Lecture 12: Butler’s Analogy of Religion

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Department: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion

Date Added: 22/06/2017

Duration: 00:32:50

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Lecture 10: Woolston and Sherlock on the Resurrection

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The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection by Thomas Sherlock is the focus of this lecture. Sherlock’s work is a thorough refutation of Woolston’s Sixth Discourse. The Tryal is in the form of a mock trial and was very popular.

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Department: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion

Date Added: 22/06/2017

Duration: 00:49:06

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Lecture 09: Collins and Woolston on Prophecy and Miracles

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This lecture continues the discussion of Collins, but also adds the thoughts of Thomas Woolston and his Discourses on the Miracles of Our Saviour. Included also are responses from Chandler and Zachary Pierce.

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Department: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion

Date Added: 22/06/2017

Duration: 00:34:19

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Lecture 08: Anthony Collins on Free-Thinking and Christianity

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This lecture focuses on Anthony Collins, one of the major figures in the Deist movement, and includes responses by Bentley, Leland, and Chandler. The modern scholar Richard Hays is discussed as an extension of Chandler’s arguments.

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Department: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion

Date Added: 22/06/2017

Duration: 00:43:20

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Lecture 07: Shaftesbury on Free-Thinking and Religion

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This lecture is primarily about the thoughts of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, the Earl of Shaftsbury, with a connection to modern thoughts along the same lines. Also, Shaftesbury’s thoughts are here scrutinized by Brown.

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Department: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion

Date Added: 22/06/2017

Duration: 00:24:29

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Lecture 06: Early Deism: Early Responses; Toland

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This lecture continues the early response to Deism with Richard Baxter, including his view of the relationship between faith and reason, plus Locke, Halyburton, and Leslie. The thoughts of the Deist John Toland are also discussed.

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Department: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion

Date Added: 22/06/2017

Duration: 00:39:55

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Lecture 05: Early Deism: Herbert, Spinoza, Blount

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This lecture begins a detailed discussion of Deistic thought, starting with the early Deists, Herbert of Cherbury, later plagiarized in Charles Blount’s Reglio Laici, and Baruch Spinoza, with responses from Stillingfleet and Boyle.

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Department: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion

Date Added: 22/06/2017

Duration: 00:39:03

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Lecture 04: Background: Philosophical and Religious Thought

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In this lecture Dr McGrew gives a short history of philosophy and religion, especially the lesser known figures, which affected and influenced the thoughts of the authors involved in the Deist controversy.

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Department: Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion

Date Added: 22/06/2017

Duration: 00:11:52

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Lecture 03: Background: History of Science

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This lecture is a quick summary of the history of science from Aristotle to Newton. Dr McGrew also includes a brief discussion of why the history of science is important to the Deist controversy.

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