Orestes Brownson

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American essayist human political thinker religious philosopher social critic

Orestes Brownson was a 19th-century American intellectual, essayist, and social critic known for his evolving religious and political views and his influential role in New England philosophical and theological debates.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American essayist → human → political thinker → religious philosopher → social critic →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1803-09-16 →
dateOfDeath	1876-04-17 →
educatedAt	self-educated →
familyName	Brownson →
fieldOfWork	philosophy → political theory → religious criticism → social criticism → theology →
givenName	Orestes →
influenced	19th-century American political thought → American Catholic intellectual life →
influencedBy	Roman Catholic theology → Transcendentalism →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English →
movement	American Catholic intellectual tradition → New England Transcendentalism →
notableIdea	critique of laissez-faire liberalism → defense of Catholic integralism → theory of social organicism →
notableWork	Brownson’s Quarterly Review → The American Republic → The Convert; or, Leaves from My Experience → The Spirit-Rapper →
occupation	editor → journalist → philosopher → theologian → writer →
participantIn	American Transcendentalist movement → New England theological debates →
placeOfBirth	Stockbridge, Vermont →
placeOfDeath	Detroit, Michigan →
politicalAlignment	Jacksonian Democrat → conservative Catholic → early American socialist sympathizer →
religion	Presbyterianism → Roman Catholicism → Transcendentalism → Unitarianism → Universalism →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Boston, Massachusetts → Detroit, Michigan → New York City →

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