panentheism

noun /pænˈɛnθiɪzəm/

1. A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.

   uncountable

   The third great age of humanity (das Reifalter) is that in which all its powers are fully and harmoniously developed... and in which panentheism is universally and cordially accepted as the only true and adequate doctrine either of science or of society.

2. A belief in all gods.

   rare, uncountable

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Panentheismus, coined by Karl Christian Friedrich Krause in 1828 from Ancient Greek πᾶν ἐν θεῷ (pân en theōî, “all in god”) + -ismus (“-ism”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry panentheism (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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