The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology

Name: The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology
Author: Thomas Paine
ISBN: 9781910660928

Author: Thomas Paine
Series: Ideas for Life
Language: English
Length: 178 pages
ISBN: 9781910660928
Published: 15 March 2015
Imprint: The Big Nest

Thomas Paine
Age of Reason
Theology
deism
Bible
religion
philosophy

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Description

The Age of Reason follows in the tradition of eighteenth-century British deism, and challenges institutionalized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments, highlighting what Paine saw as corruption of the Christian Church and criticizing its efforts to acquire political power.

Author

Thomas Paine (1737–1809) had the rare gift of making radical ideas feel like common sense. Common Sense helped turn colonial grievance into a republic; The Rights of Man carried that fire back across the Atlantic; later The Age of Reason scandalised the pious without losing his faith in human dignity. Paine wrote for taverns and barracks, not for salons — short sentences, large claims, a nerve that still startles.

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