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
The ancient Toltecs, who preceded them in Mexico, were a comparatively humane and enlightened race; they retained many of the highest principles of natural religion, united, probably, with truths derived from primitive tradition.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
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
Many authors on natural religion may come under the denomination of monomaniacs.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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