Deism (Natural vs. Revealed Religion in the Enlightenment)

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Deism was a religion that was popular with Enlightenment philosophes of the 18th century in Europe and America.  In contrast to "revealed" religions, such as Christianity, which rely on divine revelation from religious prophets or sacred texts, Deism is a "natural" religion, relying only on what can be empirically observed in nature to construct one's belief system.  In this short lecture, I contrast the revealed religion of Christianity vs. the natural religion of Deism.

This video is targeted mainly toward students taking AP US History and/or AP European History.  Both courses require students to have a working knowledge of the foundations of Deist thought.  I am aware that other videos out there may go more in depth and I'm okay with that.

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