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Category Description for Deism

Deism has at minimum these attributes:

1. Belief in the existence of God, omnipotent Creator.
2. Belief that God can be understood and followed by reason alone
3. Follows a moral code derived from reason
4. Denial of ceremony, ritual, mysticism, special revelation (like the Bible), miracles or any kind of interventions by God to affect outcomes in the material world.

Christian Deism

While Christianity and Deism are different belief systems, some called themselves "Christian Deists" to avoid the charge of heresy while believing as strict Deists, others adopted aspects of Christianity as it suited them (or vice versa).

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• Founding Fathers Debate
• Organizations
• Personal Pages

Resources in This Category

• Bibliomania: A Refutation of Deism

  http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/326/2410/27653/1/frameset.html
  Short prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

• Cambridge History: The Deistical Controversy in English Theology

  http://www.bartleby.com/219/1110.html
  Historical survey of the main proponents and their literature.

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Deism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679b.htm
  Historical survey and critique.

• Deism Advocated in the Bible

  http://www.awitness.org/essays/deism.html
  Series of articles finds strains of Deism in some books of the Bible.

• Deism and Reason

  http://www.sullivan-county.com/deism.htm
  Surveys and espouses traditional Deism. E-text resources and Deist quotations.

• Deism, English

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/deismeng/
  Explores the Deism of Hobbes, Locke, Tindal, and the influence of Hume.

• Deism, French

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/deismfre/
  Brief historical survey of the development of Deism in France, as espoused by Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau.

• Jewish Encyclopedia: Deism

  http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5049-deism
  Brief survey of English Deists, the influences in philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn, and the Talmud's rejection of the concept.

• Joseph Butler

  http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/187.html
  James Kiefer discusses Butler's arguments against Deism.

• Kant's Theistic Solution

  http://staffweb.hkbu.edu.hk/ppp/srp/arts/KTS.html
  Essay by Stephen Palmquist proposes that Kant is better classified as a Theist than as a Deist.

• Of the Religion of Deism Compared with the Christian Religion

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/paine-deism.asp
  From the Modern History Sourcebook: A brief comparative analysis by Thomas Paine.

• Positive Deism

  http://www.positivedeism.com/
  Promotes Deism and its beliefs with articles, forum, and chat.

• Psychology Today: Edward O. Wilson Is on Top of the World

  http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199809/eo-wilson-is-top-the-world
  Wilson calls himself a provisional Deist, affirming the likelihood of a prime mover. Interview by Jill Neimark.

• ReligiousTolerance.org: Deism

  http://www.religioustolerance.org/deism.htm
  Definition, history, quotes, and bibliography.

• The Deist Minimum

  http://www.firstthings.com/article/2005/01/the-deist-minimum
  Article by Avery Cardinal Dulles surveys the origins and spread of Deism with an eye towards its inherent weakness to sustain itself.

• The Human Jesus and Christian Deism

  http://www.christiandeistfellowship.com/
  Topical articles explaining the meaning, history, and tenets of Christian Deism.

• Wikipedia: Deism

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism
  Historical survey.

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