panentheism
Sign in to savePanentheism (; "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 reviewing Hindu scripture) to distinguish the ideas of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854) about the relation of God and the universe from the supposed pantheism of Baruch Spinoza. Unlike pantheism, which holds that the divine and the universe are identical, panentheism maintains an ontological distinction be
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Panentheism is the belief that God or the divine is present throughout every part of the universe while also existing beyond space and time—meaning God is both intimately involved in creation and transcendent beyond it. It matters because it offers a middle ground between pantheism (which sees God and the universe as identical) and traditional theism, providing an alternative way of thinking about how the divine relates to the world.
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- In philosophy
- Ancient Greek philosophy
- Modern philosophy
- In religion
- Buddhism
- Zen Buddhism
- Pure Land Buddhism
- Christianity
- Catholic panentheism
- Panentheism in other Christian confessions
- Gnosticism
- Hinduism
- Judaism
- Sikhism
- Islam
- In Pre-Columbian America
- Konkōkyō
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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 reviewing Hindu scripture) to distinguish the ideas of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854) about the relation of God and the universe from the supposed pantheism of Baruch Spinoza. Unlike pantheism, which holds that the divine and the universe are identical, panentheism maintains an ontological distinction between the divine and the non-divine and the significance of both.
In panentheism, the universal spirit is present everywhere, which at the same time "transcends" all things created. Whilst pantheism asserts that "all is God", panentheism claims that God is greater than the universe. Some versions of panentheism suggest that the universe is nothing more than the manifestation of God. In addition, some forms indicate that the universe is contained within God, like in the Kabbalistic concept of Tzimtzum, or with the Sufi concept of Wahdat al-wujud. Much of Hindu thought is highly characterized by panentheism and pantheism.