform, and a religion of humanity. This file reproduces the 1963 Beacon Press paperback edition.
Table of contents 10 entries
- Preface p. 9
- I. Unitarian Orthodoxy p. 13
- II. The Background of Religious “Radicalism” p. 30
- III. The Free Religious Association p. 54
- IV. “The Faith of Reason”—A Religion for Democracy p. 67
- V. “A Voice Without a Hand” p. 87
- VI. The Religion of Humanity p. 111
- VII. Humanitarian Religion—A Faith for Reform p. 142
- VIII. The Significance of Free Religion p. 163
- Index p. 169