Encyclopedia - Theism: Encyclopedia - Theism
Theism is the belief in one or more gods or goddesses. More specifically, it may also mean the belief in God, a god, or gods, who is/are ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Theism
theism: Belief that God exists as a real, conscious, personal Supreme Being, creator and ruler of the universe. May also include belie...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theism: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Theism
theism: belief in a personal god, goddess, gods or goddesses   (See also: theism , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agnostic Theism: Encyclopedia - Agnostic Theism
Agnostic theism is the philosophy that encompasses both theism and agnosticism. An agnostic theist is one who disavows knowledge of God's...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Theism Is The Basis Of High-end Hinduism
Theism is the Basis of High-end Hinduism Since we believe in the Paramatma or Supreme energy that is beginningless and endless, it is cl...   » Read the article

Article - Pantheism: Natural Or Scientific Pantheism - A Religious Approach To Nature And The Cosmos
 Modern pantheism is often misunderstood. It has nothing to do with "pantheon" or "polytheism" (belief in many G...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: What Is The Hindu Definition Of God -monotheistic Or Polytheistic?
What is the Hindu definition of God -monotheistic or polytheistic? There is much confusion about this, not among Hindus but among those ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monotheism: Encyclopedia - Monotheism
Monotheism (in Greek μόνος = single and θεός = God) is the belief in a single, universal, all-encompassing deity. Zoroastrianism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antitheism: Encyclopedia - Antitheism
Antitheism (sometimes anti-theism) is a direct opposition to theism. The word has had a range of applications; in secular contexts, it ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia - Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of god(s). That is, all who do not have such a belief - whether ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Existence Of God: Encyclopedia - Existence Of God
Many arguments about the existence of God have been proposed by philosophers, theologians, and other thinkers. This article lists some of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Falsifiability: Encyclopedia - Falsifiability
Falsifiability is an important concept in the philosophy of science that amounts to the apparently paradoxical idea that a proposition or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clark Pinnock: Encyclopedia - Clark Pinnock
Clark H. Pinnock is a Christian theologian, apologist and author. He is Professor of Systematic theology at McMaster Divinity College, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creator God: Encyclopedia - Creator God
The Creator God is the divine being that created the omniverse, according to various traditions and faiths. Creator God - Abrahamic relig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deism: Encyclopedia - Deism
Historical and modern Deism is defined by the view that reason, rather than revelation or tradition, should be the basis of belief in God...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suitheism: Encyclopedia - Suitheism
Suitheism, a term coined by American occultists David Michael Cunningham and Traeonna A. R. Wagener, is the belief that oneself is a deit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Unitarian Conference: Encyclopedia - American Unitarian Conference
The American Unitarian Conference (AUC) was founded in 2000 by several Unitarian Universalists who thought that the Unitarian Universalis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weak Atheism: Encyclopedia - Weak Atheism
Weak atheism also called negative atheism or implicit atheism is the lack of belief in the existence of God or gods, without a commitment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weak Agnosticism: Encyclopedia - Weak Agnosticism
Weak agnosticism, or empirical agnosticism (also negative agnosticism), is the belief that the existence or nonexistence of deities is cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Humanism: Encyclopedia - Religious Humanism
Religious humanism, is an integration of religious rituals with humanistic philosophy that centers on human needs, interests, and abiliti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fellowship Of Reason: Encyclopedia - Fellowship Of Reason
The Fellowship of Reason is a moral community based in Atlanta. Its founder, Martin L. Cowen III, calls himself a "non-theist", and says ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theism: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Theism
A Christian theological definition of Theism according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   " Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monistic Theism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Monistic Theism
monistic theism: Advaita Ishvaravada.   Monism is the doctrine that reality is a one whole or existence without independent part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Theism: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Theism - Arguments
Proponents of open theism assert the following, with some variation: The concepts of omnipresence and immutability do not stem from the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agnostic Theism: Encyclopedia Ii - Agnostic Theism - Criticism
This position is generally looked down upon both by theists and strong atheists because the agnostic theist remains without sure knowledg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agnostic Theism: Encyclopedia Ii - Agnostic Theism - Occurrences
At first glance it appears that this position is much less common than agnostic atheism. If so, then the reason that agnostics prefer agn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Existence Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Existence Of God - Positions On The Existence Of God
Positions on the existence of God can be roughly divided into two camps: Theist and Atheist. Both of these camps can be further divided i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monotheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monotheism - In Hinduism
In Hinduism, views are broad and range from monism, dualism, pantheism, panentheism, alternatively called monistic theism by some scholar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antitheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Antitheism - Opposition To Theism
Antitheism is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "One opposed to belief in the existence of a God." The earliest citation given ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agnostic Theism: Encyclopedia Ii - Agnostic Theism - The Position
The validity of the theist's position is debated because believers typically state "God exists" as a fact, implying knowledge of it on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strong Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Strong Atheism - Usage
Although the concept of strong atheism has been in use for some time, more commonly under the name positive atheism originally, the stron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antitheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Antitheism - Opposition To God
Some sources, particularly religious ones, have defined antitheism as opposition to God, holiness or the divine rather than simply as opp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Reasons For Atheism
Although not all atheists claim to have a rational justification for their stance, a majority of explicit atheists do assert that their s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Types And Typologies Of Atheism
Many people have disagreed on how best to characterize atheism, and much of the literature on the subject is erroneous or confusing. Ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Criticisms Of Atheism
Atheists and atheism have received much criticism and opposition throughout human history, chiefly from theistic sources who consider lac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theistic Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Theistic Evolution - Evolutionary Biologists Who Were Also Theists
Although evolutionary biologists have often been agnostics (most notably Thomas Huxley and Charles Darwin) or atheists (most notably Rich...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Etymology
In early Ancient Greek, the adjective atheos (from privative a- + theos "god") meant "without gods" or "lack of belief in gods". The word...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Deism
Deism A Christian theological position that asserts that God is the creator of the universe, but does not thereafter exert providentia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Falsifiability: Encyclopedia Ii - Falsifiability - Formal Logical Arguments
The falsification of theories occurs through modus tollens, via some observation. Suppose some theory T implies an observation O: The ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dvaita-advaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Dvaita-advaita
dvaita-advaita: (Sanskrit) "Dual-nondual; twoness-not twoness."   Among the most important terms in the classification...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Theology
Theologians attempt to explicate (and in some cases systematize) beliefs; some express their own experience of the divine. Theologians as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Religion And Atheism
Atheism - Spiritual and religious atheism. Although atheistic beliefs are often accompanied by a total lack of supernatural beliefs, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - History
Although the actual term atheism originated in 16th Century France, ideas that would be recognized as atheistic today existed even before...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Three Famous Atheists: Freud Marx And Nietzsche
- - From the less analytic tradition, there are three major atheist thinkers. MacIntyre notes in "The Religious Significance of Atheism" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Distribution Of Atheists
Though atheists are a minority group in most countries, they are relatively common in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Atheism Studies And Statistics
As some governments have strongly promoted atheism, whilst others have strongly condemned it, atheism may be either over-reported or unde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - Three Famous Atheists: Freud, Marx And Nietzsche
- - From the less analytic tradition, there are three major atheist thinkers. MacIntyre notes in "The Religious Significance of Atheism" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Falsifiability: Encyclopedia Ii - Falsifiability - Popper's Swan Argument
One notices a white swan, from this one can conclude: At least one swan is white. From this, one may wish to infer that: All swans are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Falsifiability: Encyclopedia Ii - Falsifiability - The Criterion Of Demarcation
Popper proposed falsification as a way of determining if a theory is scientific or not. If a theory is falsifiable, then it is scientific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Falsifiability: Encyclopedia Ii - Falsifiability - Naïve Falsification
Falsifiability was first developed by Karl Popper in the 1930s. Popper noticed that two types of statements are of particular value to sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Falsifiability: Encyclopedia Ii - Falsifiability - Criticism
Thomas Kuhn’s influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions argued that scientists work within a conceptual paradigm that de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Existence Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Existence Of God - What Is God? Definition Of God's Existence
What does it mean to assert "God exists"? In this context, the term "God" has typically been used to mean the monotheistic concept of a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Existence Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Existence Of God - Arguments For The Existence Of God
A dispute arose as to whether there are a number of proofs of the existence of God or whether all are not merely parts of one and the sam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Falsifiability: Encyclopedia Ii - Falsifiability - Some Examples
Claims about verifiability and falsifiability have been used to criticize various controversial views. Examining these examples shows the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Existence Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Existence Of God - Arguments Against The Existence Of God
There are many arguments which point out God's logically contradictory definitions, demonstrating his non-existence. For example, can God...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Falsifiability: Encyclopedia Ii - Falsifiability - Falsificationism
In place of naïve falsification, Popper envisioned science as evolving by the successive rejection of falsified theories, rather than fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Existence Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Existence Of God - Arguments Against The Existence Of God
There are many arguments which argue that the definitions or descriptions of a god are logically contradictory, demonstrating his non-exi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gödel's Ontological Proof: Encyclopedia Ii - Gödel's Ontological Proof - Modal Logic
The proof uses modal logic, which distinguishes between necessary truths and contingent truths. A truth is necessary if it cannot be avoi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fractal Metaphysics: Encyclopedia Ii - Fractal Metaphysics - Fractal Mysticism
Fractal mysticism is the loosest and least rigorous of the three types. In it, fractal artworks are used as a framework for spiritual jou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fractal Metaphysics: Encyclopedia Ii - Fractal Metaphysics - Fractal Philosophy
Finally, there is a small but growing group of thinkers who are trying to apply fractal geometry and chaos mathematics directly and rigor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Srinatha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Srinatha
Srinatha: (Sanskrit) A Kashmir Saivite teacher of monistic theism. See: Durvasas. (See also: Srinatha , Hinduism, Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gap Creationism: Encyclopedia Ii - Gap Creationism - Varieties
Many Gap Creationists postulate that this gap occurs between the seventh day, the one of rest, and the account of the Fall of Adam and Ev...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nondual (nondualism):: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nondual (nondualism):
nondual (nondualism): See: dvaita-advaita, monistic theism, Vedanta. (See also: Nondual (nondualism): , Hinduism, Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theophilosophy: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Theophilosophy
Theophilosophy. Theism and philosophy combined.   (See also: Theophilosophy , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monotheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monotheism - Origins In Abrahamic Or Middle East Religions
Worship of a single god within a pantheon and the abolition of all others may be monotheism, as in the case of the Aten cult in the reign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clark Pinnock: Encyclopedia Ii - Clark Pinnock - Critical Assessments
And Pinnock's reply essay to Ware -- "There Is Room For Us: A Reply to Bruce Ware" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45 (2) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Ishvaravada: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Ishvaravada
Advaita Ishvaravada: (Sanskrit) "Nondual and Personal- God-as-Ruler doctrine." The Sanskrit equivalent of monistic theism. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monotheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monotheism - In Ayyavazhi
Though Ayyavazhi, a religion originating in the 19th century, is a monistic religion it also accepts almost all deities in Hinduism. In t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Ishvaravada: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Ishvaravada
Advaita Ishvaravada: (Sanskrit) "Nondual and Personal- God-as-Ruler doctrine." The Sanskrit equivalent of monistic theism. A g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monotheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monotheism - Comparison To Polytheism
In contrast, see polytheism, which holds that there are many gods. Dualism teaches that there are two independent divine beings or eterna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clark Pinnock: Encyclopedia Ii - Clark Pinnock - Education And Career
Pinnock was born in Toronto, Canada on February 3, 1937. He grew up in a liberal Baptist congregation, Pinnock recounts that as a child h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paraherbalism: Alternative Health Dictionary On Paraherbalism
paraherbalism: Form of herbalism whose doctrines encompass astrology, the doctrine of signatures (see aromatherapy), and theism. &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panentheism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Panentheism
panentheism: "All-in-God doctrine."   The view that the universe is part of the being of God, as distinguished from pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gap Creationism: Encyclopedia Ii - Gap Creationism - Rationale
Gap Creationists believe that science has proven beyond reasonable doubt that the Earth is in fact far older than can be accounted for by...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agnosticism: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Agnosticism
A Christian theological definition of Agnosticism according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   &quo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gödel's Ontological Proof: Encyclopedia Ii - Gödel's Ontological Proof - Axioms
We first assume the following axiom: Axiom 1: It is possible to single out positive properties from among all properties. Gödel defines...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gödel's Ontological Proof: Encyclopedia Ii - Gödel's Ontological Proof - Derivation
Subject to the assumptions, it is asserted that one can now already show that in some possible world there exists God. We want to show th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ted Haggard: Encyclopedia Ii - Ted Haggard - Haggard's Theology
Haggard considers himself a part of the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit and accepts the Five-fold ministry, beliefs often associated with t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gap Creationism: Encyclopedia Ii - Gap Creationism - Criticisms
The Ruin-Restoration theory relies on translating Genesis 1:2 as "became without form and void" instead of "was". Critics argue that the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panendeism: Encyclopedia Ii - Panendeism - Origin Of The Term
Traditionally, monotheism refers to belief in a god that is a separate entity within the universe, whereas pantheism (all is God) refers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deism: Encyclopedia Ii - Deism - Overview
Deism encompasses a range of views on the nature of God, particularly on whether God intervenes in the world. The classical view is that ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Durvasas: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Durvasas
Durvasas: (Sanskrit) A great sage (date unknown) who, according to Kashmir Saivism, was commissioned by Lord Siva to revive the knowle...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deism: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Deism
A Christian theological definition of Deism according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   " Dei...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Svetashvatara Upanishad: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Svetashvatara Upanishad
Svetashvatara Upanishad: (Sanskrit) An Upanishad of the Yajur Veda that emphasizes theism - personal God and devotion - and at the sam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pantheism
pantheism: "All-is-God doctrine."   A term applied to a variety of philosophical position in which God and the world a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramakrishna: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna: (Sanskrit) (1836-1886) One of the great saints and mystics of modern Hinduism, a champion and exemplar of monistic theism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deism: Encyclopedia Ii - Deism - 18th Century Popularity
Deist thinking has existed since ancient times and can be inferred from pre-Socratic philosophers such as Heraclitus. However, it was not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Cosmology - Christian Cosmology
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Humanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Humanism - Humanist Traditions
As originally conceived in the early 20th century, humanism rejected revealed knowledge, theism-based morality and the supernatural. Yet ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cosmological Argument: Encyclopedia Ii - Cosmological Argument - Origins Of The Argument
Thomas Aquinas, the most famous philosopher of the Middle Ages, adapted an argument he found in his reading of Aristotle to form one of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cosmological Argument: Encyclopedia Ii - Cosmological Argument - Origins Of The Argument
Thomas Aquinas, probably the best known theologian of the Middle Ages, adapted an argument he found in his reading of Aristotle to form o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apatheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Apatheism - Another Point Of View
A different source for Apatheism is given at this web site, Apatheism, Allognosticism, and the American Religious Landscape. Combining ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Varieties Of Pantheism
This article distinguishes between two divergent groups of pantheists: Classical pantheism, which is expressed in the immanent God of Ka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Omnipotence: Encyclopedia Ii - Omnipotence - Rejection Of Omnipotence
Some monotheists reject altogether the view that God is omnipotent. In Unitarian Universalism, much of Conservative and Reform Judaism, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Islam
Islamic Sufism is regarded by some as being influenced by eastern philosophies (Indian and Persian) and has Pantheistic doctrines within ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polydeism: Encyclopedia Ii - Polydeism - Etymologically Disjunctive Uses Of The Term
The term, polydeism, has occasionally been misused as a direct substitute for polytheism - a usage which fails to consider the distinctio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naturalism Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Naturalism Philosophy - Criticism Of Naturalism
Critics of naturalism claim that the possibility of supernatural action is unnecessarily excluded by the current practices and theories o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reformed Epistemology: Encyclopedia Ii - Reformed Epistemology - Criticisms
Those of faith have frequently criticized Reformed epistemology for favoring or for being exclusively committed to negative apologetics, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nontheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nontheism - Insentient Life Infants Etc.
On rare occasions, the term nontheistic is applied to living beings that are intellectually incapable of establishing any kind of positiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Religion - Rationality Of Belief
Philosophy of religion - Positions. The second question, "Do we have any good reason to think that God does (or does not) exists?", is ...   » Read the article