"Gary Colledge provides an exemplary introduction to this neglected work for children by Charles Dickens. Deftly situating The Life of Our Lord in the context of early-nineteenth-century Anglicanism, Gary Colledge reveals the strong, orthodox roots of Dickens's Christian belief and makes illuminating connections with the imaging of death, heaven, judgement and hell in Dickens's other novels. The book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the relationships between narrative and religion in nineteenth-century English literature." -Dr Jane Stabler, School of English, University of St Andrews, UK "No mere digest of a lesser-known Dickensian curiosity, Colledge's book offers a thoughtful, sustained interpretation of Dickens 'the great Christian writer'. We meet a man of his time, unremarkable in many of his middle-class Anglican sympathies, but whose own compassion and care reflect an ever-constant concern to imitate Jesus. We meet, too, a contemporary, at once compelled by Jesus and nervous about his church. This is moral Christianity at its most beautiful, its most tender." -Matt Jenson, Assistant Professor of Theology, Biola University, USA.
