Génie du christianisme

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Génie du christianisme is a seminal 1802 apologetic and literary work by François-René de Chateaubriand that defends and glorifies Christianity by highlighting its cultural, artistic, and moral contributions to Western civilization.

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Génie du christianisme canonical 2
Poétique du christianisme 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian apologetic work ⓘ
book ⓘ
literary criticism work ⓘ
aim defend Christianity ⓘ
demonstrate cultural value of Christianity ⓘ
glorify Catholicism ⓘ
respond to Enlightenment critiques of religion ⓘ
author François-René de Chateaubriand ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre Christian apologetics ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
hasEdition 19th-century French editions ⓘ
hasPart Beaux-arts et littérature ⓘ
Culte ⓘ
Dogmes et doctrine ⓘ
Poétique du christianisme ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped restore prestige of Catholicism in France ⓘ
key text of early French Romantic movement ⓘ
influenced Alphonse de Lamartine ⓘ
François-René de Chateaubriand’s reputation ⓘ
French Romanticism ⓘ
Victor Hugo ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notableFeature emphasis on aesthetic and emotional appeal of Christianity ⓘ
integration of personal reflection and narrative ⓘ
use of historical and literary examples ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
placeOfPublication Paris ⓘ
politicalContext post-French Revolution France ⓘ
publicationDate 1802 ⓘ
publisher Migneret ⓘ
structure four parts ⓘ
subject Catholicism ⓘ
Christian art ⓘ
Christian literature ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
Christian morality ⓘ
Christian symbolism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Western civilization ⓘ
relationship between religion and art ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Christian Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to: Middle Ages

early modern Christian Europe ⓘ

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François-René de Chateaubriand → notableWork → Génie du christianisme ⓘ
Génie du christianisme → hasPart → Poétique du christianisme ⓘ
linked to: Génie du christianisme