“When the war started, religion and superstition (whatever the difference is) permeated the lives of ordinary soldiers, who lived in a thought world not too far removed from the seventeenth century.” WorldWarDifferencesCenturyOrdinarySoldierSuperstitions Author:Philip Jenkins
“Just because many modern academics are very secular does not mean that we should ignore those factors in earlier generations - and by that, I don't just mean five or six centuries ago.” ShouldMeanDoeFiveGenerationsModernCenturySixFactorsSecular Author:Philip Jenkins