The Age of Reason

Based on years of study and reflection by the author, this 18th-century work, which was written from the deist point of view, questions Christian beliefs and the role of religion in society.

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The Age of Reason

Based on years of study and reflection by the author, this 18th-century work, which was written from the deist point of view, questions Christian beliefs and the role of religion in society.

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The Age of Reason

The Age of Reason

The Age of Reason

The Age of Reason

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Based on years of study and reflection by the author, this 18th-century work, which was written from the deist point of view, questions Christian beliefs and the role of religion in society.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486433936
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 04/22/2004
Series: Dover Value Editions Series
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kerry Walters is Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College. He has published numerous books on Christianity, and particularly on religion in early America.

Table of Contents

Part I.
Title-Page to the Original Paris Editionv
Dedicationvii
Editor's Introduction1
Chapter I.The Author's Profession of Faith21
Chapter II.Of Missions and Revelations23
Chapter III.Concerning the Character of Jesus Christ, and His History26
Chapter IV.Of the Bases of Christianity28
Chapter V.Examination in Detail of the Preceding Bases30
Chapter VI.Of the True Theology31
Chapter VII.Examination of the Old Testament32
Chapter VIII.Of the New Testament38
Chapter IX.In What the True Revelation Consists45
Chapter X.Concerning God, and the Lights Cast on his Existence and Attributes by the Bible47
Chapter XI.Of the Theology of the Christians; and the True Theology50
Chapter XII.The Effects of Christianism on Education. Proposed Reforms55
Chapter XIII.Comparison of Christianism with the Religious Ideas Inspired by Nature62
Chapter XIV.System of the Universe68
Chapter XV.Advantages of the Existence of Many Worlds in Each Solar System72
Chapter XVI.Application of the Preceding to the System of the Christians73
Chapter XVII.Of the Means Employed in All Time, and Almost Universally, to Deceive the People75
Recapitulation83
Part II.
Preface85
Chapter I.The Old Testament89
Chapter II.The New Testament152
Chapter III.Conclusion183
Letters Concerning "The Age of Reason"196
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