well known is one called Ten Great Religions (2 vols, 1871–1883). Many of Clarke's earlier published writings addressed the immediate need of establishing a larger theory of religion than that espoused by people who were still under the influence of Calvinism. He was also one of the first Americans to explore and write about Eastern religions. Selected writings Steps of Belief: Or, Rational Christianity Maintained Against Atheism, Free Religion, and Romanism (1870) "Common Sense in Religion" (1874) Essentials and Non-Essentials in Religion: Six Lectures Delivered in the Music Hall, Boston (1878) "Self-Culture: Physical, Intellectual, Moral, and Spiritual" (1880) "Memorial and Biographical Sketches" (1880) Every-Day Religion (1886) Sermons on the Lord's Prayer (1888) "Autobiography, Diary and Correspondence" (1891) References External links New York Times Obituary Papers James Freeman Clarke Papers, at Harvard Divinity School Library at Harvard Divinity School The James Freeman Clarke Papers relating to lectures and the Church of the Disciples, at Harvard Divinity School Library at Harvard Divinity School James Freeman Clarke Correspondence at Houghton Library, Harvard University James Freeman Clarke Letters to Margaret Fuller, at Houghton Library, Harvard University Harvard Divinity School alumni 19th-century American writers American religious leaders American Unitarians 1810 births 1888 deaths Members of the Transcendental Club American abolitionists Harvard College alumni Boston Latin School alumni Trustees of the Boston Public Library