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J. D. Bowers, “Joseph Priestley and English Unitarianism in America” (Penn State University Press, 2007)
J. D. Bowers, “Joseph Priestley and English Unitarianism in America” (Penn State University Press, 2007)
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56 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2008
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Podcast episode
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Today we talk to J. D. Bowers of Northern Illinois University about his book Joseph Priestley and English Unitarianism in America (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007). Against the received wisdom, Bowers argues that American Unitarianism did not emerge solely from indigenous Boston-based Congregationalism. Instead, he shows that Joseph Priestly and English Unitarianism exercised considerable influence on the church throughout the nineteenth century, despite what the Unitarians themselves claimed. Mark D. McGarvie of the University of Richmond calls the book “beautifully and persuasively written,” and Daniel Walker Howe of Oxford and UCLA says Bower’s work is “A resolute and positive reaffirmation of Joseph Priestly’s place in the heritage of American Unitarianism.”
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Released:
Mar 14, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
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