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Article: Nineteenth-Century Religion and Literature: An Introduction.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2008
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Nineteenth-Century Religion and Literature: An Introduction. Ed. By Mark Knight and Emma Mason. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2006. viii + 245 pp. 50 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 978-0-19-927710-0.
Mark Knight and Emma Mason have produced an ambitious book. Focusing upon English Christianity as distinct from British Christianity, they argue that nineteenth century 'Britain was predominantly a Christian culture' (p. 3). This is very questionable. There were distinct regional and national differences. Church attendance in fact decreased rather than increased as the century progressed, especially among the rapidly expanding urban population. In their introduction both ...
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