Discourses of Politics

Discourses of Politics: The Collected Works of Theodore Parker V4 is a book that brings together a collection of speeches and writings by Theodore Parker, a prominent American theologian and abolitionist of the 19th century. The book focuses on Parker's political discourses, which cover a wide range of topics such as slavery, democracy, social justice, and the role of religion in politics. The writings are arranged chronologically, starting from Parker's early speeches on abolitionism and ending with his later works on democracy and the American Civil War. The book also includes an introduction that provides an overview of Parker's life and work, as well as contextualizes his political thought within the broader historical and intellectual context of the time. Overall, Discourses of Politics offers a comprehensive and insightful look into the political philosophy of one of America's most influential thinkers and activists.1863. Part Four of Fourteen. Containing His Theological, Polemical, and Critical Writings, Sermons, Speeches, and Addresses, and Literary Miscellanies. Theodore Parker was a preacher, lecturer, and writer, a public intellectual, and a religious and social reformer. He played a major role in moving Unitarianism away from being a Bible-based faith, and he established a precedent for clerical activism that has inspired generations of liberal religious leaders. Although ranked with William Ellery Channing as the most important and influential Unitarian minister of the nineteenth century, he was an extremely controversial figure (he was active in the antislavery movement) in his own day and his legacy to Unitarian Universalism remains contested. Contents: A Sermon of War; Speech delivered at the Anti-War Meeting; A Sermon of the Mexican War; The Political Destination of America, and the Signs of the Times; Some Thoughts on the Free-Soil Party and the Election of General Taylor; A Discourse occasioned by the Death of the Late President Taylor; Speech at a Meeting of the Citizens of Boston, to Consider the Speech of Mr. Webster; The State of the Nation, Considered in a Sermon for Thanksgiving Day; Aspect of Freedom in America; A Speech at the Mass; Anti Slavery Celebration of Independence; and A New Lesson for the Day. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.