British romanticism, secularization, and the political and environmental implications

This article offers broad lessons for ways to rethink the tangled relation among religion, modernity, and the secular. After characterizing what I mean by theories of secularization and how these theories have dominated our accounts of British romanticism, I consider two poems – one by Coleridge, th...

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Published in:International journal of philosophy and theology
Main Author: Cladis, Mark Sydney 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2015]
In: International journal of philosophy and theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / Romance / Religion / Secularism / Nature / Environmental consciousness / Democracy
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KBF British Isles
NCD Political ethics
TJ Modern history
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:This article offers broad lessons for ways to rethink the tangled relation among religion, modernity, and the secular. After characterizing what I mean by theories of secularization and how these theories have dominated our accounts of British romanticism, I consider two poems – one by Coleridge, the other by Wordsworth – that disrupt the view that British Romanticism replaces God with nature and discipline with unencumbered freedom. I conclude by suggesting that when we disclose the language and ways of religion and practice in British Romanticism, we make more apparent its political and environmental dimensions.
ISSN:2169-2327
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2015.1123114