Philosophers

Theodore Parker

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Philosophy Atlas. "Theodore Parker." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/philosophers/theodore-parker.

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Philosophy Atlas. (n.d.). Theodore Parker. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/philosophers/theodore-parker

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@misc{philosophyatlas-theodore-parker,
  author = {Philosophy Atlas},
  title = {Theodore Parker},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/philosophers/theodore-parker},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Unitarian minister, biblical critic and abolitionist, associated with the Transcendental Club. His 1841 sermon The Transient and Permanent in Christianity argued that Christian truth does not depend on the historical accuracy of scripture or miracle, a claim close to the one that cost Emerson his welcome at Harvard three years earlier.

Facts

Birth Year

1810 1

Birth Date

1810-08-24 1

Death Year

1860 1

Death Date

1860-05-10 1

Tradition

Transcendentalism, Unitarianism 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fellow member of the Transcendental Club; Parker's 1841 sermon The Transient and Permanent in Christianity made a Biblical-criticism argument close to Emerson's own 1838 address.

Source Robert D. Richardson, Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)

Transcendentalism

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Transcendentalism

Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and InformationAssociated With: Transcendentalism, entry: TranscendentalismView the Source

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