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Charles Carroll Everett
1829–1900
A 19th-century American theologian and philosopher, he helped shape liberal religious thought at Harvard while writing about ethics, religion, and the life of the spirit. His career moved from languages and ministry into a long influence on theological education.
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Christianity and Modern Thought
by Henry W. (Henry Whitney) Bellows, James Freeman Clarke, Athanase Coquerel, Orville Dewey, Charles Carroll Everett, Frederic Henry Hedge, James Martineau, Andrew P. (Andrew Preston) Peabody, George Vance Smith, Oliver Stearns
About the author
Born in Brunswick, Maine, on June 19, 1829, Charles Carroll Everett studied at Bowdoin College and later in Berlin before earning a divinity degree at Harvard. Early in his career he taught modern languages at Bowdoin, then served as pastor of the Independent Congregational church in Bangor, Maine.
In 1869 he returned to Harvard Divinity School, where he became Bussey Professor of Theology. He later served for many years as dean of the faculty, and he was also closely connected with The New World, a journal of religion and scholarship.
Everett was known as a thoughtful Unitarian scholar whose work joined philosophy, theology, and moral reflection. His books include The Science of Thought, Poetry, Comedy, and Duty, The Gospel of Paul, and Fichte's Science of Knowledge, and he remained an important voice in American religious and intellectual life until his death in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 16, 1900.