Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England

by Timothy Larsen

Book Overview

The Victorian crisis of faith has dominated discussions of religion and the Victorians. Stories are frequently told of prominent Victorians such as George Eliot losing their faith. This crisis is presented as demonstrating the intellectual weakness of Christianity as it was assaulted by new lines of thought such as Darwinism and biblical criticism. This study serves as a corrective to that narrative. It focuses on freethinking and Secularist leaders...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199544034
• ISBN13: 9780199544035
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"