Ian Ramsey Centre: The Deist Controversy

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The Deist Controversy was an extended debate that took place first in England and then Continental Europe roughly from the late 1600s through the mid 1700s. The deists, most of whom believed that there was a god worthy of worship who had created the world, denied special divine action beyond creation. Hence they claimed that Christianity as a revealed religion was false or even contemptible. A wide array of scholars responded to the deists and the resulting arguments shaped a landscape of ideas that largely persists to the present day. This podcast series consists of eighteen lectures delivered as a graduate-level online course at Western Michigan University, USA, 11 May - 1 July 2015 by Timothy McGrew, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy. The series was produced in collaboration with the Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford University Faculty of Theology and Religion, as part of the Special Divine Action project, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.

Recent Episodes
  • Lecture 01: Introduction: What was the Deist Controversy?
    Jun 22, 2017 – 11:17
  • Lecture 02: Background: Civil History of England
    Jun 22, 2017 – 14:47
  • Lecture 03: Background: History of Science
    Jun 22, 2017 – 22:11
  • Lecture 04: Background: Philosophical and Religious Thought
    Jun 22, 2017 – 11:52
  • Lecture 05: Early Deism: Herbert, Spinoza, Blount
    Jun 22, 2017 – 39:03
  • Lecture 06: Early Deism: Early Responses; Toland
    Jun 22, 2017 – 39:55
  • Lecture 07: Shaftesbury on Free-Thinking and Religion
    Jun 22, 2017 – 24:29
  • Lecture 08: Anthony Collins on Free-Thinking and Christianity
    Jun 22, 2017 – 43:20
  • Lecture 09: Collins and Woolston on Prophecy and Miracles
    Jun 22, 2017 – 34:19
  • Lecture 10: Woolston and Sherlock on the Resurrection
    Jun 22, 2017 – 49:06
  • Lecture 11: Tindal, Conybeare, and Foster
    Jun 22, 2017 – 32:50
  • Lecture 12: Butler’s Analogy of Religion
    Jun 22, 2017 – 47:17
  • Lecture 13: Thomas Chubb and Peter Annet
    Jun 22, 2017 – 31:21
  • Lecture 14: Annet and Dodwell
    Jun 22, 2017 – 32:23
  • Lecture 15: Dodwell and his Critics
    Jun 22, 2017 – 30:25
  • Lecture 16: David Hume: Introduction to “Of Miracles”
    Jun 22, 2017 – 35:23
  • Lecture 17: Hume’s “Of Miracles,” Part 1
    Jun 22, 2017 – 37:39
  • Lecture 18: Hume’s “Of Miracles,” Part 2
    Jun 22, 2017 – 42:00
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