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Kersey Graves
1813–1883
A 19th-century American freethinker and reform writer, he became best known for challenging orthodox religion and arguing for broad comparisons across world faiths. His books made him a notable voice on the lecture circuit and in radical religious debate of his time.
2 Audiobooks
The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations
by Kersey Graves, Lydia M. Graves
About the author
Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in 1813, Kersey Graves was raised in a Quaker family and later became known as a skeptic, rationalist, spiritualist, and reform-minded writer. He spent much of his life in Indiana and emerged as a recognizable figure in the freethought movement of the late 1800s.
Graves is best remembered for The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors and The Bible of Bibles, works that questioned conventional Christian claims and tried to place them alongside stories and scriptures from other religions. His writing was controversial even in his own day, but it helped make him a popular speaker among readers interested in religious criticism and independent thought.
He died in Richmond, Indiana, in 1883. Today, he is mainly remembered as a provocative and energetic participant in 19th-century debates over religion, skepticism, and spiritual inquiry.