 Alternative Perspectives: Separating God from Religion - http://www.novan.com/god.htm Affirms God as the Creator of the universe and its laws, disaffirms religion as man-made myths and rituals. |
 The Human Jesus and Christian Deism - http://www.onr.com/user/bejo/ Topical articles explaining the meaning, history, and tenets of Christian Deism. |
 Deism and the Enlightenment - http://lonestar.texas.net/~mseifert/deism.html Class lecture notes and recommended readings. |
 The Deist Minimum - http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=143 Article by Avery Cardinal Dulles surveys the origins and spread of Deism with an eye towards its inherent weakness to sustain itself. |
 Deism - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-77 From the Dictionary of the History of Ideas. |
 BBC: Professor Antony Flew - http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/belief/scripts/antony_flew.html Interview discussing Flew's belief in the existence of an Aristotelian God. |
 Jewish Encyclopedia: Deism - http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=209&letter=D Brief survey of English Deists, the influences in philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn, and the Talmud's rejection of the concept. |
 Cambridge History: The Deistical Controversy in English Theology - http://www.bartleby.com/219/1110.html Historical survey of the main proponents and their literature. |
 Psychology Today: Edward O. Wilson Is on Top of the World - http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19980901-000027.html Wilson calls himself a provisional Deist, affirming the likelihood of a prime mover. Interview by Jill Neimark. |
 Joseph Butler - http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/187.html James Kiefer discusses Butler's arguments against Deism. |
 Rise and Fall of English Deism - http://www.ontruth.com/deism.html Essay by Cky J. Carrigan provides historical survey, discusses proponents and main tenets, and analyzes its demise. |
 Positive Deism - http://www.positivedeism.com/ Promotes Deism and its beliefs with articles, forum, and chat. |
 Deism, French - http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deismfre.htm Brief historical survey of the development of Deism in France, as espoused by Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau. |
 Deism, English - http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deismeng.htm Explores the Deism of Hobbes, Locke, Tindal, and the influence of Hume. |
 Of the Religion of Deism Compared with the Christian Religion - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/paine-deism.html From the Modern History Sourcebook: A brief comparative analysis by Thomas Paine. |
 Hume and the American Deists on Miracles - http://www.niu.edu/~jdye/Miracles.html Essay by James Dye discusses David Hume's influence on the Deism of Ethan Allen, Thomas Paine, and Elihu Palmer. |
 Catholic Encyclopedia: Deism - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679b.htm Historical survey and critique. |
 ReligiousTolerance.org: Deism - http://www.religioustolerance.org/deism.htm Definition, history, quotes, and bibliography. |
 Abraham Lincoln: Deist and Admirer of Thomas Paine - http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/steinlinc.htm Chapter from the book "Religious Beliefs of Our Presidents," by Franklin Steiner (1936). Relates opinions of Lincoln's friends and biographers regarding the nature of his belief. |
 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. |
 Atheist Becomes Theist - http://www.biola.edu/antonyflew/ Interview with former Atheist Antony Flew about his belief in Deism and the possibility of Theism. |
 Deism and Reason - http://www.sullivan-county.com/deism.htm Surveys and espouses traditional Deism. E-text resources and Deist quotations. |
 The Origins of Deism - http://www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/south/four.html Lecture by Terry Matthews traces the course and development of Deism. |
 Enlightenment Glossary: Deism - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/DEISM.HTM Article discusses origins and cultural influences. |
 The Deist's Reply - http://www.lysanderspooner.org/deists/deistsreplymain.html 1836 book by Lysander Spooner argues against the miracles of Jesus as found in the Gospels. |
 Bibliomania: A Refutation of Deism - http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/326/2410/27653/1/frameset.html Short prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley. |
 PanenDeism.com - http://www.panendeism.com/ Introduction and FAQ. Proposing that all reality exists within Deity and in process with Deity. |
 Wikipedia: Deism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism Historical survey. |
 Kant's Theistic Solution - http://www.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. |
 Einstein on a Personal God - http://www.einsteinandreligion.com/personal.html Excerpts illustrating belief in a supreme moral code while denying a personal God. |
 Panendeism.org - http://www.panendeism.org/ Based on the idea that the universe is a part of god, but not all of god. |
 World View: Deism - http://www.iwriteiam.nl/GEwv_d.html Christian evaluation with positive and negative comments, bibliography of books by and critical of Deists. |