The Piety of the English Deists: Their Personal Relationship with an Active God

2012/06/01 by Joseph Waligore · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · #Reformation and Early Modern Christianity #Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices #Medieval Literature and History #Piety #Philosophy #Literature #Theology #History #Art

paper · doi:10.1080/17496977.2012.693742

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Abstract

Most scholars think that the English deists believed in a cold, distant deity uninvolved with his creation. Gerald R. Cragg expressed the common view when he said that the God of the English deists...

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