Sarah Wider isa professor atColgate University, where she specializes in the American Renaissance, American women writers of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, and Native American literature. She is the author of Anna Tilden: Unitarian Culture and the Problem of Self-Representation and The Critical Reception of Emerson: Unsettling All Things. She lives in Hamilton, New York. Daisaku Ikeda is the founder and president of the Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist organization with 12 million members worldwide. He has written and lectured widely on Buddhism, humanism, and ethics, and has published dialogues with global figures such as Arnold Toynbee, Linus Pauling, and Mikhail Gorbachev."
"A carefully crafted, beautifully organized, and deeply hospitable
book. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in living more
humanely." Megan Laverty, associate professor of philosophy and
education, Columbia University"
"Following the gentle flow of Ikeda and Wider s conversations, we
enter a heart-warming intimacy with them and with their mentors,
Josei Toda and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The authors unabashed
expressions of appreciation for mothers everywhere, for circles of
support, and for the natural world evoke radical gratitude." Ann
Diller, professor emerita, philosophy of education, University of
New Hampshire"
"This wonderful book both enacts and recalls dialogue as the most
fundamental means of human growth. Sarah Wider and Daisaku Ikeda
celebrate the self-reliance of Ralph Waldo Emerson as it flowered
among others and urged awareness of their needs, with special
attention to the women of transcendentalism who were mentors,
friends, and teachers of new spiritual awareness." Phyllis Cole,
professor of English, women's studies, and American studies, Penn
State Brandywine"
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