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100 1 _aPaine, Thomas,
_d1737-1809
245 1 4 _aThe Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): The Age of Reason
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2003
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Reason
500 _aRelease date is 2003-02-01
508 _aNorman M. Wolcott and David Widger
520 _a"The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine is a deistic work published in three parts between 1794 and 1807. Paine challenges institutionalized religion and the Bible's legitimacy, arguing for reason over revelation and rejecting miracles as divine proof. He advocates for natural religion and belief in a creator god while criticizing what he saw as the Christian Church's corruption and political ambitions. Written in an engaging, irreverent style, Paine made deistic arguments accessible to ordinary readers, sparking both revival and fierce controversy across America and Britain. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPhilosophy and religion
653 _aPolitical science
653 _aRationalism
700 1 _aConway, Moncure Daniel,
_d1832-1907
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3743
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