Monotheism – Christianity
Deism – Jefferson and Franklin – creator that does not intervene in the universe
Naturalism – there is nothing supernatural, the scientific method should be used to investigate all areas of life
Nihilism – Russian revolutionary party – rejection of all religious and moral principles
Existentialism – mortal man’s search for meaning in a meaningless universe
Pantheism – there is no God but the combined substance, forces, and laws that are manifested in the existing universe – Ralph Waldo Emerson is a proponent