Project Gutenberg 2016-10-22 Public domain in the USA. 323 Butler, Joseph 1692 1752 Malcolm, Howard 1799 1879 Malcom, Howard The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature To which are added two brief dissertations: I. On personal identity. II. On the nature of virtue. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature" by Joseph Butler is a philosophical treatise written in the early 18th century. This work examines the relationship between natural theology and revealed religion, arguing that the principles found in nature demonstrate the validity of Christian doctrine. It unfolds a systematic examination of both natural and revealed theology, addressing objections while establishing a foundation for the coherence of Christianity with the observable world. The opening of the work presents an exploration of Butler's intent and methodology, establishing an analogy between the natural order and divine governance. He suggests that just as the natural world operates under discernible laws and principles, so too does divine governance embody a moral system that is just and rational. Through his examination, Butler seeks to demonstrate that the elements of moral government are reflected in the structure of the universe, aiming to dispel doubts about Christianity using reason and observation from nature as supporting evidence. His nuanced approach confronts skepticism regarding personal identity, virtue, and the moral obligations of humanity in relation to divine authority. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Revelation Natural theology Apologetics -- Early works to 1800 Eschatology Analogy (Religion) BT Text Christianity Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 1156736 2025-07-21T09:28:34.089792 text/html 1118549 2024-10-23T01:17:23 text/html 403348 2025-07-21T09:28:48.510711 application/epub+zip 419298 2025-07-21T09:28:36.464796 application/epub+zip 419298 2025-07-21T09:28:35.223773 application/epub+zip 769416 2025-07-21T09:28:56.717686 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675187 2025-07-21T09:28:47.220719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 678990 2022-09-24T08:22:45.166098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 906583 2025-07-21T09:28:31.995810 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 886566 2024-10-23T01:17:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18911 2025-07-21T09:28:56.874691 application/rdf+xml 12930 2025-07-21T09:28:35.429767 image/jpeg 2561 2025-07-21T09:28:35.329791 image/jpeg 370136 2025-07-21T09:28:34.163804 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia