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- catalog abstract "Thomas Paine's reputation as a political thinker rests chiefly on the two books that influenced the American and French revolutions: Common Sense and Rights of Man. But political scientist Jack Fruchtman draws on all of Paine's writings to establish that the key to his political thinking is his religious understanding of nature. For Paine, the study of nature gave humans access to the mind of God - revealing the right social, political, and economic relations necessary to a stable nation. In Thomas Paine and the Religion of Nature Fruchtman explains how Paine constructed a rationale for political revolution based on his theory of nature. Paine believed that human beings had a natural ability to reflect God's inventive creativity. Although they could never achieve God's perfection, people could continually enhance human life by improving their inventions. They could make better candles and build stronger bridges; they could create sound economies and establish democratic constitutions. When Paine proposed that political revolution was just such an invention, he advanced a powerful justification for eliminating the evil kings and corrupt aristocrats who seemed to threaten the people's very humanity. By reexamining Paine's language, imagery, and underlying beliefs, Fruchtman offers an original portrait of a revolutionary writer who relied on nature and nature's God in everything he said and did.".
- catalog contributor b4863980.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: language, homiletics, and audience -- Nature -- Natural man and Common sense -- Nature and man's democratic calling -- Nature and the theory of rights -- Action -- The civil rights of man -- National unity, revolution, and the debt -- Progress -- Economic democracy -- Constitutional invention -- The vision of the future -- Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Thomas Paine's reputation as a political thinker rests chiefly on the two books that influenced the American and French revolutions: Common Sense and Rights of Man. But political scientist Jack Fruchtman draws on all of Paine's writings to establish that the key to his political thinking is his religious understanding of nature. For Paine, the study of nature gave humans access to the mind of God - revealing the right social, political, and economic relations necessary to a stable nation. In Thomas Paine and the Religion of Nature Fruchtman explains how Paine constructed a rationale for political revolution based on his theory of nature. Paine believed that human beings had a natural ability to reflect God's inventive creativity. Although they could never achieve God's perfection, people could continually enhance human life by improving their inventions. They could make better candles and build stronger bridges; they could create sound economies and establish democratic constitutions. When Paine proposed that political revolution was just such an invention, he advanced a powerful justification for eliminating the evil kings and corrupt aristocrats who seemed to threaten the people's very humanity. By reexamining Paine's language, imagery, and underlying beliefs, Fruchtman offers an original portrait of a revolutionary writer who relied on nature and nature's God in everything he said and did.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 215 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Thomas Paine and the religion of nature.".
- catalog identifier "0801845718 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Thomas Paine and the religion of nature.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Thomas Paine and the religion of nature.".
- catalog subject "320.5/1/092 20".
- catalog subject "JC177.A4 F74 1993".
- catalog subject "Nature.".
- catalog subject "Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 Views on nature.".
- catalog subject "Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: language, homiletics, and audience -- Nature -- Natural man and Common sense -- Nature and man's democratic calling -- Nature and the theory of rights -- Action -- The civil rights of man -- National unity, revolution, and the debt -- Progress -- Economic democracy -- Constitutional invention -- The vision of the future -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Thomas Paine and the religion of nature / Jack Fruchtman, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".