The American Deists, Voices of Reason and Dissent in the Early Republic
Author
Walters; Kerry S.
Year
1992
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Type
BOOK
Category
Philosophy
Language
English
Pages
412
ISBN
978-0-70060-540-8
Link
Last Update
05-Sep-2024
Keywords
History ; American Studies ; Religion
Description
Challenging carved-in-stone tenets of Christianity, deism began sprouting in colonial America in the early 18th century, was flourishing nicely by the American revolution, and to all intents and purposes was dead by 1811. Despite its hasty demise, deism left a theological legacy. Christian sensibility would never be quite the same again.
