Freedom and Fellowship in Religion: A Collection of Essays and Addresses
Description
A collection of essays and addresses edited by a committee of the Free Religious Association and published by Roberts Brothers in 1875. The volume presents discussions of religious freedom, science, Christianity, Protestantism, church liberty, philanthropy, and religion’s social role.
Its ten named essay contributors include David Atwood Wasson, Samuel Longfellow, Samuel Johnson, John Weiss, William J. Potter, Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Octavius B. Frothingham, John W. Chadwick, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Ednah D. Cheney. An introductory essay and “Voices from the Free Platform” frame the collection.
Navigation follows the twelve entries in the original contents. The main text runs through page 424; advertisements and end matter are retained in the 442-page facsimile. Source: Internet Archive, University of California Libraries copy.
Table of contents 12 entries
- Introductory. The Religious Outlook 1
- The Nature of Religion 17
- The Unity and Universality of the Religious Ideas 46
- Freedom in Religion 93
- Religion and Science 135
- Christianity and Its Definitions 178
- The Genius of Christianity and Free Religion 222
- The Soul of Protestantism 265
- Liberty and the Church in America 299
- The Word Philanthropy 323
- Religion as Social Force 338
- Voices from the Free Platform 355