Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index
The social and religious context of the Deist controversy -- Characteristics of British Deism -- The rhetoric of subterfuge and characterization -- The rhetorical career of Thomas Woolston -- Tolerance, expression, and prosecution -- Peter Annet : radical Deism in the 1740s -- Reason, revelation, and miracle : the Christian response -- Miracles and method in Christian apologetic -- The religious rhetoric of Jacob Ilive