Theologies - Clover

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Panentheism
• "Pantheism literally means all ("pan") is God ("theism"), but panentheism means
"all in God." It is also called process theology" (Geisler in BECA, 576).
• "Rather than viewing God as the infinite, unchanging sovereign Creator of the
world who brought it into existence (i.e. Biblical theism), panentheists think of
God as a finite, changing, director of world affairs who works in cooperation
with the world in order to achieve greater perfection in nature" (Geisler, 576).
• God is Creator
Theism Panentheism
• Creation 'ex nihilo'
• God sovereign over world
• God is independent
from the world
• God is unchanging
• God is absolutely perfect
• God is Director
• Creation 'ex materia'
• God working with the world
• God is dependent
upon the world
• God is changing
• God is becoming more perfect
• "In contrast to pantheism, panentheists declare that God's being is greater
than and not exhausted by the universe. God is affected by each event in the
universe, and thus God's knowledge must change and grow"
(Grenz, Pocket Dictionary, 88).