English Explanatory Dictionary

panentheism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.
  2. A belief in all gods.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of panentheism.

Pronunciation

/pænˈɛnθiɪzəm/

Word forms

panentheism pan-en-theism

Etymology

Borrowed from German Panentheismus, coined by Karl Christian Friedrich Krause in 1828 from Ancient Greek πᾶν ἐν θεῷ (pân en theōî, “all in god”) + -ismus (“-ism”).

Related words

pandeism pantheism theism

Derived words

panendeism panentheist panentheistic panentheistical panentheistically panentheists
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