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''What is boasted of at the present time as the revival of religion is always in narrow and uncultivated minds, at least as much the revival of bigotry'' - Review Mill's attitude to religion: authority, creed and the heretic.
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''What is boasted of at the present time as the revival of religion is always in narrow and uncultivated minds, at least as much the revival of bigotry.'' Review Mill's attitude to religion: authority, creed and the heretic especially in the light of this comment. J S Mill was especially interested in 'on Liberty' with the important social matter of morality and conduct. As these issues are so widely influenced by the dominant religious belief of that time, religion morality is where Mill focuses his attention. As is all to clear from the title quotation, Mill did not share the common view held by the majority in the Victorian ages concerning religion. To fully understand Mill's view on Christianity, heretics and authority we must comprehend exactly what Mill recognised religion to actually be. Mill comes to a conclusion that religion is to be judged chiefly by the ideal they present...
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