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The Counter-Enlightenment/Romanticism

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"Every political, cultural, and religious movement throughout history has provided a counter-movement that sought to challenge its thought." Document and discuss how the Counter-Enlightenment/Romanticism influenced the Christian churches from the late eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century. Important Themes and Figures you can use to write the essay, you could start by choosing 2 movements or 2 individual to compare and contrast (their similarities and differences) of the thought of two historical movements or individual, as well as discuss how these movements influenced the Christian churches from the late eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century. Important Themes and Figures 1. Joseph Mallord William Turner John Martin 2. William Blake 3. Horace Walpole 4. Castle of Otranto (1765) 5. Francois-Réne de Chateaubriand 6. Genius of Christianity (1802) 7. Johann Gottlieb Fichte 8. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 9. William Wordsworth 10. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 11. Percy Shelley 12. Joseph Priestley 13. William Godwin 14. The Terror 15. German Idealism 16. Friedrich Schleiermacher 17. American Transcendentalism 18. Ralph Waldo Emerson 19. Hugues-Félicité Robert de Lamennais John Keble 20. John Henry Newman 21. Frederick Denison Maurice 22. Orestes Brownson 23. Congress of Vienna 1815 Eighteenth-century Gothic novels 24. Ann Radcliffe 25. Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) 26. The Italian (1797) 27. Johann Friedrich Overbeck and Nazarenes  28. Thomas Cole and Hudson River School As well, it is important to remember that politics, philosophy, economics, and wider culture have had an enormous influence on Christianity throughout the modern period. All sources must be cited. You are not required to provide footnotes. However, you must provide the URL address, or book/article bibliographical citations, for each source consulted. (Chicago style).
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