A Study of Human Nature
Language: English
Published by Chautauqua Press / Phillips & Hunt, New York, 1885
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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76 Pp., Two Page Catalog At End. Softcover. Copyright And Title Pages And Front Cover All Dated 1885. A Well Aged Copy, Covers Complete And Solid But Inner Hinges Strengthened With White Tape. Per Wikipedia, Lyman J. Abbott ( 1835 – 1922) Was An American Congregationalist Theologian, Editor, And Author. From 1865 To 1868 He Was Secretary Of The American Union Commission (Later Called The American Freedmen's And Union Commission). In 1869 He Resigned His Pastorate To Devote Himself To Literature. Abbott Worked Variously In The Publishing Profession As An Associate Editor Of Harper's Magazine, And Was The Founder Of A Publication Called The Illustrated Christian Weekly, Which He Edited For Six Years. He Was Also The Co-Editor Of The Christian Union With Henry Ward Beecher From 1876 To 1881. Abbott Later Succeeded Beecher In 1888 As Pastor Of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. He Also Wrote The Official Biography Of Beecher And Edited His Papers. From 1881 Abbott Was Editor-In-Chief Of The Christian Union, Renamed The Outlook In 1891;[8] This Periodical Reflected His Efforts Toward Social Reform, And, In Theology, A Liberality, Humanitarianism And Nearly Unitarian. The Latter Characteristics Marked His Published Works Also. Abbott's Opinions Differed From Those Of Beecher. Abbott Was A Constant Advocate Of Industrial Democracy, And Was An Advocate Of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressivism For Almost 20 Years. He Would Later Adopt A Pronouncedly Liberal Theology. He Was Also A Pronounced Christian Evolutionist. In Two Of His Books, The Evolution Of Christianity And The Theology Of An Evolutionist, Abbott Applied The Concept Of Evolution In A Christian Theological Perspective. Although He Himself Objected To Being Called An Advocate Of Darwinism, He Was An Optimistic Advocate Of Evolution Who Thought That "What Jesus Saw, Humanity Is Becoming.".…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Study of Human Nature
- Author
- Abbott, Lyman F.
- Publisher
- Chautauqua Press / Phillips & Hunt, New York
- Publication year
- 1885
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Printed Wrappers
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Philosophy and Thoughtfulness, Psychology and Human Behavior, Sociology and Social Psychology
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