Natural Religion in American Literature

Age of Reason American Literature argument asserted Atheism attacked beauty believe benevolent Bhagavad-Gita Bible Boston Calvinism Calvinist Chanting The Square Christ Church claim common notions concept cosmic creation Creator creeds critical deism deistic deists Deity divine Divinity School Address doctrine earth equally eternal Ethan Allen ethical evil existence expounded expression faith felt Freneau God's Handbook heaven Hindu historical Christianity human Ibid idea identity imperfect individual infinite intuition Jefferson Jesus laws of nature Leaves of Grass man's mankind mind miracles Morais moral law mystical natural religion Neoplatonic Oversoul Ox-Bow Incident Paine Paine's pantheism perfect person philosophy poem poet Popular Theology R. W. Emerson rational Religion of Nature religious revelation Satan says Scriptures sense Shaftesbury Sixbey Song soul spiritual Square Deific supernatural Testament Theism Theodore Parker theologians things tion traditional transcendental transcendentalists truth Unitarian unity universe Walt Whitman word worship York