Christian Examiner

The Christian Examiner was an American periodical published between 1813 and 1844.

The Christian Examiner
CategoriesChristian journal
Year founded1813
Final issue1844
CountryUSA
Based inBoston

History and profile

Founded in 1813 as The Christian Disciple, it was purchased in 1814 by Nathan Hale. His son Edward Everett Hale later oversaw publication.[1][2][3] Ralph Waldo Emerson's first printed work, "Thoughts on the Religion of the Middle Ages," signed "H.O.N.," was published in The Christian Disciple in 1822.[4]

Through the years, editors included: William Ellery Channing; Noah Worcester; Henry Ware Jr.; John Gorham Palfrey; Francis Jenks, and others. An important journal of liberal Christianity, it was influential in the Unitarian and Transcendentalist movements.[5] It ceased publication in 1844.[2]

References

  1. Cushing, William (ed.) Index to The Christian Examiner, Volumes 1-87 (1824-1869). J. S. Cushing, 1879; p.iii+
  2. WorldCat. Christian disciple.
  3. WorldCat. Christian examiner
  4. See vol. for 1822, pp. 401-408.
  5. Gura, Philip F. (2007). American Transcendentalism: A History. St. Martin's Press, ISBN 978-0-8090-3477-2

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