natural religion
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of natural religion
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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Blake loathed the deistic, natural religion associated with Newton and Bacon.
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2010
"Islam is a sort of natural religion for underdogs," says Ziauddin Sardar, a British scholar of Islam, "and that's one reason why Afro-Caribbean people have found its message very attractive."
From Time Magazine Archive
From the New Testament he sought to show that the teaching of Christ substantially coincides with natural religion as he understood it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
To return: we find in the preceding resumés of longevity that poets are the shortest-lived; next to them, authors on natural religion, dramatists, and novelists.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
It combines a theory of knowledge with a partial psychology, a methodology for the investigation of truth, and a scheme of natural religion.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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