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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 04 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Carl. |
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The Age of Reason, written by legendary author Thomas Paine, is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. The book was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely inspired text. The Age of Reason is not atheistic, but deistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Rationalism.
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Free thought.
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Reasoning.
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Christianity -- Controversial literature.
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Judaism -- Controversial literature.
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Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon), 1856-1933.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781518939990 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1518939996 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11810474 |
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