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The Great Awakenings · US History

In the context of the Awakenings, the term 'Deism' refers to a belief that:

  1. God is a personal being who actively intervenes in the daily lives of individual believers
  2. God created the universe but operates it through natural laws without direct intervention
  3. There is no God at all, and the universe consists purely of material substance
  4. The American government itself is considered to be a divinely ordained institution
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Correct answer: God created the universe but operates it through natural laws without direct intervention

Many Enlightenment thinkers and some Founding Fathers were Deists. The Great Awakenings were, in part, a reaction against this 'rational' and 'distant' view of God, seeking to replace it with a more emotional and personal faith.

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