Was Deism a Religion?

Deism 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.

Is Deism a religion or philosophy?

Many Americans embrace a faith strikingly similar to that of Thomas Jefferson. Deism was a philosophy, especially popular in the 18th century, holding that God had created the universe and its laws but then receded from the action.

What kind of God did Deists believe in?

The basic beliefs of all Deist theologies is that God exists and created the world, but beyond that, God has no active engagement in the world except the creation of human reason, which enables us to find God by doing good.