Panentheism vs Pantheism - What's the difference?
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(philosophy, religion) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.
* 1874 , , The Philosophy of History in France and Germany , p. 484,
* 1895 , , Doña perfecta , p. 84,
* 1964 , , Man's Vision of God and the Logic of Theism , p. 348,
(rare) A belief in all gods.
The belief that the universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
(rare) The belief in all gods; omnitheism.
Pantheism is a derived term of panentheism.
Pantheism is a related term of panentheism.
In lang=en terms the difference between panentheism and pantheism
is that panentheism is a belief in all gods while pantheism is the belief in all gods; omnitheism.As nouns the difference between panentheism and pantheism
is that panentheism is a doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe while pantheism is the belief that the universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.panentheism
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(wikipedia panentheism)Alternative forms
* pan-en-theism * Panentheism * Pan-en-theismNoun
(-)- 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.
- Pantheism or panentheism ... is condemned by the Church, as well as by the teachings of Schopenhauer and of the modern Hartmann.
- This panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations. Thus ARCW, or absolute-relative panentheism , is the one doctrine that really states the whole of what all theists, if not all atheists as well, are implicitly talking about.
