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I was just reading about Panentheism, it's summarized as:
Theism..................................................................................Panentheism
God is creator.......................................................................God is director
Creation is ex nihilo...............................................................Creation is ex materia
God is sovereign in the world..................................................God is working with the world
God is independent of the world..............................................God is dependent on the world
God is unchanging.................................................................God is changing
God is absolutely perfect.........................................................God is growing more perfect
God is monopolar...................................................................God is bipolar
God is actually infinite.............................................................God is actually finite
Theism..................................................................................Panentheism
God is creator.......................................................................God is director
Creation is ex nihilo...............................................................Creation is ex materia
God is sovereign in the world..................................................God is working with the world
God is independent of the world..............................................God is dependent on the world
God is unchanging.................................................................God is changing
God is absolutely perfect.........................................................God is growing more perfect
God is monopolar...................................................................God is bipolar
God is actually infinite.............................................................God is actually finite
R
Great post..... and wisdom from someone that is walking the talk. Thanks.
I just know, God's grace is sufficient to take us from where we are to where we need to be if we are willing to admit our weaknesses, and get serious about this Christian thing.
Plus john 14:6
I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life......says it best
Hasidic Judaism merges the elite ideal of nullification to paradoxical transcendent Divine Panentheism, through intellectual articulation of inner dimensions of Kabbalah, with the populist emphasis on the panentheistic Divine immanence in everything and deeds of kindness.
Panentheism is also a feature of some Christian philosophical theologies and resonates strongly within the Orthodox Tradition. It also appears in Roman Catholic mysticism and process theology.
While mainstream Rabbinic Judaism is classically monotheistic, and follows in the footsteps of Maimonides, the panentheistic conception of God can be found among certain mystical Jewish traditions. A leading scholar of Kabbalah, Moshe Idel[38] ascribes this doctrine to the kabbalistic system of Rabbi Moses Cordovero (1522–1570) and in the eighteenth century to the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement, as well as his contemporaries, Rabbi Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch, and Menahem Mendel, the Maggid of Bar. This may be said of many, if not most, subsequent Hasidic masters. There is some debate as to whether Lurianic Kabbalah, with its doctrine of Tzimtzum, can be regarded as panentheistic. According to Hasidism, the infinite Ein Sof is incorporeal and exists in a state that is both transcendent and immanent. This appears to be the view of non-Hasidic Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, as well. Aspects of panentheism are also evident in the theology of Reconstructionist Judaism as presented in the writings of Mordecai Kaplan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Panentheism
