Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen's England

by Brenda S. Cox

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The Church of England was at the heart of Jane Austen's world of elegance and upheaval. Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen's England explores the church's role in her life and novels, the challenges that church faced, and how it changed the world. In one volume, this book brings together resources from many sources to show the church at a pivotal time in history, when English Christians were freeing enslaved people, empowering the poor and oppressed, and challenging society's show more moral values and immoral behavior. Readers will meet Anglicans, Dissenters, Evangelicals, women leaders, poets, social reformers, hymn writers, country parsons, authors, and more. Lovers of Jane Austen or of church history and the long eighteenth century will enjoy discovering all this and much more. show less

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jillmwo 167 reviews

The bibliography is worth its weight in gold for the serious student of Austen. The book is primarily intended for those who might benefit from a better understanding of the Church in England, its operations, and its cultural impact during Austen's life. Plenty of useful information not readily found elsewhere. For Janeites, this is a must.

Mar 20, 2023

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