"Thoreau's God" Lecture

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"Thoreau's God" Lecture
Saturday, March 18, 7:00 p.m.
How do we understand the contradictory things Thoreau said about religion? He railed at formal religion but was deeply and incurably religious. He called the trees his “shrines,” the woods his “sanctum,” and the forest a “sacred place.” What was Thoreau’s understanding of the holy? Author Richard Higgins helps us to understand these contraditions. Higgins is the author ofThoreau and the Language of Trees (2017), a graduate of Holy Cross College, Columbia Journalism School, and Harvard Divinity School. He was a longtime staff writer for the Boston Globe, where religion was one of his beats. Reception to follow. Sponsored by the Transcendentalism Council of First Parish. Suggested donation is $10.

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