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Sunday, March 02 2008, 11:00am - 12:00pm |
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CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series
presents
Daniel Walker Howe: Millennial & Utopian Movements in the Young Republic
11:00 AM, Sunday, March 2, 2008
William Miller predicted the Second Coming of Christ would occur in
1843 or 1844. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, also preached
that the Second Coming was near at hand. Many other groups, both
religious and secular, founded Utopian communities to demonstrate
their principles, including the secular humanist followers of Robert
Owen. Why did they emerge during those early years of the United States?
Prof. Daniel Walker Howe examines these movements in his talk based on
his new, critically acclaimed book What Hath God Wrought: The
Transformation of America, 1815-1848. The book, one in the Oxford
History of the United States series, was recently nominated for a
National Book Critics Award. Professor Howe is Rhodes Professor of
American History Emeritus, Oxford University, and Professor of History
Emeritus, UCLA.
WHEN: 11:00 a.m., Sunday, March 2nd, 2008.
COST: $6
The Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90027
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Location: The Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles 4773 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90027 |
