pantheism
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.
Origin of pantheism
1Other words from pantheism
- pan·the·ist, noun, adjective
- pan·the·is·tic [pan-thee-is-tik], /ˌpæn θiˈɪs tɪk/, pan·the·is·ti·cal, adjective
Words Nearby pantheism
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How to use pantheism in a sentence
In this debate, Lewis represents ‘mere Christianity’, Kennedy modern humanism, and Huxley ‘Eastern pantheism’.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley | John Garth | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTStripped of its parade and tinsel, however, this theory is nothing but the old pantheism revived.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardThe orthodox doctrine does not teach, as pantheism does, that our soul can not perish.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa GuiccioliA form of a very doubtful pantheism might be reached in this way, but not theism.
Theism or Atheism | Chapman CohenShe had indeed a strong tendency to pantheism, for she expected the animals to rise again—a most unpleasant notion!
There and Back | George MacDonald
Into practical pantheism, and into the deification of human reason it does run.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham
British Dictionary definitions for 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
Derived forms of pantheism
- pantheist, noun
- pantheistic or pantheistical, adjective
- pantheistically, adverb
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Cultural definitions for 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.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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