Joseph Waligore
Biographic Data
| ID | 2010055 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Waligore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Waligore |
| SIGNATURE | WALIGORE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7379-4698 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Religious Enlightenment and the English Jesus-Centered Deists
In most of the twentieth century, the Enlightenment was seen as a time when religious belief was incompatible with Enlightenment values of reason, toleration, and science. David Sorkin maintains that many religious Protestants, Catholics, and Jews emphasized toleration and reason while participating in the secular public sphere. Sorkin asserts that these people were part of the religious Enlightenment. This article focuses on a group of ten Engli…
God's Mighty Arm Makes the French Victorious”: The French Revolutionary Deists Who Believed in Miracles
The deists have commonly been characterized as irreligious thinkers who believed in a distant and inactive deity. This characterization of deism is undermined by the large number of French Revolutionary deists who believed that God worked miracles. Some French Revolutionary deists claimed that God continually led the French armies to victory, while others said that God worked a single miracle. After eliminating the French Revolutionaries who were…
The Christian Deist Writings of Benjamin Franklin
The solution to characterizing Benjamin Franklin's religious beliefs is realizing there were English deists who labeled themselves "Christian deists." Christian deists believed in miracles and thought Jesus was a deist: he taught only piety and morality. They claimed Jesus's message had been corrupted by priests who wanted money and power. By 1735, Franklin had given up his unorthodox deism and, in essays defending Reverend Samuel Hemphill, espou…
The Piety of the English Deists: Their Personal Relationship with an Active God
Most scholars think that the English deists believed in a cold, distant deity uninvolved with his creation. Gerald R. Cragg expressed the common view when he said that the God of the English deists
The Piety of the English Deists: Their Personal Relationship with an Active God
Most scholars think that the English deists believed in a cold, distant deity uninvolved with his creation. Gerald R. Cragg expressed the common view when he said that the God of the English deists
The Piety of the English Deists: Their Personal Relationship with an Active God
Most scholars think that the English deists believed in a cold, distant deity uninvolved with his creation. Gerald R. Cragg expressed the common view when he said that the God of the English deists
The Christian Deist Writings of Benjamin Franklin
The solution to characterizing Benjamin Franklin's religious beliefs is realizing there were English deists who labeled themselves "Christian deists." Christian deists believed in miracles and thought Jesus was a deist: he taught only piety and morality. They claimed Jesus's message had been corrupted by priests who wanted money and power. By 1735, Franklin had given up his unorthodox deism and, in essays defending Reverend Samuel Hemphill, espou…
God's Mighty Arm Makes the French Victorious”: The French Revolutionary Deists Who Believed in Miracles
The deists have commonly been characterized as irreligious thinkers who believed in a distant and inactive deity. This characterization of deism is undermined by the large number of French Revolutionary deists who believed that God worked miracles. Some French Revolutionary deists claimed that God continually led the French armies to victory, while others said that God worked a single miracle. After eliminating the French Revolutionaries who were…
The Religious Enlightenment and the English Jesus-Centered Deists
In most of the twentieth century, the Enlightenment was seen as a time when religious belief was incompatible with Enlightenment values of reason, toleration, and science. David Sorkin maintains that many religious Protestants, Catholics, and Jews emphasized toleration and reason while participating in the secular public sphere. Sorkin asserts that these people were part of the religious Enlightenment. This article focuses on a group of ten Engli…
Art (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Piety (2 works)