{"product_id":"1849-unitarian-faith-the-future-of-christianity-frederic-henry-hedge","title":"1849 Unitarian Faith the Future of Christianity, Frederic Henry Hedge","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedge, F. H. \u003cstrong\u003eAn Address delivered before the Graduating Class of the Divinity School in Cambridge, July 15, 1849.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1849. First Edition. [12107]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoved, no wrapper, 8 1\/2 x 5 1\/4 inches, 30 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe address is meant to encourage new ministers of the Unitarian persuasion. He states that there is no \"Christian church\" at large, but only sects, and that they are of the sect that rejects written creeds or \"formulas in religion.\" He deems Unitarians as \"the progressive development of historical Christianity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrederic Henry Hedge (1805-1890), b. \u0026amp; d. at Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Unitarian minister and founder of the Hedge's Club, which became the Transcendental Club. In addition to his service as a pastor he became professor of ecclesiastical history in Harvard Divinity School (1858) and the editor of the \u003cem\u003eChristian Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e. He was for four terms the president of the American Unitarian Association, and professor of German literature at Harvard (1872). Due to his studies in Germany when a young man he was considered the foremost German literary scholar in the United States, and was greatly influenced by the writings of Kant.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43869477732418,"sku":"ABE12107","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC07312.jpg?v=1781782659","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1849-unitarian-faith-the-future-of-christianity-frederic-henry-hedge","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}