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Historical survey and critique.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679b.htm
Topical articles explaining the meaning, history, and tenets of Christian Deism.
http://www.onr.com/user/bejo/
A monotheistic religion based on transcendent moral principle.
http://lifesmessage.com/
Collection of downloadable writings on skepticism, divine revelation, and ethics as well as works by Thomas Paine.
http://www.geocities.com/deism101us/
From the Modern History Sourcebook: A brief comparative analysis by Thomas Paine.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/paine-deism.html
Article discusses origins and cultural influences.
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/DEISM.HTM
Short biography of the life and accomplishments of this early English Deist.
http://www.thoemmes.com/dictionaries/blount.htm
Definition, history, quotes, and bibliography.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/deism.htm
Surveys and espouses traditional Deism. E-text resources and Deist quotations.
http://www.sullivan-county.com/deism.htm
Christian evaluation with positive and negative comments, bibliography of books by and critical of Deists.
http://home.wxs.nl/~faase009/GEwv_d.html
Father Raymond Fontaine describes why he left the Roman Catholic Church and now leans toward Deism.
http://home.att.net/~rayfontaine/
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.
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/steinlinc.htm
Essay by Stephen Palmquist proposes that Kant is better classified as a Theist than as a Deist.
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/srp/arts/KTS.html
Historical survey of the main proponents and their literature.
http://www.bartleby.com/219/1110.html
Series of articles finds strains of Deism in some books of the Bible.
http://www.awitness.org/essays/deism.html
Essays on the history, philosophy, and ethics of Deism. News, FAQ, suggested reading, book reviews, humor, and poetry.
http://www.deistnet.com/
Essay by Cky J. Carrigan provides historical survey, discusses proponents and main tenets, and analyzes its demise.
http://www.ontruth.com/deism.html
Original articles by Vynn Roehm extolling the reasonable, immutable nature of God as revealed in creation. Annotated reading list.
http://www.angelfire.com/al2/thelight/
Excerpts illustrating belief in a supreme moral code while denying a personal God.
http://condor.stcloudstate.edu/~lesikar/einstein/personal.html
James Kiefer discusses Butler's arguments against Deism.
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/187.html
Essay by James Dye discusses David Hume's influence on the Deism of Ethan Allen, Thomas Paine, and Elihu Palmer.
http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~phildept/Dye/Miracles.html
Promotes Deism and its beliefs with articles, forum, and chat.
http://www.positivedeism.com/
Class lecture notes and recommended readings.
http://lonestar.texas.net/~mseifert/deism.html
Portion of 1798 work by Samuel McCorkle arguing the superiority of Christianity to Deism.
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/mccorkle.html
Affirms God as the Creator of the universe and its laws, disaffirms religion as man-made myths and rituals.
http://www.novan.com/god.htm
Wilson calls himself a provisional Deist, affirming the likelihood of a prime mover.
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/neimark/eow.html
Lecture by Terry Matthews traces the course and development of Deism.
http://www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/south/four.html
Introduction and FAQ. Proposing that all reality exists within Deity and in process with Deity.
http://www.panendeism.com/
1836 book by Lysander Spooner argues against the miracles of Jesus as found in the Gospels.
http://www.lysanderspooner.org/deists/deistsreplymain.html
Stephen Zinn explains how he came to believe in Deism. Primer and chronology.
http://www.deist.info/
Brief survey of English Deists, the influences in philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn, and the Talmud's rejection of the concept.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=209&letter=D
Defends Deism and theistic evolution, examines issues of Biblical errancy.
http://members.allstream.net/~fnojd/
Slideshow on the characteristics of the Enlightenment and Deism.
http://www.keyano.ca:8080/bhemstock/engl358/deism/
Short prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/326/2410/27653/1/frameset.html
Promoting Process Deism which emphasizes evolutionary progress.
http://www.telic21.org/
Interview with former Atheist Antony Flew about his belief in Deism and the possibility of Theism.
http://www.biola.edu/antonyflew/
Primer, quotes, and articles.
http://moderndeism.com/
From the Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-77
Library of audio sermons and articles (MP3).
http://www.dynamicdeism.org/
Affirming Christian living through common sense and reason.
http://home.earthlink.net/~xypher/socf/