panentheism

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Definition of panentheism in English English dictionary

A doctrine that the universe is part of 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.

A belief in all gods

alternative spelling of panentheism

A new Age belief that God is all that exists God is at once the entire universe, and transcends the universe as well See New Age See Monism See Pantheism

God is in all things In panentheism God is both personal and is also in all of creation It is a universal view that believes God is in all people and that someday all of God's creation will be saved and be one with Him

New Age belief that God is in everything ( COMPARE: Pantheism )

the belief that God is both fixed and changing, inclusive of all possibilities

the belief that the divine is in all things and unifies all things but is ultimately greater than all things

Etymology

() Coined by Karl Christian Friedrich Krause in 1828 as pan- +‎ en- +‎ theism.