Natural Religion and the Nature of Religion: The Legacy of Deism

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Original Title Page
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Original Copyright Page......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Natural and revealed religion......Page 20
Natural theology, civil theology, and mythic theology......Page 24
Natural and supernatural religion......Page 26
Natural religion and natural religiousness......Page 27
Religion and Christianiry......Page 30
Lord herbert of Cherbury and religious humanism......Page 41
John Locke on the nature and necessity of revelation......Page 56
Introduction......Page 71
The doctrine of God......Page 72
The doctrine of man......Page 80
Religious certainty......Page 89
Introduction......Page 98
A general picture of the history of religions......Page 101
The church......Page 107
The bible......Page 112
Introduction......Page 130
Hume on the natural religion of mankind......Page 132
Kant on the place of religion in history......Page 147
Introduction......Page 160
J.G. Herder on human nature and history......Page 162
The case against natural religion in Schleiermacher's Speeches......Page 175
Hegel on religion in history......Page 185
Conclusion......Page 197
Introduction......Page 200
F. Max Mueller......Page 202
Natural religion in Tylor's Primitive Culture......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 222
Introduction: the legacy of deism......Page 226
The concept of religion and the universality of religion......Page 228
Religion and human nature......Page 245
Naturalism and the history of religions......Page 260
Notes......Page 275
Works cited......Page 279
Index......Page 285