The Radical Rhetoric of the English Deists

Editor’s Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. The Social and Religious Context of the Deist Controversy 1
2. Characteristics of British Deism 23
3. The Rhetoric of Subterfuge and Characterization 51
4. The Rhetorical Career of Thomas Woolston 77
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Editor’s Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. The Social and Religious Context of the Deist Controversy 1
2. Characteristics of British Deism 23
3. The Rhetoric of Subterfuge and Characterization 51
4. The Rhetorical Career of Thomas Woolston 77
5. Tolerance, Expression, and Prosecution 103
6. Peter Annet: Radical Deism in the 1740s 125
7. Reason, Revelation, and Miracle: The Christian Response 145
8. Miracles and Method in Christian Apologetic 161
9. The Religious Rhetoric of Jacob Hive 181
10. Conclusion 205
Notes 213
Bibliography 223
Index 237
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