Pantheism

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Pantheism is the conviction that belief does not recognize the distinct personal god, anthropomorphic or otherwise, but instead characterizes a broad range of doctrines differing in forms of relationships between reality as well as divinity. Pantheistic concepts date back thousands of years, as well as pantheistic elements make-up been planned in various religious traditions. The term pantheism was coined by mathematician Joseph Raphson in 1697 and has since been used to describe the beliefs of a kind of people and organizations.

Pantheism was popularized in Western culture as a theology and philosophy based on the hit of the 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza, in particular, his book Ethics. A pantheistic stance was also taken in the 16th century by philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno. Ideas of pantheism existed in South and East Asian religions notably Sikhism, Hinduism, Sanamahism, Confucianism, and Taoism and in Tasawwuf Sufism within Islam.

Definitions

There are numerous definitions of pantheism. Some consider it a theological and philosophical position concerning God.: p.8 

Pantheism is the view that everything is component of an all-encompassing, immanent God. all forms of reality may then be considered either modes of that Being, or identical with it. Some hold that pantheism is a non-religious philosophical position. To them, pantheism is the view that the Universe in the sense of the totality of all existence and God are identical.