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1. Deism | Definition, History, Beliefs, Significance, & Facts
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Deism
Description: WEBMar 29, 2024 · Deism, an unorthodox religious attitude that found expression among a group of English writers in the 17th and 18th centuries. It accepted religious knowledge that is inborn in every person and can be acquired by reason and rejected such knowledge that is acquired through revelation or the teaching of a church.
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2. Deism - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism
Description: WEBMore simply stated, Deism is the belief in the existence of God (often, but not necessarily, a God who does not intervene in the universe after creating it ), [8] [12] solely based on rational thought without any reliance on revealed religions or …
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3. Deism: a Definition and Summary of Basic Beliefs - Learn Religions
Link: https://www.learnreligions.com/deism-95703
Description: WEBMar 26, 2018 · Catherine Beyer. Updated on March 26, 2018. The term deism refers not to a specific religion but rather to a particular perspective on the nature of God. Deists believe that a single creator god does exist, but they take their evidence from reason and logic, not the revelatory acts and miracles that form the basis of faith in many organized ...
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4. The Founding Fathers, Deism, and Christianity - Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Founding-Fathers-Deism-and-Christianity-1272214
Description: WEBAlthough orthodox Christians participated at every stage of the new republic, Deism influenced a majority of the Founders. The movement opposed barriers to moral improvement and to social justice. It stood for rational inquiry, for skepticism about dogma and mystery, and for religious toleration.
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5. Deism summary | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/summary/Deism
Description: WEBDeism, Belief in God based on reason rather than revelation or the teaching of any specific religion. A form of natural religion, Deism originated in England in the early 17th century as a rejection of orthodox Christianity.
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6. Deism Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deism
Description: WEBThe meaning of DEISM is a movement or system of thought advocating natural religion, emphasizing morality, and in the 18th century denying the interference of the Creator with the laws of the universe.
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7. Deism - New World Encyclopedia
Link: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Deism
Description: WEBDeism (from Latin: deus = God) refers to the eighteenth-century movement in modern Christianity which taught that reason —rather than revelation—should form the basis of religion.
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8. Deism and the Founding of the United States - National …
Link: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/deism.htm
Description: WEBDeism or “the religion of nature” was a form of rational theology that emerged among “freethinking” Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries. Deists insisted that religious truth should be subject to the authority of human reason rather than divine revelation.
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9. Deism: Traditional & Contemporary | Issue 152 | Philosophy Now
Link: https://philosophynow.org/issues/152/Deism_Traditional_and_Contemporary
Description: WEBDeism: Traditional & Contemporary. Robert Griffiths looks into an anti-religion, pro-God way of thinking. Deism is belief in the existence of a creator God who does not intervene in the universe, and in particular, in the lives of people. Cleverly, deists …
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10. Deism - Oxford Reference
Link: https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095707815
Description: WEBOverview. deism. Quick Reference. Belief in a god who created the universe but does not govern worldly events, does not answer prayers, and has no direct involvement in human affairs. deist n. One who espouses deism. Compare agnosticism, atheism, pantheism, theism. deistic or deistical adj.
