• Deism (/ˈdiːɪzəm/ DEE-iz-əm  or /ˈdeɪ.ɪzəm/ DAY-iz-əm; derived from the Latin term deus, meaning "god") is the philosophical position and rationalistic...
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    Christian deism is a standpoint in the philosophy of religion stemming from Christianity and Deism. It can often refer to Deists who believe in the moral...
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    Pandeism (redirect from Pan deism)
    Pandeism, or pan-deism, is a theological doctrine that combines aspects of pantheism with aspects of deism. Unlike classical deism, which holds that the...
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  • Ceremonial deism is a legal term used in the United States to designate governmental religious references and practices deemed to be mere cultural rituals...
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  • Moralistic therapeutic deism (MTD) is a term that was first introduced in the 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American...
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  • Look up Deism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deism is the philosophical doctrine in which it is understood that God can be found only through the...
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    Theism (section Deism)
    existence of at least one deity. In common parlance, or when contrasted with deism, the term often describes the philosophical conception of God that is found...
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  • Deism, the religious attitude typical of the Enlightenment, especially in France and England, holds that the only way the existence of God can be proven...
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  • Polytheism (redirect from PolyDeism)
    Latin deus meaning god) is a portmanteau referencing a polytheistic form of deism, encompassing the belief that the universe was the collective creation of...
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  • Catholicism and Deism are two theologies that have opposed each other in matters of the role of God in the world. Deism is the philosophical belief which...
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  • Personal god (section Deism)
    Deism". Enlightenment Deism. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2014. Jone, Brian (9 October 2006). "Just Ask! Brian "Humanistic" Jones about Deism"...
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  • heaven and the earth. The word de-us is the root of deity, and thereby of deism, pandeism, and polydeism, all of which are theories in which any divine...
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    Syriac Armenian Byzantine Miscellaneous Antipopes Anti-Catholicism Criticism Deism/Pandeism Ecumenism Monasticism Relations with: Islam Judaism Orthodoxy Protestantism...
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  • Growth of religion involves the spread of individual religions and the increase in the numbers of religious adherents around the world. In sociology, desecularization...
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    Elihu Palmer (1764 – April 7, 1806) was an author and advocate of deism in the early days of the United States. Elihu Palmer was born in Canterbury, Connecticut...
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    Presbyterian church, but refrained from joining it until he left office. Deism was a religious philosophy in common currency in colonial times, and some...
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    had betrayed him. In The Age of Reason and other writings, he advocated Deism, promoted reason and freethought, and argued against religion in general...
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    religions. Religious practice varies significantly by region. "Ceremonial deism" is common in American culture. The overwhelming majority of Americans believe...
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  • theology, religious studies, and morality. Jefferson was most comfortable with Deism, rational religion, theistic rationalism, and Unitarianism. He was sympathetic...
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    that religion is the foundation of civil society. He sharply criticized deism and atheism and emphasized Christianity as a vehicle of social progress...
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  • The De teaching (Chinese: 德教 Dejiao, "teaching of virtue", the concept of De), whose corporate name is the Church of Virtue (德教會 Déjiàohuì), is a sect...
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    is the universe itself. God is sometimes seen as omnibenevolent, while deism holds that God is not involved with humanity apart from creation. Some traditions...
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    The Age of Reason (category Deism)
    arguing for the philosophical position of deism. It follows in the tradition of 18th-century British deism, and challenges institutionalized religion...
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  • Cosmism Cult of Reason Cult of the Supreme Being Deism Christian Deism Gottgläubig Moralistic therapeutic deism Spinozism Ethical movement Freethought North...
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    his treatise De Veritate which positioned him as the "father of English Deism". This seminal work distinguishes truth from revelation, probability, possibility...
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    Capitalism Civil liberties Classicism Counter-Enlightenment Critical thinking Deism Democracy Empiricism Encyclopédistes Enlightened absolutism Haskalah Humanism...
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    clarify his personal conception of God, Flew openly made an allegiance to Deism, more specifically a belief in the Aristotelian God, a Divine Watchmaker...
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  • Ietsism (redirect from Agnostic Deism)
    predominantly non-religious. Deism Higher Power Ignosticism Irreligion List of English words of Dutch origin Moralistic therapeutic deism Religion in the Netherlands...
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    Deism is the belief that only one deity exists, who created the universe, but does not usually intervene in the resulting world.[page needed] Deism was...
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    currents, quite ironically, included arguments in favour of anti-Christianity, Deism, and even Atheism, accompanied by demands for secular states, bans on religious...
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