Home›Open Questions›How many people today hold deist views, whether or not they use the label, and can a philosophical position without an organised membership be reliably counted at all?Open QuestionsHow many people today hold deist views, whether or not they use the label, and can a philosophical position without an organised membership be reliably counted at all?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "How many people today hold deist views, whether or not they use the label, and can a philosophical position without an organised membership be reliably counted at all?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/how-many-people-hold-deist-views-today.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). How many people today hold deist views, whether or not they use the label, and can a philosophical position without an organised membership be reliably counted at all?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/how-many-people-hold-deist-views-todayCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-how-many-people-today-hold-deist-views-w, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {How many people today hold deist views, whether or not they use the label, and can a philosophical position without an organised membership be reliably counted at all?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/how-many-people-hold-deist-views-today}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionDeism has never had a central organisation or membership process, and general religious surveys that ask about belief in God, an afterlife or scripture rarely isolate a specifically deist position from theism or agnosticism more broadly.What would resolve this A survey instrument specifically designed to isolate deist belief, of the kind occasionally attempted in general religious surveys, applied consistently enough across countries to support a global estimate.OpenSociology of religionJohn Bowker (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of World ReligionsCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnDeism, Religions Well-attested Source The Oxford Dictionary of World ReligionsJohn Bowker (ed.)tier 1SourcesThe Oxford Dictionary of World Religionstier 1John Bowker (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year