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Tom-tao-yu Posted 16 years ago
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Evangelicalism
Please help me understand the following sentence, please!
" As a Victorian specialist, Matthew was at pains to make the point that biography was not solely the result of 19th centry evangelicalism, with its self-conscious labouring of life and death choices that were personal, immediate and unworldly."
It's an excerpt from a passage talking about the impacts that biography had on western culture.
" As a Victorian specialist, Matthew was at pains to make the point that biography was not solely the result of 19th centry evangelicalism, with its self-conscious labouring of life and death choices that were personal, immediate and unworldly."
It's an excerpt from a passage talking about the impacts that biography had on western culture.
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Let's break it down. ) that written biographies (accounts of peoples' lives) were not necessarily because of the religious influence present in the 19th century (where people were aware that every choice they made would affect them personally after they had died)....... but instead??
- Let's break it down.
- ) that written biographies (accounts of peoples' lives) were not necessarily because of the religious influence present in the 19th century (where people were aware that every choice they made would affect them personally after they had died).......
- but instead??
- It seems this is only a part of the sentence.
- I hope I've helped you understand it, it's quite tricky.
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Let's break it down.
Evangelicalism = evangelical principles (ideas)
evangelical = emphasizing the importance of the scriptures (Religious ideas are important)
As someone who studied the Victorian era, Matthew found it difficult to make the point (maybe he was talking to someone else?) that written biographies (accounts of peoples' lives) were not necessarily because of the
Evangelicalism = evangelical principles (ideas)
evangelical = emphasizing the importance of the scriptures (Religious ideas are important)
As someone who studied the Victorian era, Matthew found it difficult to make the point (maybe he was talking to someone else?) that written biographies (accounts of peoples' lives) were not necessarily because of the
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Thank u very much!
You have certainly helped, a lot, so, once again, thank you!
It is tricky becasue the topic is really abstract given the fact that it is something related to religon.
In order to understand it accurately, it seems that you have to accurately understand the relative religious idea first, which is rather difficult.
You have certainly helped, a lot, so, once again, thank you!
It is tricky becasue the topic is really abstract given the fact that it is something related to religon.
In order to understand it accurately, it seems that you have to accurately understand the relative religious idea first, which is rather difficult.
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