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  1. Theodore Parker (August 24, 1810 – May 10, 1860) was an American transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church. A reformer and abolitionist, his words and popular quotations would later inspire speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. Early life and education.

  2. May 9, 2024 · Theodore Parker (born August 24, 1810, Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 10, 1860, Florence, Italy) was an American Unitarian theologian, pastor, scholar, and social reformer who was active in the antislavery movement. Theologically, he repudiated much traditional Christian dogma, putting in its place an intuitive knowledge of God ...

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  3. Theodore Parker was a controversial and influential Unitarian minister who challenged orthodoxy and advocated for social reform. He supported John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and died in Italy in 1860.

  4. Above all else, Parker was the prophet of the moral self, the emancipator, setting man free from traditionalism and convention, and bringing him face to face with God manifest in the world without, abiding in the soul within. — By William W. Fenn. Related Resources in the Harvard Square Library Collection.

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  5. Sep 9, 2002 · Learn about Theodore Parker, a prominent Unitarian minister, lecturer, and writer in the 19th century. Explore his life, theology, and legacy in the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography.

  6. Explore the papers of Theodore Parker, a 19th-century Unitarian minister, abolitionist, and Transcendentalist leader. Access digitized journals, sermons, letters, and more from Harvard Divinity School Library and Boston Public Library.

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  8. Learn about Theodore Parker, a Unitarian preacher and one of the \"Secret Six\" who funded John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. His sermon \"Justice and the Conscience\" influenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s quote on the arc of the moral universe.

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