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
Now, the point aimed at in this lecture is to ascertain whether natural religion can point out decisive evidence of divine benevolence.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
The general position of English deism was the acceptance of the belief in the existence of God, and the profession of natural religion along with opposition to the mysteries and special claims of Christianity.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
The veriest barbarian has some faint idea of natural religion, and some feeble impulse of natural honor, which distinguish him from the beasts and unite him to his kind.
From In Both Worlds by William Henry Holcombe
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