America. He received his phd in american studies in 1983 from the university of kansas and is on the faculty of Catholic University for the past 35 years. His research and teaching interests include a variety of religion and cultural topics. Religious movements, religion and social change, fundamentalism, religion in American Culture, religion and globalization and religion and ecology. Please without further ado, join me in welcoming building us. Thank you. So, good evening everyone. I am delighted to be here and i am delighted that you are here on this rather hot, muggy, welcome to washington dc in august evening. I am going to start this with this image. Actually i had originally conjured up an image of Ralph Waldo Emerson and then i doctored it with long hair and beads and a headband and i looked at it a while and came to the conclusion that this would probably verged on sacrilege so instead, i am starting with this particular image and the title from walden pond to woodstock, the
Welcoming billin dinges. [applause] doctor dinges ok, thank you. Good evening, everyone. , anddelighted to be here im delighted you are here on muggy, welcome, to washington, d. C. In august evening. I am going to start this with this image. Up anoriginally conjured image of rough water everson. Ralph waldo emerson. I doctored it with long hair and beads and a headband. I looked at it a while and came to the conclusion this would probably verge on sacrilege. Thisad, i am starting with particular image in the title. Woodstock, pond to the transcendental and roots transcendentalist roots of the 1960s counterculture. I am going to share with you some thoughts this evening and some ideas about a mid19th century american religious, philosophical, and Literary Movement known as transcendentalism. And, its connections with socially,ture that culturally, politically generation gap. The age of aquarius, make love, not war, times they are a changing. Turn on, tune, in, drop out. Sex, drugs, rock
That professor aaron mason recently informed me that he will not be here and making a presentation, and, therefore, you should expect to hear three presentations instead of four. I trust that this may make sure that we have enough time for audience questions and participation at the end, which is a minor benefit from not getting to hear professor masons presentation. So well still try to use our 90 minutes effectively. All of the presenters have had to cut their presentations in order to fit our session. All of the presentations represent work in progress, which is exciting. Our speakers will present in the order in which they appear on your program, beginning with Michael Gunther. Professor Michael Gunther hails from historic lake george, new york. He earned his ph. D. In history in 2010. He is current professor of history at georgia gwinnett college, a fouryear institution in the suburbs of atlanta. Dr. Gunther recently published a journal article on the bordering of quebec in the 17
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