Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1953. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 264-280).

As was true of most intellectual trends in colonial America, deism originated in England and spread to the colonies. To understand deism as it developed in eighteenth century America, one must examine the roots and mature status of deism in England. Deism did not emerge as an entirely new system of thought in seventeenth century England. The disputes, schisms and wars of the Reformation laid a negative foundation for its appearance. The counter-accusations of the clergy of different sects provided ammunition for its anticlerical campaign. The Reformation itself, by its rejection of the ritualism and authority of the Roman Catholic Church, its teaching that in matters of religion each individual should use his own reason, and its putting greater stress on the ethical element in religion, was a movement in the same direction as deism. It did not, however, advance as far. To replace the authority of the Catholic Church, the Protestants substituted the Bible.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1932. / Bibliography: p. 65-66.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1932. / Bibliography: p. 65-66.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1988. / Bibliography: leaves 167-179.

Part of a Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 1942. / Contains list of contents, thesis summary and reprint from ELH, a journal of English literary history, v. 9, no. 4, December, 1942. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1988. / Bibliography: leaves 167-179.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1988. / Bibliography: leaves 167-179.

Inaug.-diss.--Leipzig. / Vita.

Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. 299-328.