pantheism

American  

[pan-thee-iz-uhm] / ˈpæn θiˌɪz əm /

noun

1. 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.

2. any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that identifies God with the universe.

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pantheism British  

/ ˈpænθɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which man, nature, and the material universe are manifestations

2. any doctrine that regards God as identical with the material universe or the forces of nature

3. readiness to worship all or a large number of gods

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pantheism Cultural  

1. 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.”

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• pantheistically
  adverb
• pantheist
  noun
• pantheistic
  adjective
• pantheistical
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of pantheism

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

Explanation

If you believe in pantheism, you see God in the whole world around you. Pantheism is a religious belief that includes the entire universe in its idea of God. A person who follows the religious doctrine of pantheism believes that God is all around us, throughout the whole universe. Pantheism implies a lack of separation between people, things, and God, but rather sees everything as being interconnected. More rarely, pantheism refers to a belief in all gods from all religions, or a tolerance for those beliefs. In Greek, pan means "all" and theos means "god."

Example Sentences

How many adaptations of French-Canadian literary novels about Pantheism can you say that about?

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2013

He avoided cosmic thoughts, kept his writing purposely free from Pantheism, stuck to his species and specimens and "let God go" as imponderable.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pantheism holds that God is not a personal deity, but rather is immanent in the natural workings of the universe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since Pantheism holds that God is in every bit of the universe, all forms of reverence for nature are roughly consistent with it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like the Proteus of Grecian fable, the Hindoo mythology assumes a thousand different shapes,—it is, in short, Pantheism in its most perfect development.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von