Complex sentence: Hocking's work however is characteristic of Victorian evangelical fiction in the greater emphasis it places on Christian piety, and the role of inner spiritual renewal; his Methodist beliefs emerge especially clearly in Joe Wrag's prolonged struggle with the doctrine of Predestination.
Split into simpler sentences: Hocking's work however is characteristically Victorian in the greater emphasis it places on Christian piety, and the role of inner spiritual renewal. His own Methodist beliefs emerge most clearly in Joe Wrag's struggle with the doctrine of Predestination.