 Analytic theology (Jeanine Diller and Asa Kasher, eds. 2013; Andrei A. Buckareff and Yujin Nagasawa, eds. 2016) offers a different type of critique of panentheism. Analytical approaches to panentheism critique panentheism as lacking a distinctive identity making careful identification, research, and development of a distinctive position impossible. Two responses to this challenge to identify the distinctiveness of panentheism have developed. One response seeks to identify a defining characteristic. The second response affirms the richness of diversity and suggest certain commonalities distinguish panentheism from other forms of theism.