In a society where religion is a very important part if everyday life, Addie seems to have some out of the ordinary viewpoints. What struck me most was when Addie said something along the lines of, to those whom sin was just a matter of words, salvation was just a matter of words too.
We get a picture of Addie that is very interesting, expressing ideas that she really had no other options in her life, but to go with this we find that she is a pretty smart woman and this is complimented by her views on religion. Addie doesn't seem religious, but she understands religion on a more fundamental level than the other women in the society.
Instead of blindly following prayers, and praying for others as Cora does when she thinks people are blind to sin, Addie knows that religion isn't much more than fancy words just being thrown around. She understand that sin isn't something that can be described in words. There is something more fundamental there that can't be expressed if you are so focused on prayer, and to compliment this she thinks that salvation can't be that simple either.
I believe much of this is coming from her disillusionment with religion as she had an affair with the local religious authority, and this provides us with this woman who can be seen as even more distinct from the other farmer's wives. Not only because she has interesting views on child rearing, but because she doesn't blindly follow religion when many were illiterate and thought that religion could make their lives much better. Addie doesn't turn to religion to make her life better. She puts it off as mostly words spoken by people with no real meaning.
I think that Addie has an interesting view on religion, but it would be cool to see the other character's views on it. We know Anse can philosophize so his religious experience would be nice to look at. I think Cash would also be interesting to find more out about as we already know he is very rational. Overall, it would be interesting to find out this particular family's view on religion.
Anse is an interesting case in this context: he doesn't seem particularly religious in his actions (and Cora sure isn't impressed with his piety or righteousness), but his speech is so thoroughly inflected with biblical cadences ("won't be beholden to no man," "nigh ere a man," etc;) that it seems to invest his solemn oath to return Addie to her people with a kind of religious sanction--he swore an oath to God and is now carrying it forth.
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