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Josephus Flavius Cook (January 26, 1838 – June 24, 1901), commonly known as Joseph Cook, was an American philosophical lecturer, clergyman, and writer.
Transcendentalism, with Preludes on Current Events
'. London: Dickinson.
Josephus Flavius Cook (January 26, 1838 – June 24, 1901), commonly known as Joseph Cook, was an American philosophical lecturer, clergyman, and writer.
Life and career
Born inTiconderoga, New York
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, he attended Phillips Academy
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, and then entered Yale College
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, later transferring to Harvard College
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, from which he graduated in 1865.L.T. Remplap, ed., ''The Gospel Awakening'' (1885), p. 44. He married Georgiana Hemingway on June 30, 1877.
A descendant of Pilgrims, Cook started his ascent to fame by way of Monday noon prayer meetings in Tremont Temple
The Tremont Temple on 88 Tremont Street is a Baptist church in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with the American Baptist Churches, USA. The existing multi-storey, Renaissance Revival structure was designed by Boston architect Clarence Blackall ...
in Boston
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that for more than twenty years were among the city's greatest attractions. In the lectures, Cook attempted to convey recent developments in European science and philosophy in a way that reconciled them to Protestant belief; his commentary stressed social amelioration and civic responsibility. He later travelled the world; his lectures were published and translated into several languages.
In 1871, Cook's work exposing the poor conditions in factories in Lynn, Massachusetts
Lynn is the eighth-largest List of municipalities in Massachusetts, municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County, Massachusetts, Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Boston city line ...
was publicly praised by Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy (née Baker; July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author, who in 1879 founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, the ''Mother Church'' of the Christian Science movement. She also founded ''The C ...
, the founder of The First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the administrative headquarters and mother church of the Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as the Christian Science church. Christian Science was founded in the 19th century in Lynn, Massachusetts ...
, however, Cook later became a noted critic of Eddy and her ideas. Eddy responded with a pamphlet, later expanded into the book '' No and Yes'' which opposed Cook's views on the subject. Eddy also spoke at one of Cook's Tremont Temple
The Tremont Temple on 88 Tremont Street is a Baptist church in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with the American Baptist Churches, USA. The existing multi-storey, Renaissance Revival structure was designed by Boston architect Clarence Blackall ...
lectures in defense of Christian Science. Stephen Gottschalk
Stephen Gottschalk (c. 1941 – 10 January 2005) was a historian of American religion focusing on the Christian Science church, also known as the Church of Christ, Scientist. A lifelong Christian Scientist, Gottschalk worked from 1978 until 1990 fo ...
identified the speech as a key moment in the history of the church.
Cook died at his summer home in Ticonderoga, New York
Ticonderoga () is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Essex County, New York, Essex County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Mohawk language, Mohawk ' ...
on June 24, 1901.
Selected works
* Cook, Joseph (1878).Transcendentalism, with Preludes on Current Events
'. London: Dickinson.
References
Further reading
* Guelzo, Allen C. (2004). "Joseph Cook." ''American National Biography''. Retrieved September 17, 2007.External links
* 1838 births 1901 deaths Philosophers from New York (state) Harvard College alumni Phillips Academy alumni Yale College alumni 19th-century American philosophers American male writers American lecturers {{US-philosopher-stub