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Cianci- Greenstein
Romantic Religion/ Romantic Views of Nationalism and History
Question | Answer |
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John Wesley | the leader of the Methodist movement |
Romantic Religious Thinkers | Sought the foundation of religion in the inner emotions of humankind |
Cause of the rise of Methodism | middle of the eighteenth century revolt against Deism and rationalism in the Church of England |
Holy Club | group established by John Wesley at Oxford University |
The Genius of Christianity (1802) | book that stressed passion as the driving force in religion, written by Viscount Francois Rene de Chateaubriand that became considered the "bible of Romanticism" |
Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) | writer and Romanic leader who claimed that religion wasn't dogmatic or ethical, but a feeling or intuition of "absolute dependence on an infinite reality" |
J. G. Fichte (1762-1814) | German philosopher and nationalist who believed that people shape the world and are truly individual pieces of it |
Johahn Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) | German critic of European colonialism and resentful about the French cultural influence in Germany |
Grimm Brothers (Jakob and Wilhelm) | inspired by Herder and famous for writing a collection of fairy tales that exemplified individual culture |
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) | German Romantic historian and philosopher who believed in the evolution of ideas in a conflicting manner |
Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis | thesis- predominant set of ideas antithesis- conflicting set of ideas synthesis- end resulting thesis formed by the clashing of the other two that will then go through the process again |
Romantic Europe's beliefs about Islam | conflict between Christians and Muslins was necessary, Arabs were another culture (to be respected or not), and that Islam was an inspirational culture with much to be learned |
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) | supported Muhammad as a leader and a symbol of God and human's connection, opposed to most people who saw him as am impostor |
Napoleon's Effects on the Middle East | learning from Muslim's was encouraged, Europeans visiting the area became much more accepted and normal, and an increase in desires for Middle Eastern things (such as architecture) |