pantheism

[ pan-thee-iz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that identifies God with the universe.

pantheism

/ ˈpænθɪˌɪzəm /

the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which man, nature, and the material universe are manifestations
any doctrine that regards God as identical with the material universe or the forces of nature
readiness to worship all or a large number of gods

pantheism

The belief that God, or a group of gods, is identical with the whole natural world; pantheism comes from Greek roots meaning “belief that everything is a god.”

First recorded in 1700–10; from French panthéisme, equivalent to pan- ( def ) + theism ( def )

In this debate, Lewis represents ‘mere Christianity’, Kennedy modern humanism, and Huxley ‘Eastern pantheism’.

Stripped of its parade and tinsel, however, this theory is nothing but the old pantheism revived.

The orthodox doctrine does not teach, as pantheism does, that our soul can not perish.

A form of a very doubtful Pantheism might be reached in this way, but not theism.

She had indeed a strong tendency to pantheism, for she expected the animals to rise again—a most unpleasant notion!

Into practical pantheism, and into the deification of human reason it does run.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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