The Transcendentalist movement was largely a reaction against the perceived rationalism and orthodoxy of which religious tradition?
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Correct answer: Unitarianism
Many Transcendentalists, including Emerson, were originally Unitarian ministers. They eventually felt that Unitarianism had become too intellectual and dry, lacking a direct emotional connection to the divine.
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