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Polytheism is the belief in or worship of more than one god. [1] [2] [3] According to Oxford Reference, it is not easy to count gods, and so not always obvious whether an apparently polytheistic religion, such as Chinese Folk Religions, is really so, or whether the apparent different objects of worship are to be thought of as manifestations of a singular divinity. [1]
Monotheism, the doctrine or belief that there is only one deity. Panentheism, the belief that a deity is a part of the universe as well as transcending it. Pantheism, a doctrine identifying the deity with the universe and its phenomena. Polytheism, the worship of or belief in more than one god. idolism, the belief in or worship of idols.
Henotheism is the worship of a single, supreme god that does not deny the existence or possible existence of other deities that may be worshipped. [1] [2] [3] Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854) coined the word, and Friedrich Welcker (1784–1868) used it to depict primitive monotheism among ancient Greeks.
Nanak stresses that God must be seen by human beings from "the inward eye" or "heart" and that meditation must take place inwardly to achieve this enlightenment progressively; its rigorous application is what enables communication between God and human beings. Sikhs believe in a single God that has existed from the beginning of time and will ...
Rather than see God as one who unilaterally coerces other beings, judges and punishes them, and is completely unaffected by the joys and sorrows of others, process theologians see God as the one who persuades the universe to love and peace, is supremely affected by even the tiniest of joys and the smallest of sorrows, and is able to love all ...
Panentheism (from Greek πᾶν (pân) "all"; ἐν (en) "in"; and θεός (theós) "God"; "all-in-God") is a belief system that posits that the divine (be it a monotheistic God, polytheistic gods, or an eternal cosmic animating force) interpenetrates every part of nature, but is not one with nature.
Savannah Guthrie, whose new book, "Mostly What God Does," is out now, sat down with her TODAY colleagues to talk about faith and God.
The reality of God as the ultimate cause of things is the belief that God is veiled from human understanding because of the secondary causes and contingent realities of things in the world. [10] Thus the belief in the oneness of God is equated in the Qur'an with the "belief in the unseen" . [10]