{"product_id":"american-heretic-theodore-parker-and-transcendentalism-9780807827109","title":"American Heretic: Theodore Parker and Transcendentalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheodore Parker (18101860) was a powerful preacher who rejected the authority of the Bible and of Jesus  a brilliant scholar who became a popular agitator for the abolition of slavery and for womens rights  and a political theorist who defined democracy as government of all the people  by all the people  for all the people  words that inspired Abraham Lincoln. Parker had more influence than anyone except Ralph Waldo Emerson in shaping Transcendentalism in America.  In American Heretic  Dean Grodzins offers a compelling account of the remarkable first phase of Parkers career  when this complex man  charismatic yet awkward  brave yet insecure  rose from poverty and obscurity to fame and notoriety as a Transcendentalist prophet. Grodzins reveals hitherto hidden facets of Parkers life  including his love for a woman who was not his wife  and presents fresh perspectives on Transcendentalism. Grodzins explores Transcendentalisms religious roots  shows the profound religious and political issues at stake in the Transcendentalist controversy  and offers new insights into Parkers Transcendentalist colleagues  including Emerson  Margaret Fuller  and Bronson Alcott. He traces  too  the intellectual origins of Parkers epochal definition of democracy as government of  by  and for the people.  The manuscript of this book was awarded the Allan Nevins Prize by the Society of American Historians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789801185333,"sku":"ByrdShop_080782710X","price":93.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807827109.jpg?v=1784699390","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/american-heretic-theodore-parker-and-transcendentalism-9780807827109","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}