Thirty years ago, I started researching and writing about the
divided mind (to use William James' famous term) of a man named Henry from Nova Scotia.
I still am.
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| my 1984 Henry Alline poster |
But I started off writing and thinking about
Henry Alline, a man from New England stock living in Falmouth Nova Scotia , who very much considered himself a Christian.
Admittedly most see him professing a quite unorthodox variety of the Christian faith.
By contrast, for the last eight years I have been researching, writing and thinking (much, much thinking) about (Martin)
Henry Dawson.
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| (Martin) Henry Dawson |
While this Henry had been raised in a very committed Presbyterian family in Truro Nova Scotia, (with one side of his family reflecting similar New England roots), he always claimed in adulthood not to be a believer in the Christian God but rather in the new religion of Modern Science.
