The Advancement of Society in Knowledge and Religion

Hartford: Cooke and Co. and Packard and Butler, 1830. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First American edition, from the second Edinburgh edition. Some loss along front joint, pencil marks on front endpaper, pages foxed. 1830 Hard Cover. 315 pp. A discussion of social progress through the lens of religious traditions. Douglas's comments on the role of America's fairly newfound independence in global politics, on the effects of science on government and religion, and the relationships between religious traditions, provide interesting insight into how rapidly the world was changing in the early 19th century.