pandeism
Syllables: pan·de·i·sm/pænˈdiːɪz(ə)m/US/pænˈdiɪzəm/
pandeism noun: a belief in a god who is both pantheistic and deistic, in particular a god who designed the universe and then became it and ceased to exist separately and act consciously with respect to it.
Noun (1)
pandeism (countable and uncountable, plural pandeisms)
- A belief in a god who is both pantheistic and deistic, in particular a god who designed the universe and then became it and ceased to exist separately and act consciously with respect to it.
- Just as [absolute perfection in some respects, relative perfection in all others] is the whole positive content of perfection, so CW, or the conception of the Creator-and-the-Whole-of-what-he-has-created as constituting one life, the super-whole which in its everlasting essence is uncreated (and...1941, Charles Hartshorne, Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism, New York, N.Y.: Harper and Bros., →OCLC, page 348
- What appeared here, at the center of the Pythagorean tradition in philosophy, is another view of psyche that seems to owe little or nothing to the pan-vitalism or pan-deism (see theion) that is the legacy of the Milesians.1967, F[rancis] E[dward] Peters, “psychḗ”, in Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, paragraph 13, page 169
- Worship which admits or tolerates favourable aspects of all religions; omnitheism.
- We hear men prophesy that this war means the death of Christianity and an era of Pandeism or perhaps even the destruction of all which we call modern civilization and culture. We hear men predict that the ultimate result of the war will be a blessing to humanity.1915 May, Louis S. Hardin, “The Chimerical Application of Machiavelli’s Principles”, in James H. Coghill, editor, The Yale Sheffield Monthly, volume XXI, number 8, New Haven, Conn.: Sheffield...
- I first came across this extension of ecumenism into pan-deism among some Roman Catholic scholars interested primarily in the "reunion of the churches," [...] Thus they do not necessarily discern in Rome's ecumenism and pan-deism a project for world domination. Yet this danger certainly exists.1964 October 23, Charles A[nselm] Bolton, “Beyond the Ecumenical: Pan-Deism?”, in Christianity Today: Fortnightly Magazine of Evangelical Conviction, volume 9, Carol Stream, Ill.: Christianity Today...
Noun (2) capitalized: Pandeism
Pandeism (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of pandeism.
pandeism meaning in Arabic
pandeism in Arabic
- belief in a god both pantheistic and deistic
- رُبُوبِيَّة كُلِّيَّة
Examples of pandeism in a sentence
- That is nothing less than pantheism, or more exactly, pandeism.1996, Bob Burridge, “God’s Decrees: Certainty and Contingency”, in Survey Studies in Reformed Theology, Genevan Institute for Reformed...
- It could also be argued that the god that no longer requires interaction with the creation is superior to the one that does, so that deistic concepts, including pandeism, are again preferable.2018, Raphael Lataster, “The Case for A-theism”, in The Case against Theism: Why the Evidence Disproves God’s Existence (Sophia Studies in...
Forms of pandeism
| plural | pandeisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pan-deism |
| alternative form | Pan-deism |
| alternative form | Pan-Deism |
| alternative form | Pandeism |
Origin of pandeism
Possibly borrowed from German Pandeismus, from pan- (from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all’)) + Deismus (“deism”) (from Latin deus (“deity, god”) + German -ismus (“-ism”)). (Similar words appear earlier in various languages, but apparently not in the same sense.) The word can be analysed as pan- + deism or as a blend of pantheism + deism.
Words formed from pandeism
Questions about pandeism
- What does pandeism mean?
- Pandeism means a belief in a god who is both pantheistic and deistic, in particular a god who designed the universe and then became it and ceased to exist separately and act consciously with respect to it.
- What is pandeism in Arabic?
- Pandeism in Arabic is رُبُوبِيَّة كُلِّيَّة. See Pandeism meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use pandeism in a sentence?
- That is nothing less than pantheism, or more exactly, pandeism.
- What part of speech is pandeism?
- Pandeism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pandeism?
- Pandeism is pronounced /pænˈdiːɪz(ə)m/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pandeism?
- The plural of pandeism is pandeisms.
Words near pandeism in the dictionary
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