Le Nouveau Christianisme

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Le Nouveau Christianisme is a seminal 1825 work by Henri de Saint-Simon that outlines his vision of a socially oriented, rational Christianity aimed at reorganizing society around the welfare of the poorest classes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
religious treatise ⓘ
advocates a rational form of Christianity ⓘ
a socially oriented Christianity ⓘ
aimsTo provide a moral foundation for industrial society ⓘ
reconcile Christianity with modern industrial society ⓘ
associatedWith Saint-Simonianism ⓘ
author Henri de Saint-Simon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes selfish individualism ⓘ
traditional hierarchical church structures ⓘ
emphasizes the moral duty to improve the condition of the poorest classes ⓘ
ethicalPrinciple society should be organized for the benefit of the most numerous and most poor ⓘ
form prose treatise ⓘ
genre religious philosophy ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
hasImpactOn 19th-century social reform movements ⓘ
development of Christian socialism in Europe ⓘ
historicalPeriod Restoration France ⓘ
influenced French social Catholicism ⓘ
early socialist thought ⓘ
utopian socialism ⓘ
keyConcept primacy of the interests of the poorest class ⓘ
religion as an instrument of social progress ⓘ
utility as a criterion of religious and social institutions ⓘ
mainSubject Christianity ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
notableFor early articulation of Christian socialist ideas ⓘ
linking religion, industry, and social organization ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Christian socialism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
proposes linking religious authority to social usefulness ⓘ
reorganization of society around the welfare of the poorest ⓘ
that institutions be judged by their contribution to the poorest ⓘ
proposesRoleOfClergy guides of social and economic organization ⓘ
publicationYear 1825 ⓘ
relatedMovement Saint-Simonian movement ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Du système industriel ⓘ
L’Industrie ⓘ
viewsChristianityAs a doctrine of social improvement ⓘ
a moral system oriented toward the common good ⓘ

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Henri de Saint-Simon → notableWork → Le Nouveau Christianisme ⓘ
Henri de Saint-Simon → notableWork → Nouveau Christianisme ⓘ
subject linked to: de Rouvroy
linked to: Le Nouveau Christianisme
L’Industrie → relatedWork → Nouveau Christianisme ⓘ
linked to: Le Nouveau Christianisme