Historical argument in the writings of the English deists

Thesis

This study examines the role of history in the writings of the English deists, a group of heterodox religious controversialists who were active from the last quarter of the seventeenth century until the middle of the eighteenth century. Its main sources are the published works of the deists and their opponents, but it also draws, where possible, on manuscript sources. Not all of the deists were English (one was Irish and another was of Welsh extraction), but the term ‘English Deists’ has b...

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Authors: Roberts, G; Gabriel Roberts

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Heterodoxy; Deists; John Toland; Probability; Divine Attributes; Things Above Reason; William Whiston; Natural Religion; Anthony Collins; Deism; Samuel Clarke; Revealed Religion; Thomas Morgan; Matthew Tindal; Thomas Chubb; Enlightenment; William Warburton
• Subjects: History of Britain and Europe; Eighteenth-Century Britain and Europe; History; Intellectual History; Early Modern Britain and Europe; Theology and Religion; Church history; Philosophy