Re: Lack of scriptural reference in JA?

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Posted by The Mysterious H.C. on June 20, 1997 at 11:58:30:


In reply to Re: Lack of scriptural reference in JA? posted by AnneM on June 19, 1997 at 15:52:11

] Wasn't religion sorta in a lull at this point? I am under the impression people were beginning to tire of the evanganlical movement and were disenchanted with the current system of finding ministers.

AnneM -- that describes more the Trollope-"Barchester Towers"-type goings on in the Victorian period, I think. In Jane Austen's period there was kind of a "lull" in the zeal of the Church of England, but the evangelical movement was just starting up...
So while the general impression of modern times is that in times past people were moral, religious creatures, in reality they were just like us! :-) So I don't think people (even ministers) went around quoting the Bible.

Actually, quoting the Bible was fairly common in "serious" literature, but it might have been felt to be a little out of place in a mere novel -- remember, novels were then considered trash light reading -- kind of the Harlequin Romances of the time ;-)



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