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Panentheism (from Greek πᾶν (pân) "all"; ἐν (en) "in"; and θεός (Theós) "God"; "all-in-God") is a belief system which posits that God exists and interpenetrates every part of nature, and timelessly extends beyond as well. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Deism is the belief that a supreme God exists and created the physical universe and that religious truths can be arrived at by the application of reason alone without dependence on revelation Henotheism ( Greek heis theos "one god" is a term coined by Max Müller, to mean devotion to a Single god while accepting For the Celtic Frost album see Monotheist (album In Theology, monotheism (from Greek grc [[wiktμόνος μόνος]] Pantheism ( Greek: πάν ( 'pan') = all and θεός ( 'theos') = God it literally means " God is All Monolatrism or monolatry ( Greek: μόνος ( monos) = single and λατρεία ( latreia) = Worship) is the recognition of the existence See also God Conceptions of God can vary widely despite the use of the same term for them all The English word god continues the Old English ang god ( got-Latn guþ gudis in Gothic, gem gud in modern Arguments for and against the existence of God have been proposed by philosophers theologians and others The gender of God can be viewed as either a literal or an allegorical aspect of a deity A creator deity is a Deity in a Creation myth responsible for the creation of the World (or Universe) The Great Architect of the Universe (also Grand Architect of the Universe or Supreme Architect of the Universe) is a conception of God discussed by many Demiurge (the Latinized form of Greek demiourgos, δημιουργός, literally "public or skilled worker" from demos God the Sustainer is a theological term referring to the concept of a God who sustains and upholds everything in existence God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. In many religions the supreme Deity ( God) is given the title and attributions of Father. Monad (from Greek μονάς monas, "unit" monos, "alone" which according to the Pythagoreans, was a term for God Oneness is a spiritual term referring to the 'experience' of the absence of egoic identity boundaries and according to some traditions the perception of an absolute The term Supreme Being is often defined simply as " God " and it is used with this meaning by theologians of many religious faiths including but not limited to The All (also called The One The Absolute, The Great One The Creator The Supreme Mind The Supreme Good The The expression Personal God, refers to the belief that God is - and can be related to as - a Person. Unitarianism as a theology is the belief in the single personality of God in contrast to the doctrine of the Trinity (three persons in one God Dualism denotes a state of two parts The word's origin is the Latin duo, "two". SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных Omniscience (ɒm'nɪsɪəns (or Omniscient Point-of-View in writing is the capacity to know everything infinitely or at least everything that can be known about a character Omnipotence ( Omni Potens: "all Power " is unlimited power Omnipresence is the ability to be present in every place at any and/or every time unbounded or universal presence Omnibenevolence is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "unlimited or infinite Benevolence " Bahá'ís believe in a single, imperishable God, the creator of all things including all the creatures and forces in the universe Since the time of the Buddha the refutation of the existence of a creator has been seen as a key point in distinguishing Buddhist from non-Buddhist views The term "Godhead" The term Godhead is a term denoting deity or divinity In Hinduism the concept of God is complex and depends on a particular tradition In Islam, God is believed to be the only real supreme being all-powerful and all knowing Creator Sustainer Ordainer and Judge of the universe Islam puts a heavy emphasis The conception of God in Judaism is Monotheistic. The God of Israel was known by two principal names in the Bible The fundamental belief of Sikhism is that God exists not merely as an idea or concept but as a Real Entity indescribable yet knowable and perceivable to anyone who is prepared to dedicate Faith is a Belief in the trustworthiness of an Idea. Formal usage of the word "faith" is usually reserved for concepts of Religion, as in Prayer is the act of attempting to communicate with a Deity or spirit Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a Proposition or Premise to be true Revelation is the act of revealing or disclosing (see etymology or in the theological perception making something obvious and clearly understood through active or passive communication Fideism is the view that Religious belief relies primarily on Faith or Special revelation, rather than rational inference or observation Gnosis (from one of the Greek words for Knowledge, γνώσις is the spiritual knowledge of a Saint or mystically enlightened human being Metaphysics is the branch of Philosophy investigating principles of reality transcending those of any particular science Mysticism (from the Greek grc μυστικός mystikos, an initiate of a Mystery religion) is the pursuit of communion with identity Hermeticism is a set of philosophical and religious beliefs based primarily upon the writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, who is put forth as a Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos In Philosophy, ontology (from the Greek, genitive: of being (part A God complex is a psychological state of mind in which a person believes that they have supernatural powers or god-like abilities Neurotheology The Euthyphro dilemma is found in Plato's dialogue Euthyphro, in which Socrates asks Euthyphro "Is the pious ( τὸ ὅσιον In the Philosophy of religion and Theology, the problem of evil is the problem of reconciling the existence of Evil or Suffering in the world Theodicy (θiːˈɒdɪsi (adjectival form theodicean) is a specific branch of Theology and Philosophy that attempts to reconcile the existence of Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Panentheism is distinguished from pantheism, which holds that God is synonymous with the material universe. Pantheism ( Greek: πάν ( 'pan') = all and θεός ( 'theos') = God it literally means " God is All [1]
In panentheism, God is viewed as creator and/or animating force behind the universe, and the source of universal truth. This concept of God is closely associated with the Logos as stated in the 5th century BC works of Heraclitus (ca. grc-Latn Logos (ˈloʊːgɒs ( Greek, logos) is an important term in Philosophy, Analytical psychology, Rhetoric and Religion Heraclitus of Ephesus ( Ancient Greek: &mdash grc-Latn ''Hērákleitos ho Ephésios'' English Heraclitus the Ephesian) (ca 535–475 BC), in which the Logos pervades the cosmos and whereby all thoughts and things originate; e. Events and trends 539 BC — Babylon is conquered by Cyrus, defeating Nabonidus; noted in such documents as that of Africanus Events By place Greece Cimon leads an Athenian attack on the island of Skyros and expels the In its most general sense a cosmos is an orderly or harmonious system g. , "He who hears not me but the Logos will say: All is one. " A similar thought espoused by Jesus and interpreted by the New Thought movement as being synonymous: "The Father and I are one. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a New religious movement developed in the United States during the late 19th century which emphasizes metaphysical " (John 10:30)
While pantheism asserts that God and the universe are coextensive, panentheism claims that God is greater than the universe and that the universe is contained within God. The Gospel of John (literally According to John; Greek, Κατὰ Ἰωάννην Kata Iōannēn) is the fourth Gospel in the canon Panentheism holds that God is the "supreme affect and effect" of the universe.
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Ancient panentheism
North American Indians were and still are largely panentheistic, conceiving of God as both immanent in Creation and transcendent from it. Immanence, derived from the Latin in manere "to remain within" refers to philosophical and metaphysical theories of the divine as existing and acting within the mind (Indian writers have also translated the word for God as the Great Mystery [2] or as the Sacred Other[3]) An exception is the Cherokee who were monotheistic. The Cherokee (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ a-ni-yv-wi-ya, in the Cherokee language) are a people native to North America, who at the time of European contact For the Celtic Frost album see Monotheist (album In Theology, monotheism (from Greek grc [[wiktμόνος μόνος]] [4] Most South American peoples were largely panentheistic as well (as were ancient South East Asian and African cultures). The Central American empires of the Mayas, Aztecs as well as the South American Incans (Tahuatinsuyu) were actually polytheistic and had very strong male deities. The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican Civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the Pre-Columbian Americas Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple Gods (usually assembled in a pantheon) together with associated Mythology and Rituals
Neoplatonism and Hermeticism are polytheistic and panentheistic. Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical Philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD founded by Hermeticism is a set of philosophical and religious beliefs based primarily upon the writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, who is put forth as a Plotinus taught that there was an ineffable transcendent god (The One) of which subsequent realities were emanations. Plotinus ( Greek:) (ca AD 204–270 was a major philosopher of the ancient world who is widely considered the founder of Neoplatonism (along with his From the One emanates the Divine Mind (Nous) and the Cosmic Soul (Psyche). Nous (ˈnuːs Greek: or) is a philosophical term for Mind or Intellect. In Neoplatonism the world itself is a god. Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical Philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD founded by
Development of a formal philosophy
The German philosopher Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781–1832) seeking to reconcile monotheism and pantheism, coined the term panentheism ("all in God") in 1828. Karl Christian Friedrich Krause ( May 6, 1781 – September 27, 1832) was a German Philosopher, born at Eisenberg For the Celtic Frost album see Monotheist (album In Theology, monotheism (from Greek grc [[wiktμόνος μόνος]] Pantheism ( Greek: πάν ( 'pan') = all and θεός ( 'theos') = God it literally means " God is All This conception of God influenced New England transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson. Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in Literature, Religion, Culture, and Philosophy that emerged in New England in the Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25 1803 &ndash April 27 1882 was an American essayist philosopher poet and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century The term was popularized by Charles Hartshorne in his development of process theology and has also been adopted by proponents of various New Thought beliefs. Charles Hartshorne ( June 5, 1897 &ndash October 9, 2000) was a prominent American philosopher who concentrated primarily on the Philosophy Process theology is a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical Process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947 The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a New religious movement developed in the United States during the late 19th century which emphasizes metaphysical However despite formalization of this term in the west as late as the 18th century, the formal analysis of panentheism is not new; for example philosophical treatises have been written on it in the context of Hinduism for millennia. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent.
Beginning in the 1940s, Hartshorne examined numerous conceptions of God. He reviewed and discarded pantheism, deism, and pandeism in favor of panentheism, finding that "panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations". Deism is the belief that a supreme God exists and created the physical universe and that religious truths can be arrived at by the application of reason alone without dependence on revelation Pandeism or Pan-Deism ( Greek πάν, 'pan' = ' all ' and Latin Deus = God, in the sense of Deism Hartshorne formulated God as necessarily being able to become 'more perfect', contending that God had absolute perfection in categories for which absolute perfection was possible, and relative perfection (i. e. was superior to all others) in categories for which perfection can not be precisely determined. [5]
New Thought Movement
Unity, Religious Science, and Divine Science are denominations that represent a panentheistic worldview within the New Thought belief system. Unity also known as Unity School of Christianity and informally as Unity Church, is a school of thought founded upon holistic Christian principles Religious Science, also known as Science of Mind, was founded in 1927 by Ernest Holmes (1887-1960 and is a spiritual/philosophical/metaphysical religious movement Church of Divine Science is a religious group founded in Denver Colorado in the late 19th century during the dramatic growth of the New Thought Movement in the The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a New religious movement developed in the United States during the late 19th century which emphasizes metaphysical
Panentheism and Religion
Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity
In Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity, creation is not "part of" God, and the Godhead is still distinct from creation; however, God is "within" all creation, thus the parsing of the word in Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity is "pan-entheism" (God indwells in all things) and not "panen-theism" (All things are part of God but God is more than the sum of all things).
The Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches have a doctrine called panentheism to describe the relationship between the Uncreated (God, who is omnipotent, eternal, and constant) and His creation that bears surface similarities with the panentheism described above but maintains a critical distinction. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only three Ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.
Most specifically, these Churches teach that God is not the "watchmaker God" of the Western European Enlightenment. The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a phase in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century Likewise, they teach that God is not the "stage magician God" who only shows up when performing miracles. A miracle is an event believed to be caused by interposition of Divine intervention by a Supernatural being in the Universe by which the ordinary operation Instead, the teaching of both these Churches is that God is not merely necessary to have created the universe, but that His active presence is necessary in some way for every bit of creation, from smallest to greatest, to continue to exist at all. That is, God's energies maintain all things and all beings, even if those beings have explicitly rejected Him. Historical context The Energies of God are a central principle of Theology in the Eastern Orthodox Church, understood by the orthodox Fathers His love of creation is such that he will not withdraw His presence, which would be the ultimate form of slaughter, not merely imposing death but ending existence, altogether. By this token, the entirety of creation is sanctified, and thus no part of creation can be considered innately evil. This does not deny the existence of evil in a fallen universe, only that it is not an innate property of creation. The Fall of Man, or simply the Fall, in Christian doctrine refers to the transition of the first humans from a state of innocent obedience to God,
This Orthodox Christian panentheism is distinct from a fundamentalist panentheism in that it maintains an ontological gulf or distance between the created and the Uncreated. Fundamentalism refers to a "deep and totalistic commitment" to a belief in and strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often Religious in nature a reaction
Other Christian panentheists
Panentheistic God-models are exceptionally common amongst professional theologians (exegetes, Christian ethicists, and religious philosophers). Exegesis (from the Greek 'to lead out' involves an extensive and critical interpretation of an authoritative text, especially of a Holy Process theology, Creation Spirituality and Panentheist Circle, three Christian views, contain panentheistic worldviews. Process theology is a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical Process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947 Creation Spirituality is a socially conscious earth-centered unorthodox Christian spiritual system formulated in the 1970s by Matthew Fox then a Catholic priest A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Their models of panentheism are distinct from that of the Orthodox Churches.
Some argue that panentheism should also include the notion that God has always been related to some world or another, which denies the idea of creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo). Thomas Jay Oord advocates panentheism, but he uses the word "theocosmocentrism" to highlight the notion that God and some world or another are the primary conceptual starting blocks for eminently fruitful theology. Thomas Jay Oord (b 1965) is a Philosopher and Theologian who specializes in research related to love, relational thought (including relational This form of panentheism helps in overcoming the problem of evil and in proposing that God's love for the world is essential to who God is.
Panentheism was a major force in the Unitarian church for a long time, based on Ralph Waldo Emerson's concept of the Oversoul. Unitarian Universalism ( UUism) is a theologically liberal Religion characterized by its support for a "free and responsible search for truth Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25 1803 &ndash April 27 1882 was an American essayist philosopher poet and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century "The Over-soul" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841 This survives today as the panentheistic religion, Oversoul. [1] Charles Hartshorne, who conjoined process theology with panentheism, maintained a lifelong membership in the Methodist church but was also a Unitarian. In later years he joined the Austin, TX Unitarian Universalist congregation and was an active participatent in that church. [2]
Gnosticism is Panentheistic, believing that the true God is separate from the physical universe however, there are aspects of the true God in the physical universe as well. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy Thus, "All-In-God" as stated in one of the Sayings of Gospel of Thomas: "Lift Up A Stone And You Will Find Me There. This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament In Geology, rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of Minerals and/or Mineraloids The Earth's outer solid layer the ‘ Lithosphere . . "
Panentheism in Judaism
Panentheism is often viewed as component of Hasidic Judaism and Kabbalah. Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc from the Hebrew: he '''''חסידות''''', Chassidus, meaning "piety" from the Hebrew Kabbalah (קַבָּלָה lit "receiving" is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism.
Panentheism in Islam
Several Sufi saints and thinkers, primarily Ibn Arabi, held beliefs that were somewhat panentheistic. Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفیگری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف TemplateInfobox Muslim scholars --> Ibn Arabi (ابن عربي ( July 28, 1165 - November 10, 1240) was an These notions later took shape in the theory of wahdat ul-wujud (the Unity of All Things). Major ideas in Sufi metaphysics have surrounded the concept of Wahdat or "Unity" Some Sufi Orders, notably the Bektashis, continue to espouse panentheistic beliefs. Bektashism (Bektaşilik is an Islamic Sufi order ( Tariqat) considered to be a distinct branch of Shi'a Islam Likewise, the Universal Sufi movement, which is inspired by Islam but is a form of Sufism separate from Islam. Universal Sufism is a spiritual and Universalist movement founded by Hazrat Inayat Khan in the early 20th century Most Ismailis are panentheistic. For the Egyptian city see Ismaïlia. The Ismāʿīlī ( Urdu: إسماعیلی Ismāʿīlī, Arabic: الإسماعيليون
Panentheism in the Bahá'í Faith
Some Bahá'ís are panentheistic. Human nature is understood as fundamentally spiritual, and the Spirit of God is that which human beings were created to know, and with which they reside after they die. Human nature is the concept that there are a set of logical characteristics including ways of thinking feeling and acting that all 'normal' human beings have in common Heaven in this understanding is an allegory for closeness to God. Heaven may refer to the physical heavens the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the Universe beyond Some Bahá'ís liken this notion to panentheism.
Panentheism in Hinduism
Many interpretations of Hinduism can be seen as panentheistic and the first and most ancient ideas of panentheism originate in the Bhagavad Gita. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami said that "panentheism is the view that the universe is part of the being of God, as distinguished from pantheism ("all-is-God doctrine"), which identifies God with the total reality. In contrast, panentheism holds that God pervades the world, but is also beyond it. Vaishnavism is a tradition of Hinduism, distinguished from other schools by its worship of Vishnu or its associated avatars principally as Rama and He is immanent and transcendent, relative and Absolute. This embracing of opposites http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Button_hide_comment.png Insert hidden Commentis called dipolar. For the panentheist, God is in all, and all is in God. "
Certain interpretations of the Gita and the Shri Rudram support this view. The Shri Rudram Chamakam ( Sanskrit श्रि रुद्रम् चमकम् is a Vedic Stotra dedicated to Rudra (an early epithet For example, Lord Krishna's saying to Arjuna: "I continually support the entire universe by a very small fraction of My divine power", has been interpreted to support panentheism. Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari kṛṣṇa in IAST, ˈkr̩ʂɳə in classical Sanskrit is a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism Arjuna or Arjun ( Sanskrit: अर्जुन arjuna) is one of the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, whose name (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, verse 42. ) Panenthestic views are stated explicitly in several stotras. In Hinduism a Stotra is a hymn of praise These hymns praise aspects of the divine such as Devi, Siva, or Vishnu. For example, the Vedasara Shivastotram says: "It is you from whom this universe of forms emerges, and it is you within whom it stays. It is you in whom it finally disappears. "(11) [3]
The panentheistic view of Hinduism has been termed by some scholars as monistic theism. Monism is the metaphysical and Theological view that all is one that all reality is subsumed under the most fundamental category of being or existence For example, in Vaishnavism, it is interesting to note that the schools were all panentheistic. Vallabhacharya's school of pure monism, Nimbarka's school of Dvaitaadvaita and Ramanuja's school of qualified monism are all panentheistic. Sri Vallabhacharya (1479 &ndash 1531 was a devotional Philosopher, who founded the Pushti sect in India, following the philosophy of Shuddha Nimbarka ( Sanskrit: श्री निम्बार्काचार्य Śrī Nimbārkācārya) is known for propagating the Vaishnava Theology Ramanuja ( traditionally 1017&ndash1137 also known as Ramanujacharya, was a Theologian, Philosopher, and Scriptural Exegete. Additionally, Chaitanya's school of Gaudiya Vaishnavism is also panentheistic, which was presented by Lord Caitanya as the doctrine of achintya beda-abeda tattva[6] (achintya=inconceivable beda=oneness abeda=difference tattva=truth). Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (also transliterated Caitanya, IAST caitanya mahāprabhu) ( Bengali চৈতন্য মহাপ্রভূ (1486 - Gaudiya Vaishnavism (also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism) is a Vaishnava religious movement founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534 in India In Saivite theology, some schools of Saiva Siddhanta and Kashmir Shaivism are also panentheistic. Shaivism, also spelled "Saivism" names the oldest of the four sects of Hinduism. See also Shaivism Shaiva (or Saiva Siddhanta is a Shaivaite Hindu school that encompasses tens of millions of adherents predominantly in See also Shaivism Among the various Hindu philosophies, Kaśmir Śaivism is a school of Śaivism categorized by various scholars as Monistic
Gnosticism, Manichaeism, and Kabbalism
Some branches of Gnosticism believe in a panenthiestic view and hold the belief that God exist only as sparks of light in the visible material world. Gnosticism (γνώσις gnōsis, Knowledge) refers to a diverse Syncretistic Religious movement consisting of various Belief systems God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. We need to know the sparks within ourselves to get back to God who is in the Fullness or Pleroma. This rigid dualism is seen most clearly in the teachings of Manichaeism. Manichaeism (in Modern Persian fa-Arab آیین مانی Āyin e Māni; Chinese zh 摩尼教 was one of the major Gnostic Religions originating
Valentinian Gnosticism claims that matter came about through emanations of the supreme being, and to some this event is held to be more of an accident than of being on purpose. Emanationism is Platonic monism and an idea in the Cosmology or Cosmogony of certain religious or philosophical systems To other Gnostics, the emanations are akin to the Sephiroth of the Kabbalists - description of the manifestation of God through a complex system of reality. Kabbalah (קַבָּלָה lit "receiving" is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism.
New Age
Panentheism is an integral concept in many "New Age" philosophies; it is supported most specifically by the Seth readings given by the psychic Jane Roberts (1929-1984). Jane Roberts ( May 8, 1929 &ndash September 5, 1984) was an American author Psychic and trance medium Seth, the "entity" whom Roberts purportedly channeled, said that God is composed of mental energy, that God's mental energy is the formative substance of all beings and things, and that God's consciousness is carried on this energy, thus making God's consciousness omnipresent. Seth frequently referred to God as "All That Is" and said "All faces belong to God. " Seth described God as a gestalt of all the individuals within it; he said that God knows itself as itself, yet also knows itself as each individual.
See also
- New Thought Movement
- Cosmotheism and William Luther Pierce
- Creation Spirituality
- Infinitism
- Interconnectedness
- Kabbalah
- Process Theology
- David Ray Griffin
- John B. Cobb
- Universal Sufism
- Thomas Jay Oord
- Oversoul
- Paramatman
- Platonic realism
References
- ^ [http://www.geocities.com/worldview_3/panentheism.html The Worldview of Panentheism - R. The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a New religious movement developed in the United States during the late 19th century which emphasizes metaphysical William Luther Pierce III ( September 11 1933 &ndash July 23 2002) was the leader of the White separatist National Alliance Creation Spirituality is a socially conscious earth-centered unorthodox Christian spiritual system formulated in the 1970s by Matthew Fox then a Catholic priest Infinitism is the view that knowledge may be justified by an infinite chain of reasons Interconnectedness is part of the terminology of a worldview which sees a Oneness in all things Kabbalah (קַבָּלָה lit "receiving" is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism. Process theology is a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical Process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947 David Ray Griffin (born 1939 is a retired professor of Philosophy of religion and Theology. John B Cobb Jr (born February 9, 1925) is an American United Methodist theologian who played a crucial role in the development Universal Sufism is a spiritual and Universalist movement founded by Hazrat Inayat Khan in the early 20th century Thomas Jay Oord (b 1965) is a Philosopher and Theologian who specializes in research related to love, relational thought (including relational "The Over-soul" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841 In Hindu theology Paramatman or Paramātmā is the Absolute Atman or Supreme Soul or Spirit (also known as Supersoul or Oversoul) Platonic realism is a philosophical term usually used to refer to the idea of realism regarding the existence of universals after the Greek Totten, M. Div - © 2000]. Web page. Retrieved on 2007-10-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces
- ^ Russell Means, Where White Men Fear To Tread (Macmillan, 1993), pp. Russell Charles Means ( Lakota: Oyate Wacinyapin (Works for the People born November 10 1939) is one of contemporary America 's best-known 3-4, 15, 17.
- ^ George Tinker (Osage), Spirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American Indian Liberation, p. 89. He defines the Sacred Other as "the Deep Mystery which creates and sustains all Creation".
- ^ Peoples of the World: The Cherokee, website found 2008-03-24.
- ^ Charles Hartshorne, Man's Vision of God and the Logic of Theism (1964) ISBN 0-208-00498-X p. 348
- ^ Caitanya Caritamrita, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
External links
- List of Panentheists
- Arthur Peacocke, winner of the 2001 Templeton Prize and theology faculty member at Oxford University
- Christian Cadre, Panentheism Anyone?
- Dr. Jay McDaniel on Panentheism
- Biblical Panentheism: God in All Things, by Jon Zuck
- Panentheist Circle
- Symbiotic Panentheism
- John Polkinghorne on Panentheism
- Panendeism.org
- [4]Spiritual Minded
- Panentheism Sources in Judaism compiled by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
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