One of the best-known controversies in nineteenth-century Britain revolved around the publication of a collection of theological writings in March 1860 titled Essays and Reviews. The book, edited by John William Parker, consisted of seven essays that explored various topics, such as the evidence for Christianity, religious thought in England, and—perhaps most controversially—the interpretation of scripture. The underlying theme behind these essays was theological methodology—namely, the exploration of German-speaking Protestant theological discussions within Anglican theological thought. Essays and Reviews was a cautious, partly implicit acknowledgement of scientific findings and historical–philological methods.
Continue reading Essays and Reviews: The ‘Greatest Religious Crisis of the Victorian Age’?Author: Almuth Ebke
She is a researcher at the Institute of History at the University of Mannheim. Her research interests include the social, political and cultural history of Britain, the history of Anglo-American cultural studies, and the history of secularism and historical thought in the modern era. She is the author of Britishness Die Debatte über nationale Identität in Großbritannien, 1967 bis 2008 ('Britishness: The Debate on National Identity in Britain, 1967 to 2008'), which is based on her Ph.D. thesis submitted to the University of Mannheim in 2016.