A NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRASian: SARAH ALDEN BRADFORD RIPLEY

Abstract. Almost entirely self-educated, Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1793–1867) combined wide-ranging personal studies with the daily responsibilities of a New England minister's wife, mother, and teacher in her husband's boarding school. As she struggled to reconcile the conventional Uni...

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Published in:Zygon
Main Author: Goodwin, Joan W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1996
In: Zygon
Further subjects:B Afterlife
B Unitarian
B Transcendentalism
B self-cultivation
B Skepticism
B supernatural rationalism
B Deism
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Summary:Abstract. Almost entirely self-educated, Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1793–1867) combined wide-ranging personal studies with the daily responsibilities of a New England minister's wife, mother, and teacher in her husband's boarding school. As she struggled to reconcile the conventional Unitarian Christian beliefs of her time with her own life experience and with the discoveries of advancing science, her childhood faith gave way to skepticism. Gradually she was able to integrate her understanding of nature, science, philosophy, and religion into a mature faith. She would have welcomed the companionship and support of IRAS if it had existed in her day.
ISSN:1467-9744
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Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1996.tb00015.x