  Einstein was a pantheist but rejected any notion of a personal God (Einstein 2010, 325). And like Einstein, for many pantheists rejection of a personal deity is the definitive mark or most important element of their position (Levine 1994; Harrison 2004). However, the matter calls for more considered attention.   It is important to distinguish between the specific question of whether God is literally a ‘person’ and the more general question whether God is ‘person-like’; the issue of whether notions such as intellect, thought, consciousness, intent, etc. have any application to the divine, even if analogical or metaphorical. It should also be recognised both that the notion of personhood is itself deeply problematic, and that a not inconsiderable number of traditional theists would only with considerable qualification be prepared to allow that God is personal.