Retired 51小黄车history professor pens new book on influential 19th-century Maine minister
A professor emeritus is releasing his newest historical text this fall, one that focuses on the life of an influential 19th-century Unitarian minister from Maine.
Paul Burlin, Ph.D., describes his book as a 鈥渉istorical look at the life and theology of Charles Fletcher Dole,鈥� born in Brewer, Maine, into what he described as an 鈥渦ltra-orthodox religious family.鈥�
Burlin traces his life from his studies at Harvard, where he was influenced by 鈥�intellectual currents set in motion by Darwinism,鈥� through his advocacy for progressive issues like women鈥檚 suffrage, anti-imperialism, and pacifism.
The historical text, 鈥淐harles Fletcher Dole, Liberal Theology and Reform: A Life Well-Lived,鈥� lands in bookstores on Friday, Sept. 15.
Professor Burlin specializes in 19th-century American diplomatic history and previously published a collection of essays that traces connections between Maine and Hawaii during the American territorial expansion of the 19th century.