Get to know Panentheism better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Panentheism in a sentence
Panentheism meaning
- A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.
- A belief in all gods.
Using Panentheism
- The main meaning on this page is: A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe. | A belief in all gods.
- In the example corpus, panentheism often appears in combinations such as: of panentheism, panentheism the, panentheism rather.
Context around Panentheism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Panentheism
- In this selection, "panentheism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pantheism, term, advocates, deism, alternatively and claims stand out and add context to how "panentheism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include argue that panentheism should also and as monistic panentheism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "panentheism" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with panentheism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This view can be defined as monistic panentheism. (8 words)
In some forms of panentheism, the cosmos exists within God, who in turn " transcends ", "pervades" or is "in" the cosmos. (20 words)
While pantheism asserts that 'All is God', panentheism claims that God animates all of the universe, and also transcends the universe. (21 words)
Nazarene Methodist theologian 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. (35 words)
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). (32 words)
Nature worship is often considered the primitive source of modern religious beliefs and can be found in pantheism, panentheism, deism, polytheism, animism, Taoism, totemism, Hinduism, shamanism, some theism and paganism. (30 words)
Example sentences (13)
Nature worship is often considered the primitive source of modern religious beliefs and can be found in pantheism, panentheism, deism, polytheism, animism, Taoism, totemism, Hinduism, shamanism, some theism and paganism.
Hindu views are broad and range from monism, through pantheism and panentheism (alternatively called monistic theism by some scholars) to monotheism and even atheism.
In pantheism, the universe and everything included in it is equal to the Divine, but in panentheism, the universe and the divine are not ontologically equivalent.
In some forms of panentheism, the cosmos exists within God, who in turn " transcends ", "pervades" or is "in" the cosmos.
Ksemaraja, trans. by Jaidev Singh, Spanda Karikas: The Divine Creative Pulsation, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p.119 Thus, Kashmir Shaivism is also propounding of theistic monism or panentheism.
Martial Guéroult (1891–1976) suggested the term " panentheism ", rather than "pantheism" to describe Spinoza's view of the relation between God and the world.
Nazarene Methodist theologian 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.
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).
The Vedic hymns treat it as "limitless, indescribable, absolute principle", thus the Vedic divine is something of a panentheism rather than simple henotheism.
This is in contrast to certain popular understandings of modern Kabbalah which teach a form of panentheism, that his 'essence' is within everything.
This view can be defined as monistic panentheism.
While pantheism asserts that 'All is God', panentheism claims that God animates all of the universe, and also transcends the universe.
Yet, American philosopher and self-described Panentheist Charles Hartshorne referred to Spinoza's philosophy as " Classical Pantheism " and distinguished Spinoza's philosophy from panentheism.
Common combinations with panentheism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of panentheism 3×
- panentheism the 2×
- panentheism rather 2×