Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar

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Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar is a philosophical and religious discourse within Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s work that presents a deistic, natural-religion critique of established churches and dogma.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work section ⓘ
philosophical discourse ⓘ
religious discourse ⓘ
advocates individual conscience ⓘ
natural morality ⓘ
religion of the heart ⓘ
author Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
centralCharacter Savoyard vicar ⓘ
controversialFor challenge to Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ
rejection of church authority ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
critiques established churches ⓘ
religious dogma ⓘ
religious intolerance ⓘ
revealed religion ⓘ
genre Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
historicalContext French Enlightenment ⓘ
influenced Romantic views of religion ⓘ
later deist thought ⓘ
modern religious liberalism ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
natural law theory ⓘ
keyConcept inner moral sense ⓘ
limits of human reason in theology ⓘ
natural order as evidence of God ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
literaryForm first-person monologue ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Émile, or On Education ⓘ
philosophicalPosition deism ⓘ
natural religion ⓘ
positionInWork Book IV of Émile ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
rejectsView need for institutional mediation between God and humans ⓘ
relatedWork Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men ⓘ
The Social Contract ⓘ
supportsView God known through nature and conscience ⓘ
theme critique of clerical authority ⓘ
existence of God ⓘ
freedom and moral responsibility ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
natural revelation ⓘ
problem of evil ⓘ

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Emile, or On Education → containsSection → Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar ⓘ
Book IV (Émile) → contains → the Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar ⓘ
subject linked to: Book IV
linked to: Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar