Re:An English Clergyman’s Advice for Quarantine
by jariel on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:07PM
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I'm highly doubtful if he's referring to 'elements of religion that don't conflict with science'. That would be not until late 20th-century concern.
Englightenment values would have been familiar to many, but I don't think this would have been a big schism among even the elite at the time, with respect to their own faith.
My guess is that 'rational' could be replaced with 'rigorous'. Or possibly, 'rational' meant to include commonly accepted norms and practices (prayer, attendance) and not a lot of the more hyperbolic stuff that was gaining favor at the time (Spiritualism, the Occult) and other non-doctrine and pagan flavors of practice.
Englightenment values would have been familiar to many, but I don't think this would have been a big schism among even the elite at the time, with respect to their own faith.
My guess is that 'rational' could be replaced with 'rigorous'. Or possibly, 'rational' meant to include commonly accepted norms and practices (prayer, attendance) and not a lot of the more hyperbolic stuff that was gaining favor at the time (Spiritualism, the Occult) and other non-doctrine and pagan flavors of practice.