drives and passions. Nietzsche even proclaimed the “death of God,” now a major theme in contemporary theology. The English poet Swinburne echoed the buoyant and sometimes arrogant optimism of the later Romantic period when he wrote: “Glory to man in the highest; he is the measure of all things.” Through its emphasis on individuality and particularity, Romanticism paved the way for nationalism and racism. The doctrine of the sovereignty of the people or race began to supplant the biblical affirmation