Christianity and 18th Century British Literature :: 18th Century British Literature

Christianity and 18th Century British Literature ...no matter what build of pleasure may await his senses, unless it serves exclusively the glory of God, he unavoidably to cut it off of him, giving it up out of his love towards deliverer Christ...1 I.Taking its time to establish a radically theological point of view, this essay aims to apply it to the body of novel literature in 18th century England, probing and inquiring it whether it is in support of Christianity as laid down in the New Testament or not. It assumes the stance of an advocate of the narrow path, the strict and unforgiving measuring outdo of those few taking the Christian way of life truly seriously. Thus, the arguments and deductions have herein - which be the actual purpose of the piece - may soundly strike materialist and novel-advocate minds as unnotable and subjective. The author, on the other hand, is firmly convinced - on the grounds of faith - that the conclusions to aim are as objective as it is possib le, being based on the revelations of the Holy Trinity. All views and opinions featured are his own except where signified.First of all, we may start the discussion with an analogy that sets the mood and aligns the frame of mind to the possible uncommonness of the argument system to be introduced. The images of this analogy will also come handy later and readiness ease the essays overall understanding for those unaccustomed to the exclusively religious bribe on life.Picture, if you will, a high besiege and thousands of bricks it is comprised of now picture unrivaled of the single bricks coming to life, finding itself as part of the wall. This brick in the wall is unable to measure the dimensions of the structure it was built inside. In case it could come loose and jump out of the wall with the help of a marvellous force, it might be frightened at the sight of the oppressive building it used to support for long - and vow never to return to it, simply serve its saviour instead .The only means of establishing a distance mingled with the Truth and human cultures tailormade truth we indulge in does not seem to be any of the traditional manmade tools for extracting and gathering knowledge psychology, sociology, philosophy and their clever alloys move on us running in circles when seeking the cure for all the baneful signs and phenomena in our society.