Reflection and discussion:
Chapter 1: Nationalism as part of the history of 19th century Christianity
Topics for reading, reflection, and discussion:
1. Universalism and nationalism in the European Christian tradition.
2. Political liberalism and nationalism.
Chapter 2: Denominations and nationalism
Topics for reading, reflection, and discussion:
1. The confessionalization of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries and the foundation of early modern states.
2. Secularisation and nationalism.
Chapter 3: Catholicism in France and Italy; Ireland and the Irish diaspora
Topics for reading, reflection, and discussion:
1. The experience 19th century papacy had with Italian and European nationalism.
2. The Irish politician Daniel O’Connell.
Chapter 4: Christianity and Germany
Topics for reading, reflection, and discussion:
1. The foundation of the Old Catholic Church in Germany.
2. The German reformation in the 16th and 17th centuries and German nationalism.
Chapter 5: Christianity in England
Topics for reading, reflection, and discussion:
1. Societal modernization, the rise of the Empire, and the broader perspective of the population’s political and denominational experience.
2. The social angle in English societal and denominational modernization.
Chapter 6: The dominance of Protestantism in Switzerland and Holland
Topics for reading, reflection, and discussion:
1. The differences in the denominational structure between the Northern and Southern Netherlands in the 19th century.
2. The differences in societal structure between the Northern and Southern Netherlands in the 19th century.
Chapter 7: The crisis of German and French historical universalism and optimism and European nationalism in the late 19th century
Topics for reading, reflection, and discussion:
1. The development phases of French 19th century historiography.
2. The crisis of European historicism and the beginnings of 20th century historiography.