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Ebenezer Scrooge's conversion

Charles Dickens's novels reflect the central ideas of 19th-century Unitarianism.
By Michael Timko
Winter 2005 11.1.05

"All Dickens’s novels reflect the central ideas of nineteenth-century Unitarianism: the belief that Jesus was a human being who exemplified a truly religious life; the rejection of materialism and the doctrine of necessity; the rejection of a God of stern judgment; a disdain of theological controversy; the rejection of dogma; an inclusive rather than an exclusive religion; and an emphasis on doing good works."
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