Ebenezer Gay
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Works by Ebenezer Gay
(1696-1787)
| 1759 | "Natural Religion." Gay, who would be called the "father of American Unitarianism," articulates his religious beliefs in this influential Harvard lecture that synthesizes the theories of Hobbes and Locke and applies them to religious faith. Gay defines natural religion as "that which bare Reason discourses and dictates." |
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