neo-pantheism
neo-pantheism noun: any revived or reconceived variation of pantheism, the belief that the Universe is sacred and should be revered; any of a number of modern form of present day renditions of pantheism, as distinguished from earlier perspectives.
Noun (1)
neo-pantheism (plural neo-pantheisms)
- Any revived or reconceived variation of pantheism, the belief that the Universe is sacred and should be revered; any of a number of modern form of present day renditions of pantheism, as distinguished from earlier perspectives.
- The founders of Neo-Pantheism... have no wish for a moment to depreciate the world that has gone before them; and, therefore, not that portion of it which, though they know it not, still subsists in pristine strength, and will alone survive the coming catastrophe!1838, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, editor, The Dublin Review, page 353
- But Aristotle's Absolute had personality without will; the Absolute of German neo-pantheism has, or rather is, will without personality; for originally it is without self-consciousness.1906, Alfred William Benn, The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century, volume I, Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 243–244
Noun (2) capitalized: Neo-Pantheism
Neo-Pantheism (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of neo-pantheism.
Noun (3) capitalized: neo-Pantheism
neo-Pantheism (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of neo-pantheism.
Examples of neo-pantheism in a sentence
- Neither the God of the old Pantheism nor that of the neo-pantheism of Froebel is the all-seeing, all-loving Father to whom the weary and the suffering turn for rest and consolation.1912, Mary Fisher, A Valiant Woman: A Contribution to the Educational Problem, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, page 242:
- This neo-pantheism is wide-spread enough to induce one of our leading publishing houses to reprint Seeley's "Natural Religion," a treatise once famous but lately out of print.1917, Durant Drake, “The God of the Future is in the Making”, in Current Opinion, page 246:
- Science perhaps never slid as far into neo-pantheism and neo-nihilism as Kelvin feared, and many physicists (and others) retained their confidence in the ether well into the 1920s and 1930s.2002, Bruce Clarke, Linda Dalrymple Hendersonm, From Energy to Information: Representation in Science and Technology, Art and Literature...
- The "Trinitarian" World of Neo-Pantheism: On Panentheism and Epistemology2004, Philip Clayton, Arthur Robert Peacocke, Religion, In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being, page 131:
Forms of neo-pantheism
| plural | neo-pantheisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | neopantheism |
| alternative form | Neopantheism |
| alternative form | neo-Pantheism |
| alternative form | Neo-Pantheism |
Origin of neo-pantheism
From neo- + pantheism.
Words formed from neo-pantheism
- neo-pantheist
- neo-pantheistic
Questions about neo-pantheism
- What does neo-pantheism mean?
- Neo-pantheism means any revived or reconceived variation of pantheism, the belief that the Universe is sacred and should be revered; any of a number of modern form of present day renditions of pantheism, as distinguished from earlier perspectives.
- How do you use neo-pantheism in a sentence?
- Neither the God of the old Pantheism nor that of the neo-pantheism of Froebel is the all-seeing, all-loving Father to whom the weary and the suffering turn for rest and consolation.
- What part of speech is neo-pantheism?
- Neo-pantheism is a noun.
- What is the plural of neo-pantheism?
- The plural of neo-pantheism is neo-pantheisms.
Words near neo-pantheism in the dictionary
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