TY - BOOK AU - Novalis TI - Hymnen an die Nacht / Die Christenheit oder Europa AV - PT PY - 2013/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - German poetry KW - Christianity in literature N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_or_Europe_(Novalis); Release date is 2013-09-27; Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Norbert Müller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Hymnen an die Nacht / Die Christenheit oder Europa" by Novalis is a work written between October and November 1799. The pamphlet presents a philosophy of history and religion for a Europe destabilized by Napoleon's rise and the Pope's death. Novalis argues that political ideologies and nationalism have filled the spiritual void left by religion's decline, leaving Europe disenchanted. He envisions a renewed Christianity based on poetic inspiration and aesthetics that could usher in a new golden age, transforming the continent into a universal spiritual community beyond war and nationalism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43821 ER -