Purifying puritanism - Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature"GRIN Verlag, 2007 - 40 páginas Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Kultur und Landeskunde, Note: 1.3, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit t Mainz, Veranstaltung: Key Concepts in American Culture and History, 12 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Discusses Emerson's early essay "Nature" in light of its connections with the Puritan tradition. The Calvinistic concept of 'Sola Scriptura' is modified by Emerson in that he substitutes the Bible with the Book of Nature. Every human being can find a way to understand God by 'reading' the natural world. |
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... ideas of this influential religious group. Nature can be seen as a modernized form of the American Jeremiad, which has been used by the Puritan ministers to indicate what they thought to be dangerous developments in society and to ...
... ideas of this influential religious group. Nature can be seen as a modernized form of the American Jeremiad, which has been used by the Puritan ministers to indicate what they thought to be dangerous developments in society and to ...
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... idea that Nature is actually a work of religious literature which tries to come back to the true faith is represented by R ... ideas as well as the starting point of intellectual innovation” (27). Emerson continues Puritan hermeneutics ...
... idea that Nature is actually a work of religious literature which tries to come back to the true faith is represented by R ... ideas as well as the starting point of intellectual innovation” (27). Emerson continues Puritan hermeneutics ...
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