John Whitworth is a former college lecturer and visiting university lecturer. His research interest is in the French Revolution. He lived in France for many years and gained a PhD at the University of Paris-I Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1992.

• IntroductionChapter 1The Cult of the Supreme Being in waitingChapter 2The Committee of Public Safety versus the dechristianiserChapter 3The décadaire cult and the Cult of the Supreme Being within the Cult of ReasonChapter 4The elimination of the ‘faction leaders’ and the official launch of the Cult of the Supreme BeingChapter 5The responses to the Report and Law of 18 FloréalChapter 6The Festival of the Supreme Being and NatureChapter 7The Cult of the Supreme being in practiceChapter 8The road to ThermidorEpilogueDeism and the décadaire cult till the Concordat of Year IXAnnexArchival Sources

John Whitworth is a former college lecturer and visiting university lecturer. His research interest is in the French Revolution. He lived in France for many years and gained a PhD at the University of Paris-I Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1992.

• IntroductionChapter 1The Cult of the Supreme Being in waitingChapter 2The Committee of Public Safety versus the dechristianiserChapter 3The décadaire cult and the Cult of the Supreme Being within the Cult of ReasonChapter 4The elimination of the ‘faction leaders’ and the official launch of the Cult of the Supreme BeingChapter 5The responses to the Report and Law of 18 FloréalChapter 6The Festival of the Supreme Being and NatureChapter 7The Cult of the Supreme being in practiceChapter 8The road to ThermidorEpilogueDeism and the décadaire cult till the Concordat of Year IXAnnexArchival Sources

John Whitworth is a former college lecturer and visiting university lecturer. His research interest is in the French Revolution. He lived in France for many years and gained a PhD at the University of Paris-I Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1992.

• IntroductionChapter 1The Cult of the Supreme Being in waitingChapter 2The Committee of Public Safety versus the dechristianiserChapter 3The décadaire cult and the Cult of the Supreme Being within the Cult of ReasonChapter 4The elimination of the ‘faction leaders’ and the official launch of the Cult of the Supreme BeingChapter 5The responses to the Report and Law of 18 FloréalChapter 6The Festival of the Supreme Being and NatureChapter 7The Cult of the Supreme being in practiceChapter 8The road to ThermidorEpilogueDeism and the décadaire cult till the Concordat of Year IXAnnexArchival Sources