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A Crucified God: Charles Kingsley’s Broad-Church Embodiment in Hypatia
- Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature
- The Ohio State University Press
- Number 136, Winter 2019
- pp. 159-176
- 10.1353/vct.2019.0011
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abstract:
This article examines the novel Hypatia, an historical allegory written by Anglican minister turned social justice advocate, Charles Kingsley. Kingsley’s Broad-Church theology and beliefs about the Christian value of economic socialism are revealed through the layered allegory inscribed in Hypatia’s characters and events. This investigation of the Broad-Church movement enhances our comprehension of nineteenth-century England’s religious tapestry through a deeper understanding of the movement’s complex theological and social perspectives.