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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2018/08/16/quiz-churches-and-chapels-in-austens-england/
Quiz: Churches and Chapels in Austen’s England – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
How much do you know about churches and chapels in Austen’s novels, and in her world?
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2017/11/16/churches-chapels-abbeys-and-cathedrals-in-northanger-abbey/
Churches, Chapels, Abbeys, and Cathedrals in Northanger Abbey – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
A church, a chapel, an abbey, and a cathedral: What’s the difference? And which ones would Catherine Morland of Northanger Abbey have seen in Bath?
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My Dearest Frank, I Wish You Joy - Jane Austen - My poetic side
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2022/07/09/%ef%bf%bcthe-little-women-devotional-by-rachel-dodge/
The Little Women Devotional by Rachel Dodge – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
Rachel Dodge has written a delightful devotional based on Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2023/09/30/jane-austen-family-churches-steventon-and-chawton/
Jane Austen Family Churches: Steventon and Chawton – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
For much of her life, Jane Austen worshiped in the churches at Steventon and Chawton, both named after St. Nicholas.
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2019/01/03/reading-prayers-the-book-of-common-prayer/
Reading Prayers: The Book of Common Prayer – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
Austen and her characters worshiped using a liturgy, The Book of Common Prayer. What is it like to read those prayers daily?
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2023/12/09/jane-austens-clergymen-and-her-leigh-family/
Jane Austen’s Clergymen and Her Leigh Family – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
The clergyman in Jane’s mother’s family may have given her patterns for the clergymen-heroes in Austen’s novels.
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2018/02/08/jane-austen-faith-word-serious-and-fanny-price/
Jane Austen Faith Word: Serious, and Fanny Price – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
In Jane Austen, “serious” has a deeper meaning than we use for it today.
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2018/04/19/quiz-clergymen-in-austens-england/
Quiz: Clergymen in Austen’s England – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
How much do you know about clergymen in Austen’s England, like Mr. Collins and Edmund Bertram?
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2018/03/08/jane-austen-faith-word-duty-and-anne-elliot/
Jane Austen Faith Word: Duty, and Anne Elliot – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
Anne Elliot’s “duty” guided her through life’s trials.
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2022/03/28/mr-elton-a-vicar-not-a-rector/
Mr. Elton, a Vicar, not a Rector – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
Why did it matter that Mr. Elton was a vicar, not a rector?
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https://topazcrossbooks.com/2018/02/01/jane-austen-faith-word-candour-and-jane-bennet/
Jane Austen Faith Word: Candour, and Jane Bennet – Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen
“Candour” meant something very different to Jane Austen than it does to us today. How does Jane Bennet teach us candor?
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