tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post7098242524927175059..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Defining and Engaging Transcendental ReligionPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-50906778791437312009-10-11T14:19:50.581-06:002009-10-11T14:19:50.581-06:00I recently read a blog post by conservative blogge...I recently read a blog post by conservative blogger Mark Finkelstein 'accusing' Barack Obama of practising pandeism (see <a href="http://finkelblog.com/index.php/2009/04/11/happy-pan-deism-day-from-gail-collins/" rel="nofollow">Happy Pan-Deism Day From Gail Collins</a> -- which doesn't even seem to get <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQRCsbO_rk4" rel="nofollow">what pandeism is all about</a>!Preslee245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-72930929797760980042009-09-30T02:44:43.040-06:002009-09-30T02:44:43.040-06:00Awesome, Brett. I had not really considered their ...Awesome, Brett. I had not really considered their contribution to the romanticization of place, nor have I looked closely at John Muir. Thanks for the heads-up.Benhttp://juvenileinstructor.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-57366722336158861872009-09-28T20:00:38.162-06:002009-09-28T20:00:38.162-06:00Albanese in Nature Religion interprets John Muir a...Albanese in <i>Nature Religion</i> interprets John Muir as the heir of the east coast Transcendentalists. She finds that, in the superlative landscape of the American west, Muir is able to iron out some of the tensions between the purity of mind/Reason and the messy beauty of matter that Emerson and Thoreau never quite worked through. <br /><br />The romanticization of place (and its indigenous inhabitants) certainly is a fourth theme linking U.S. religious history and Transcendentalism. Are places like Walden Pond, Cassadaga, and Sedona all stops--and ideas--on the same line?Brett Hendricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010674430349695652noreply@blogger.com