Orestes Brownson (1803-1876)
Here is an all-too-brief article about the fascinating and little-known 19th Century thinker: What would Orestes Brownson do?
I have a recently purchased copy of Orestes Brownson's The American Republic sitting on the shelf behind me.
Brownson's spiritual journey lead him from Presbyterianism to Universalism, Unitarianism, Transcendentalism, and finally Catholicism. Conversion to the Catholic Church was a lot more radical in the 19th Century than it is today, and his fellow Transcendentalists, who never really accepted him due to reasons of social class, completely rejected him after his conversion.
Orestes Brownson was an anti-war, anti-capiltalist, anti-slavery, political and religious conservative.
Here is an all-too-brief article about the fascinating and little-known 19th Century thinker: What would Orestes Brownson do?
I have a recently purchased copy of Orestes Brownson's The American Republic sitting on the shelf behind me.
Brownson's spiritual journey lead him from Presbyterianism to Universalism, Unitarianism, Transcendentalism, and finally Catholicism. Conversion to the Catholic Church was a lot more radical in the 19th Century than it is today, and his fellow Transcendentalists, who never really accepted him due to reasons of social class, completely rejected him after his conversion.
Orestes Brownson was an anti-war, anti-capiltalist, anti-slavery, political and religious conservative.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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