Theopanism (from
Greek
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: Θεός ''Theos'', "God" and πᾶν ''pan'', "all") is a religious term by which, as one author puts it, "the meaning given the word God is of an entity that is not separate from the universe."
Theopanism includes among its major concepts
pantheism
Pantheism can refer to a number of philosophical and religious beliefs, such as the belief that the universe is God, or panentheism, the belief in a non-corporeal divine intelligence or God out of which the universe arisesAnn Thomson; Bodies ...
and
panentheism
Panentheism (; "all in God", from the Greek , and ) is the belief that the divine intersects every part of the universe and also extends beyond space and time. The term was coined by the German philosopher Karl Krause in 1828 (after reviewin ...
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[Alvin Jay Reines, ''Polydoxy: explorations in a philosophy of liberal religion'', 1987, p. 77.]
See also
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God becomes the Universe
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Mordechai Nessyahu
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Pandeism
Pandeism, or pan-deism, is a theological doctrine that combines aspects of pantheism with aspects of deism. Unlike classical deism, which holds that the creator deity does not interfere with the universe after its creation, pandeism holds tha ...
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Spiritual naturalism
Spiritual naturalism, or naturalistic spirituality combines a naturalist philosophy with spirituality. Spiritual naturalism may have first been proposed by Joris-Karl Huysmans in 1895 in his book ''En Route''.
Coming into prominence as a writer ...
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Baruch Spinoza
Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 163221 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born in the Dutch Republic. A forerunner of the Age of Enlightenmen ...
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Universal Pantheist Society
Pantheism can refer to a number of Philosophy, philosophical and Religion, religious beliefs, such as the belief that the universe is God, or panentheism, the belief in a non-corporeal divine intelligence or God out of which the universe arise ...
References
External links
Why I Believe in Godby John J. Lanier, ''The Builder Magazine'', April 1927 - Volume XIII - Number 4
Pantheism
Hindu philosophical concepts
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