Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism

Included here is historian Conrad Wright’s introduction to three critical addresses in the history of Unitarianism: “Unitarian Christianity” by William Ellery Channing, “The Divinity School Address” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and “The Transient and Permanent “in Christianity by Theodore Parker. The series also includes a concise summary of Channing’s historic address.

• Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism: Introduction
• Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism: Channing’s Platform
• Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism: Emerson’s Heresy
• Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism: Channing’s Address
• Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism: Emerson’s Divinity School Address
• The Enduring Significance of Emerson’s Divinity School Address, by John Haynes Holmes
• The Transient and Permanent in Christianity