Butler, Joseph
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...BUTLER, JOSEPH 1692 1752, English bishop and exponent of natural theology. Butler held a series of church offices, ending his career...Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3d earl of ). In his natural theology he attempted to show that revealed religion was no less...