Religion was a dominant interest throughout the Victoria era, impacting almost every aspect of life and culture.[8] Whether the issue was politics, marriage, sexuality, class relations, literature or attitudes to other peoples and countries, religion played a central role in discussion. Commentators point out that Victorian Britain was the most religious society that the world had ever known.Church attendance was as high as 50 percent. As Erickson notes, “Biblical Christianity was thickly intertwined in the fabric of Victorian society.” Christian symbols were prominently displayed everywhere, such as signs reading “choose this day whom you will serve,” and “be sure your sins will find you out” on prison walls. English men and women were “serious about their faith,” which “undergirded their lives to an extent unimaginable to nonchurchgoers in our own time.”
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