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panentheism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /pænˈɛnθiɪzəm/

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”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.
   • 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. 1964, Charles Hartshorne, Man's Vision of God and the Logic of Theism, page 348:
   • 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. 1874, Robert Flint, The Philosophy of History in France and Germany, page 484:
   • Pantheism or panentheism... is condemned by the Church, as well as by the teachings of Schopenhauer and of the modern Hartmann. 1895, Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña perfecta, page 84:
2. (rare, uncountable) A belief in all gods.

Forms

Deriveds

panentheistic · panentheists · panentheist · panendeism · panentheistical · panentheistically

Relateds

pantheism · pandeism · theism

Translations (13)

ru пантеи́зм (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · el πανενθεϊσμός (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · pt panenteísmo (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · pl panenteizm (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · de Panentheismus (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · pl panenteizm ((rare) a belief in all gods) · fr panenthéisme (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · tr tüm tanrıcılık (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · he פנאנתאיזם (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · sv panenteism (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · da panenteisme (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · tr panenteizm (a doctrine that the universe is within God) · fi panenteismi (a doctrine that the universe is within God)