First Parish Bedford UU

 

Diana says, "In honor of Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday (born February 7, 1812), we will take a closer look at the debate about whether Dickens was a Unitarian or not. What does it mean to *belong* to a faith? Do we have the right to lay claim to a dead man? And why are folks so keen to list this author among the rolls of their membership, anyway?"

 

Diana Archibald is Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, specializing in Dickens, transatlanticism, and the Victorian novel. She is co-curator of the exhibit, “Dickens and Massachusetts: A Tale of Power and Transformation” (www.uml.edu/dickens).