Bacon omitted satanic agency from his account of Islam

Evidence

Bacon, unlike so many earlier Christian authors, does not describe Muhammad as inspired by the devil; Satan seems to play no part in Bacon’s science of religion. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1149

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with the causal vs. supernatural explanation shift seen across early ethnography and premodern naturalism.