Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was one of the major figures of British Romanticism. Celebrated for his poetry, he was also renowned as an important political and religious critic and thinker. Coleridge's complex thoughts have befuddled contemporaries and subsequent historians, who have disagreed about whether he should be categorized as a “radical,” “liberal,” or “conservative.” As a result, different factions have regarded him as a traitor to their cause. This article investigates Coleridge's ideas of political reform through the lens of his shifting Christian beliefs. It further examines how Coleridge understood the relationship between religion and political thought. Moreover, it analyzes how he interpreted ideas of liberty and political reform, as well as the ways in which he put Enlightenment thinking into practice from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Therefore, this article highlights the modernity and rationality that pervaded Coleridge's ideas. It demonstrates how Coleridge confronted the challenges of political reform and the secularization of Enlightenment ideals in the rapidly industrializing and commercializing society at the turn of the century. Further, he attempted to implement social responsibility and political action within a Christian framework. Finally, this article emphasizes that Coleridge's ideological shifts neither entail a rejection of reform nor do they signify a betrayal of freedom. Rather, they reflect his disagreement with popular politics and the secularization of political institutions.