'Unity of Faith amid Diversity of Opinion': Sara Coleridge and Frederick Denison Maurice in Dialogue
This article examines a significant moment in the history of Romantic influence upon Victorian religion. It discusses unpublished correspondence of 1843-44 between Sara Coleridge and F.D. Maurice, including how they respond to the religious divisions of their times, their mode of discourse with refe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2019]
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Literature and theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-185 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article examines a significant moment in the history of Romantic influence upon Victorian religion. It discusses unpublished correspondence of 1843-44 between Sara Coleridge and F.D. Maurice, including how they respond to the religious divisions of their times, their mode of discourse with reference to the concept of dialogue in Hans-Georg Gadamer's hermeneutics, and discussions on the status of the self in religious faith, sacraments, and the idea of the Church. The article examines their contrasting interpretations of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's philosophy, and its significance in their religious thought. It refers, also, to the implications of their correspondence in terms of Victorian conventions of religion and gender, and gender and authorship. Ultimately, the article assesses the writers' strategies for negotiating disagreement in a fractured religious culture, in relation to their subsequent choices of literary form: a factor which becomes particularly important for Sara Coleridge. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frz002 |