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panentheism
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panentheism
the belief that the world is part, though not all of God. — panentheist, n.
See also: God and Gods


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This ancient, panentheistic belief was common to both the oriental beliefs of Taoism, Hinduism and Buddhism, and that of the Greeks before the time of Aristotle.
He described faith as "the way of the heart," the Bible as "the heart of the Tradition," a panentheistic God as "the heart of reality," Jesus as "the heart of God," the kingdom of God as "the heart of justice," and salvation as "transforming the heart.
One of the most lucid and powerful metaphors of our time is theologian Charles Hartshorne's panentheistic claim, "The world is God's body.
 
 
 
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