01736cam a2200253 i 4500 613842946 TxAuBib 20120406120000.0 940413s1896||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 04001971 (OCoLC)374910 TxAuBib rda Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. The age of reason: being an investigation of true and fabulous theology. New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons, 1896. 208 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Paine's years of study and reflection on the role of religion in society culminated with his final work, The Age of Reason. This coolly reasoned polemic influenced religious thinking throughout the world at the dawn of the nineteenth century, and its resonance remains undiminished by time. The selfsame humanist and egalitarian views that made Paine a popular figure of the American Revolution brought him into frequent conflict with political authorities. Parts of The Age of Reason were written in a French jail, where Paine was confined for his opposition to the execution of Louis XVI. An attack on revealed religion from the deist point of view — embodied by Paine's credo, "I believe in one God, and no more" — this work undertakes a hitherto unheard-of approach to Bible study. Its critical and objective examination of Old and New Testaments cites numerous contradictions as evidence against literal interpretations of the text. 20120406. Placed by Vera F. Ray in memory of her husband, Geroge B. Ray. Rationalism.