Class Schedule: Week 5

UNIT III: RELIGION

Monday, September 29: Movie, Angels & Insects

Tuesday, September 30


Topic of Discussion:
The Religious Landscape of Mid-Victorian Britain
Readings:
Matthew, pp. 195-227
The Times (London) Report of the Commons and Lords Debate on the Jewish Disabilities Bill (1847) [Blackboard]
Thomas Macaulay, "Civil Disabilities of the Jews" (1831) [Blackboard]
Excerpts from the Summary of the Religious Census of 1851 (1851) [Blackboard]

Thursday, October 2


Topic of Discussion:
The Most Faithful of Times, the Most Doubtful of Times I
Readings:
Excerpts from William Wilberforce, A Practical View. . . . (1797) [Blackboard]
Excerpts from Matthew Arnold, Literature and Dogma (1871); "Dover Beach" (1867) [Blackboard]
Thomas Hughes, "The Manliness of Christ" (1879) [Blackboard]

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