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
This natural religion, so called, is not found in Nature; it is no more natural than it is religious.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste
In the profound works of Dr. Harris, entitled “The Pre-Adamite Earth,” and “Man Primeval,” the connections of geology and revelation are briefly but ably treated, and also its connection with natural religion.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
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 Holcombe, William Henry
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