Panentheism across the World’s Traditions 1st Edition by Loriliai Biernacki (PDF)

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Not to be confused with pantheism-the ancient Greek notion that God is everywhere, an animistic force in rocks and trees-the concept of panentheism suggests that God is both in the world, immanent, and also beyond the confines of mere matter, transcendent.One of the fundamental premises of this groundbreaking collection of essays is that panentheism, despite being unlabeled until the nineteenth century, is not merely a modern Western invention. The contributors examine a number of the world’s established and ancient religious traditions-Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and others-to draw out the panentheistic dimensions of these traditions and the possibilities they suggest. Panentheism is not only an esoteric, potentially heretical, and deeply mystical vision of the world’s great religious pasts; it is also a key feature of contemporary global spirituality. As this volume demonstrates, the metaphors and practices associated with modern panentheism speak powerfully to the realities of our evolving species and our evolving technological world. Panentheism’s enticingly heretical vision of the relationship between the divine and matter has historically been denied a serious place in scholarship. As Panentheism across the World’s Traditions shows, the dynamism between matter and spirit that panentheism offers has had a profound influence in the modern world.

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⭐I am looking forward to reading some of the essays in this book in the near future. The inclusion of scholars like Lorilliai Biernacki and Geoffrey Samuel alone makes this book, at least in part, a must. However, one thing disturbs me before having even opened it up. The blurb for the book starts with the statement, “Not to be confused with pantheism-the ancient Greek notion that God is everywhere, an animistic force in rocks and trees -.” That “ancient Greek notion that God is everywhere” was not pantheism (a much later Christian notion coined to denigrate Paganism) it was Polytheism; God was not everywhere! The Gods were everywhere and inhabited like physically manifest beings a living Universe that was their everywhere. One wishes modern scholarly sensibilities would at some point grow up. At any rate, I give it unseen 4 stars just for the quality of the scholars mentioned.

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