Parker, Theodore

Ms., 1810-1860. A famous Unitarian clergyman of West Roxbury, Ma achusetts, whose extremely radical views excited great opposition in his denomination, and resulted in his becoming pastor of an independent congregation in Boston. He was very outspoken in his championship of freedom for the slave, temperance, and the rights of labour, and rapidly came to be a controlling influence in contemporary thought. Since his death his influence has deepened both in America and Europe. He was a prolific writer, but the purely literary value of his work is not great. Miscellaneous Writings; Sermons on Theism, Atheism, and Popular Theology; Occasional Sermons and Speeches; Matters Pertaining to Religion; Additional Sermons and Speeches; Sermons for the Times; Experience as a Minister; West Roxbury Sermons; Prayers; Le ons from the World of Matter and the World of Mind; Historic Americans; Views of Religion. His complete works, as edited by Frances Power Cobbe, fill twelve volumes. See Lives by John Wei , 1864, Réville, 1865, O. B. Frothing ham, 1874; The Story of Theodore Parker, by Mi Cobbe; Atlantic Monthly, October, 1860; North American Review, April, 1864. A. U. A. Rob.