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Author Hurth, Elisabeth, 1961-

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

Publication Info. Leiden : Brill, 2007.
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Description 1 online resource (219 pages).
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Series Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 136
Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 136.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- "The spirit of infidelity" : Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harvard's early Göttingen students -- "Credentials" of faith : the miracles controversy in New England -- Arch-fiend of Christian faith : David Friedrich Strauss and New England divinity -- 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 -- "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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Subject Transcendentalism (New England) -- History.
Transcendentalism (New England)
History.
Atheism -- Germany -- History.
Atheism.
Germany.
Atheism -- Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Transcendentalism -- History.
Transcendentalism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title American transcendentalists and the challenge of atheism
Other Form: Print version: Hurth, Elisabeth, 1961- Between faith and unbelief. Leiden : Brill ; [Biggleswade : Extenza Turpin, distributor], ©2007 9789004161665 900416166X (OCoLC)137222293
ISBN 9047421264 (electronic book)
9789047421269 (electronic book)
9789004161665
9789047421269
900416166X (hardback)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004161665.i-224

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