the examined life
BETWEEN 1836, WHEN he moved to Boston, and his departure for New York in 1855, the Vermont-born Unitarian minister, essayist, and philosopher Orestes Brownson kept everyone in town on their toes. In "Orestes A. Brownson: American Religious Weathervane" (Eerdmans), a new biography by Marquette University theologian Patrick W. Carey, we learn that Brownson joined the fledgling Transcendentalist Club, but soon ... (Full article: 447 words)
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