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Journal Article

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Watkins, Jordan

The Great God, the Divine Mind, and the Ideal Absolute : Orson Pratt's Intelligent-Matter Theory and the Gods of Emerson and James

The Claremont Journal of Mormon Studies

April 2011

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Claremont, CA

The Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association

2011

33-52

In this article Watkins compares the writings of Orson Pratt on the nature of God, matter, and spirit with the theories and theologies of Ralph Waldo Emerson and William James.

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Doctrinal history, God and the Godhead
Pratt, Orson
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