User:Annabellecrtrt/Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine- not liked American Political Activist played a key part in the beginning of the Revolution and wrote works that influenced independence from Great Britain and reflected the enlightenment era. New sources reveal information on his religion and further explanation for the American Crisis.

He was also a member of a church group ("Thomas Paine", Wikipedia, 2022-02-23, retrieved 2022-03-01). Paine was involved with religion in negative and positive ways to reflect his messages. Thomas Paine not only held these religious beliefs but took those beliefs and made them apart of his writings. Paines faith that God is a benevolent creator is shown in "Common Sense" and many of his writing, in order to set forth his belief. Paine's belief on a democratic level was related to by others. Acceptance of his religion fell on the same democratic principles that individuals faced. Within these works, Paine created a series. "In 1776, Paine published The American Crisis series to inspire Americans in their battles against the British army. Furthermore, this 13 pamphlet series consisted of many articles that argued for independence. These articles were used in the American Revolution to give colonists a guide, untimitley containing religion based theory.

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=== Article body- Paine’s faith that God is a benevolent creator, a faith evident as early as Common Sense and running throughout his writings, created a moral foundation for his thought. His most controversial work, The Age of Reason, comprised his harshest evaluation of organized religion. Paine creates a careful attempt to set forth his belief in God === Tie in resource for series of American Crisis.

Lacks Pains use of religion towards his writings.

References-
("Project MUSE - The Political Philosophy of Thomas Paine". muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-01).

https://www.ushistory.org/Paine/crisis/

The American Crisis

https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/69302

https://stuter.fsv.cuni.cz/stuter/article/view/699/601

https://stuter.fsv.cuni.cz/stuter/article/view/699/601