ARP388 The Age of Reason
From American Revolution Podcast by Michael Troy
May 31, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 388
About this episode
This episode discusses Thomas Paine's move to France and his work 'The Age of Reason' which critiques organized religion.
Paine moves to France to serve in the French Revolution. During his time there, he wrote The Age of Reason, supporting deism and attacking organized religion. This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Man of Reason: The Life of Thomas Paine, by Alfred Aldridge (borrow on archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: The Age of Reason: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.218719 Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: https://merch.amrevpodcast.com Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast…
People in this episode
Host: Michael Troy
Topics covered
- Thomas Paine
- French Revolution
- deism
- organized religion
- The Age of Reason
Keywords
- Thomas Paine
- French Revolution
- The Age of Reason
- deism
- organized religion
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Age of Reason
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