Through cautionary domestic tales, Defoe argues that the pious should marry only the equally devout.
Books that mention Religious Courtship (2)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin: “De Foe in his Cruso, his Moll Flanders, Religious Courtship, Family Instructor, and other pieces, has imitated it with success”
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith: “I have read the disputes between Thwackum and Square; the controversy between Robinson Crusoe and Friday the savage, and I am now employed in reading the controversy in Religious courtship'”