This book studies a number of Victorians who were deeply troubled
by religious doubts, including Tennyson, Carlyle, J A Froude,
Francis Newman, George Elliot, Colenso and Jowett. One of the
book's principal concerns is to investagate the causes of their
misgivings. Many Victorians blamed Darwin for unsettling their
faith. In doing so, they ignored the fact that doubts about
Christianity preceded the publication of "On the Origin of Species"
by some eighteen hundred years. Modern scepticism has its roots in
the Renaissance and Reformation and more recently in the eighteenth
century Deism. Darwin marked the end of the process rather than its
beginning. It is worth pointing out that the issues with which
"Souls in Torment" is chiefly concerned are just as relevant today
as they were to the Victorians who feature in its pages.
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