Frontier Kantianism: Autonomy and Authority in Ralph Waldo Emerson and Joseph Smith

Ralph Waldo Emerson is often seen as the early American prophet of autonomy. This essay suggests a perhaps surprising fellow traveler in this prophetic call: Joseph Smith. Smith opposed religious creeds for the same reason that Emerson denounced them, namely that creeds represent a threat to the aut...

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Published in:Journal of religious ethics
Main Author: Davis, Ryan W. 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 332-359
Further subjects:B Authority
B Ralph Waldo Emerson
B Immanuel Kant
B Autonomy
B Joseph Smith
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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