The Age of Reason
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Paine's years of study and reflection on the role of religion in society culminated with this, his final work. An attack on revealed religion from the deist point of view — embodied by Paine's credo, "I believe in one God, and no more" — its critical and objective examination of Old and New Testaments cites numerous contradictions.
Part I.Title-Page to the Original Paris EditionvDedicationviiEditor's Introduction1Chapter I.The Author's Profession of Faith21Chapter II.Of Missions and Revelations23Chapter III.Concerning the Character of Jesus Christ, and His History26Chapter IV.Of the Bases of Christianity28Chapter V.Examination in Detail of the Preceding Bases30Chapter VI.Of the True Theology31Chapter VII.Examination of the Old Testament32Chapter VIII.Of the New Testament38Chapter IX.In What the True Revelation Consists45Chapter X.Concerning God, and the Lights Cast on his Existence and Attributes by the Bible47Chapter XI.Of the Theology of the Christians; and the True Theology50Chapter XII.The Effects of Christianism on Education. Proposed Reforms55Chapter XIII.Comparison of Christianism with the Religious Ideas Inspired by Nature62Chapter XIV.System of the Universe68Chapter XV.Advantages of the Existence of Many Worlds in Each Solar System72Chapter XVI.Application of the Preceding to the System of the Christians73Chapter XVII.Of the Means Employed in All Time, and Almost Universally, to Deceive the People75Recapitulation83Part II.Preface85Chapter I.The Old Testament89Chapter II.The New Testament152Chapter III.Conclusion183Letters Concerning "The Age of Reason"196
