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A 5 page paper which examines
how the French Revolution was something of a religious experience for many. The text
used in the discussion is University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization: The old
Regime and the French Revolution, edited by Keith M. Baker. No additional sources
cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAfrrev.rtf
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higher force, even if it is only in the trenches praying for relief. When something exists that oppresses an individual or causes an individual to understand the sacred condition of
life, religion will become involved, even if it is not a structured religion. In "The Old Regime and the French Revolution" edited by Keith M. Baker we are presented with
many different perspectives of the French Revolution, one perspective relating to religion. In the following paper we examine the work, discussing how associating religion with the revolution is a valid
comparison, how terror fits into this argument, where such a theory may be invalid, and what the possibilities teach us about the French Revolution and perhaps all wars.
Religious Experience The line to be examined from the work under discussion is as follows: "The Declarations of the Rights of Man has become a political gospel, and the French
Constitution a religion for which the people is ready to perish" (Baker, 1987; p. 288). While it is a relatively simple line, it is a line that offers many possibilities
when examining the religious content of the revolution. It lays a foundation from which we can see the logic and reality of the connection between the two. In order
to further examine the statement, however, we must also look at the conditions experienced by the people, experiences which would lead them to see a religious foundation in the political
changes and the political possibilities. The text indicates that "Hatred of the nobility, long inspired by feudalism, and then exacerbated by the open opposition of the majority of the nobles
to the constitution that destroyed it, has become deep-rooted. During the first year of the revolution, the people saw these nobles as persons odious for the oppressive privileges they had
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