Abner Kneeland (April 7, 1774 – August 27, 1844) was an American evangelist and theologian who advocated views on women's rights, racial equality, ...
Jul 24, 2024 · In 1838, American skeptic and freethinker, Abner Kneeland, was the last man prosecuted and jailed in the US for the “crime” of blasphemy.
Abner Kneeland
Abner Kneeland was an American evangelist and theologian who advocated views on women's rights, racial equality, and religious skepticism that were radical for his day. As a young man, Kneeland was a lay preacher in a Baptist church, but he... Wikipedia
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The New Testament: Being the English Only of the Greek and English Testament
1823
Hē Kainē Diathēkē: The New Testament in Greek and English
1823
The American Definition Spelling Book: In which the Words are Not Only Rationally Divided Into Syllables, Accurately Accented, the Various Sounds of the Vowels Represented by Figures, and Their Parts of Speech Properly Distinguished, But the Definition Or Signification Affixed to Each Word : Carefully Revised and Compared with the Most Approved Authorities : Designed for the Use of Schools
1804
Review of the Evidences of Christianity: In a Series of Lectures Delivered in Broadway Hall, New York, August 1829. To which is Prefixed, an Extract from Wyttenbach's Opuscula on the Ancient Notices of the Jewish Nation Previous to the Time of Alexander the Great
1833
A Review of the Evidences of Christianity: In a Series of Lectures, Delivered in Broadway Hall, New York, August, 1829. To which is Prefixed, an Extract from Wyttenbach's Opuscula, on the Ancient Notices of the Jewish Nation Previous to the Time of Alexander the Great
Discussion of Universalism: Or, a Defence of Orthodoxy Against the Heresy of Universalism, As Advocated by Mr. Abner Kneeland, in the Debate in the Universalist Church, Lombard Street, July 1824, and in His Various Publications, As Also in Those of Mr. Ba
Abner Kneeland (1774–1844), Universalist clergyman and freethinker, was born in what later became Gardner, Massachusetts. He attended common schools and spent ...
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Speech Of Abner Kneeland Delivered Before The Supreme Court Of The City Of Boston, In His Own Defence, On An Indictment For Blasphemy. November Term, 1834.
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Boston: 1835. 32pp. Disbound, Good+. ... "Kneeland was accused of being an atheist and underwent five trials on charges of blasphemy... The prosecution portrayed ...
Kneeland himself was a story of continually developing liberalism. In 1803 he became a Universalist after spending a few years as a Baptist preacher. He stayed ...
On this day in 1833, religious and social reformer Abner Kneeland printed a letter deemed so blasphemous by a Massachusetts court that it landed the former ...
Jan 1, 2009 · Abner Kneeland was the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy. Kneeland convicted of blasphemy. Kneeland was a popular lecturer and ...
Abner Kneeland was an 1838 Massachusetts state court case, notable for being the last time a court in the United States jailed a defendant for blasphemy.