Orestes Brownson

Orestes Brownson

Orestes Augustus Brownson (1803–1876) was a New England intellectual and activist, preacher, labor organizer, and noted Catholic convert and writer. Brownson was a publicist, a career which spanned his affiliation with the New England Transcendentalists, through his subsequent conversion to Roman Catholicism.

Read more about Orestes Brownson:  Early Years and Education, Religious Unease, Transcendentalism, Legacy and Criticism

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