Literature and Dogma: An Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible

An interesting Victorian religious book by the former professor of poetry in Oxford University Matthew Arnold. The book attempts to provide the reader with a better understanding of the bible.

Arnold sharply criticized the provincialism, Philistinism, sectarianism, and utilitarian materialism of English life and culture, and argued that England needed more intellectual curiosity, more ideas, and a more comparative, European outlook.