RT Article
T1 Panentheism and its neighbors
JF International journal for philosophy of religion
VO 85
IS 1
SP 23
OP 41
A1 Stenmark, Mikael 1962-
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1663421277
AB In this paper I suggest that we should identify panentheism on a scale, with deism at one extreme and pantheism at the other. The surprising outcome of the analysis is that many of the things which in the philosophical and theological debate are simply taken for granted as distinguishing panentheism from traditional theism (and vice versa) turn out to be possible extension claims rather than core doctrines of these different conceptions of God. Nevertheless, I maintain that it remains possible to draw a line between them. It is also emphasized that the greatest challenge many panentheists face is to give a convincing argument why we should think that God's power can never be coercive, but must always be persuasive. The good news is that there is nothing in panentheism that requires that we must accept this particular doctrine.
K1 Classical Theism
K1 Deism
K1 Panentheism
K1 Pantheism
K1 Process Theism
DO 10.1007/s11153-018-9687-9