References
Ripley, Sarah Alden Bradford. Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge , Mass .
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Unitarian, afterlife, self‐cultivation, deism, transcendentalism, supernatural rationalism, skepticism
How to Cite
Goodwin, J., (1996) “A NINETEENTH‐CENTURY IRASian: SARAH ALDEN BRADFORD RIPLEY”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 31(1), 131–136. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1996.tb00015.x
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