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BOOK REVIEW: Thomas Paine – At the Limits of Bourgeois Radicalism

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1995 Number 4 Volume 2

It is refreshing to read an essay about Thomas Paine which not only places him in his historical context but also emphasises his relevance  oday. This essay is part of a book which was compiled in 1991, when the fall of the Berlin Wall had just come down.

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An 1819 political cartoon titled “The Age of Reason or the World Turned Topsyturvy Exemplefied in Tom Paines Works!!” by Isaac Cruikshank. To a crucifix is tied a shaft, topped by a cap of Liberty, which supports a placard: ‘No Christianity!!!—No Religion!!!—No King!!!—No Lords! No Commons!—No Laws! Nothing but Tom Paine & Universal Suffrage!!!’ – © The Trustees of the British

BOOK REVIEW: Paine, Scripture, And Authority. The Age Of Reason As Religious And  Political Idea

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1995 Number 4 Volume 2

Paine, Scripture, and Authority is an important work, particularly as it is the first book for many years to focus on The Age of Reason. Yet for all its value it pays too much attention to what the authors see as Paine’s personal motivation

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"The absent man" a 1792 anonymous etching shows a man walking absent-mindedly into a shallow pond. A paper inscribed 'Rights of Man' projects from his pocket, showing that he is absorbed in political contemplation. On the left a fashionably dressed couple point at him with amusement - © The Trustees of the British Museum

BOOK REVIEW: Thomas Paine, Political And Social Thought

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1990 Number 1 Volume 1

The book is certainly a very stimulating read, tending to present a sophisticated new view of Paine. It has a good chronology and bibliography, good insights into how the repression of the 1790s was and the sad course of the French Revolution, combined to defeat the Paineite movement.

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Age of Reason Writings

BOOK REVIEW: The Encyclopedia Of Unbelief

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1986 Number 1 Volume 1

I have no hesitation in stressing the fact that this is a very important work, perhaps the most important in the field of freethought published for many years, which will become an essential reference tool not just to those associated with organised unbelief but all serious scholars and researchers interested in the field.

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