Deism, Anthropomorphism, and Religion
I'm just beginning to think about a reference article on deism that I'm writing for the Ian Ramsey Centre's Special Divine Action Project and it has me thinking about a rather curious phenomenon in early modern philosophy and religion: the complex interplay between deism and theological anthropomorphism. Presently, the term 'deism' is associated with the 'absent watchmaker' picture of God: a highly anthropomorphic conception of a divine engineer whose prime concern is the elegant mechanical design of the universe rather than moral qualities. This is a conception shaped by 18th century Anglophone deists. However, in his large and extremely carefully...
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Topic(s):
Anthony Collins
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Baruch Spinoza
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Contemporary Thinkers
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Deism
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Deism and Freethinking
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Divine Attributes
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Divine Revelation
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George Berkeley
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Historical Thinkers
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Historiography of Philosophy
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Jonathan Israel
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Philosophical Theology
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Philosophy
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Philosophy of Religion
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The Church
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Theology
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William King
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