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...
Published in: | Journal of religious ethics |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 332-359 |
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Authority
B Ralph Waldo Emerson B Immanuel Kant B Autonomy B Joseph Smith |
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