What is Panentheism?
'''Panentheism''' ([[Literal translation|lit.]] 'all in God')''',''' similar to [[Pantheism]], is the [[belief]] that the [[Creation myth|the creation]] are part of [[God]]. It is different to Pantheism in that God is also believed to be greater than the creation. The term is believed to be created by [[Karl Krause]] in 1828 (after studying [[Hindu scripture]]) to distinguish the ideas of [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]] (1770–1831) and [[Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling]] (1775–1854) about the relation of God and the universe from the supposed pantheism of [[Baruch Spinoza]]. Many people may find this belief to be confusing, this may explain why Panentheism itself is an ancient [[Esotericism|esoteric]] (secretive) belief. Panentheism is believed to be found in all major religious traditions including but not exclusive to [[Hinduism]], the Jewish [[Kabbalah]], [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Mysticism]], [[Sufism]] and [[Sikhism]]. This belief being found in completely different world traditions has inspired the [[Perennialism|Traditional Perennial Philosophy]]. == Related page == *[[Pantheism]] {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Theology]]