Sense and Sensibility often reflects Biblical stories.
Sense and Sensibility and the Bible: Part 1
Category: Faith
Jane Austen’s “Evil” Clergymen”?
How bad are Jane Austen's "bad" clergymen?
Hannah More: a Movie Review
The movie Hannah More is more a documentary than a feature film, but has some interesting scenes.
Travels and Writing
Speaking, traveling, and writing about Austen and the church; so many wonderful opportunities!
The Stoneleigh Abbey Chapel and Mansfield Park
The Stoneleigh Abbey chapel was likely the model for the chapel at Sotherton, where a key scene takes place in Mansfield Park.
Jane Austen’s Clergymen and Her Leigh Family
The clergyman in Jane's mother's family may have given her patterns for the clergymen-heroes in Austen's novels.
A Life of Her Own: The Story of Margaret Dashwood, by Wendy Zomparelli, Austen Variation with Science and Faith
Wendy Zomparelli's A LIfe of Her Own gives Margaret Dashwood a love of science and archaeology, and her own dreams to fulfill.
Austen’s Beloved William Cowper: Nature, Faith, and Science
Austen's beloved William Cowper loved the changing seasons, as did Elizabeth Bennet and Fanny Price. His love of nature reflected his deep faith.
The Victorian Clergy: Anthony Trollope’s Clergymen of the Church of England
Anthony Trollope shows that the clergy of his Victorian era still faced many of the same issues as those of Jane Austen's time, though some reforms had been made.
Jane Austen Family Churches: Steventon and Chawton
For much of her life, Jane Austen worshiped in the churches at Steventon and Chawton, both named after St. Nicholas.
Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen 