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panentheism

Noun

Meaning

(philosophy, religion) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.

(rare) A belief in all gods.

Panentheism (uncountable)

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Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Hindu views are broad and range from monism, through pantheism and panentheism (alternatively called monistic theism by some scholars) to monotheism and even atheism. Source: Internet

In some forms of panentheism, the cosmos exists within God, who in turn " transcends ", "pervades" or is "in" the cosmos. Source: Internet

In pantheism, the universe and everything included in it is equal to the Divine, but in panentheism, the universe and the divine are not ontologically equivalent. Source: Internet

Ksemaraja, trans. by Jaidev Singh, Spanda Karikas: The Divine Creative Pulsation, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p.119 Thus, Kashmir Shaivism is also propounding of theistic monism or panentheism. Source: Internet

Martial Guéroult (1891–1976) suggested the term " panentheism ", rather than "pantheism" to describe Spinoza's view of the relation between God and the world. Source: Internet

Nazarene Methodist theologian Thomas Jay Oord advocates panentheism, but he uses the word "theocosmocentrism" to highlight the notion that God and some world or another are the primary conceptual starting blocks for eminently fruitful theology. Source: Internet

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