Panentheism

//pænˈɛnθiɪzəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe. uncountable

    "The third great age of humanity (das Reifalter) is that in which all its powers are fully and harmoniously developed... and in which panentheism is universally and cordially accepted as the only true and adequate doctrine either of science or of society."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of panentheism. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  3. 3
    the belief that God is in part of the universe and its phenomena and also transcends the universe and intervenes in its operations wordnet
  4. 4
    A belief in all gods. rare, uncountable

Example

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"The Deity could be the universe itself, a concept labelled as pantheism, or it could be the universe and beyond it, a concept labelled as panentheism."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Panentheismus, coined by Karl Christian Friedrich Krause in 1828 from Ancient Greek πᾶν ἐν θεῷ (pân en theōî, “all in god”) + -ismus (“-ism”).

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