Passage Discussion

[ganbayou]

What does "secular" novel mean?
Is it opposite to "religious"?
The work is still novel right?
Religious in this passage mean to teach children and house work?

[ohthatpatrick]

Yup, "secular" means "not-religious".

Religious in this passage means "grounded in the structures of Protestant belief". So Protestant refers to a type of Christianity, but they are talking about more of a worldview than simply a belief in Jesus. Within that worldview, you definitely have strongly defined family and gender roles.

[RyanM393]

What does "secular" novel mean?
Is it opposite to "religious"?
The work is still novel right?
Religious in this passage mean to teach children and house work?

Every time I see a ridiculous posting, its ganbayou. He is legendary