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'''Deism''' is belief in a creator or divine source known through reason or nature rather than ongoing revelation.
'''Deism''' is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of '''metaphysics and ultimate reality''': questions about God, divinity, being, spirits, sacred reality, and the structure of the cosmos.


== Related pages ==
== Overview ==


* [[Religion]]
This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of '''Deism'''. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.
 
== In philosophy of religion ==
 
In philosophy of religion, concepts such as '''Deism''' can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.
 
== Associated traditions and worldviews ==
 
The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:
 
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* [[Unaffiliated and Secular Worldviews]]
* [[Unitarian Universalism]]
* [[Christianity]]
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== Related concepts ==
 
* [[God]]
* [[Ultimate reality]]
* [[Divinity]]
* [[Sacred mystery]]
* [[Theism]]
* [[Theism]]
* [[Deity]]
* [[Supreme being]]
* [[Classical theism]]
== See also ==
* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[Religious concepts and ideals]]
* [[Religious concepts and ideals]]
* [[List of religions and worldviews]]
* [[Concepts and ideals by tradition]]


[[Category:Theism]]
[[Category:Religious concepts and ideals]]
[[Category:Philosophy of religion]]
[[Category:Metaphysics and ultimate reality]]



Latest revision as of 20:59, 22 May 2026

Deism
Type Concept / ideal
Field Philosophy of religion
Category

Deism is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of metaphysics and ultimate reality: questions about God, divinity, being, spirits, sacred reality, and the structure of the cosmos.

Overview

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This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of Deism. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.

In philosophy of religion

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In philosophy of religion, concepts such as Deism can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.

Associated traditions and worldviews

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The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:

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See also

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