Understanding Pantheism

What does the term 'pantheism' literally mean?

• All is divine

• God is transcendent

• God is separate from the world

• Only some things are divine

How do scholastics typically view pantheism?

• As a form of monotheism

• As a form of atheism

• As a form of polytheism

• As a form of theism

What is panentheism?

• A belief that God is only immanent

• A belief that God is both in the world and beyond it

• A belief that God does not exist

• A belief that God is only transcendent

In ancient Indian philosophy, what is Brahman considered to be?

• A mythical figure

• The objective evolutionary manifestation of the absolute

• A personal deity

• An illusion

What does the concept of Atman represent in the Upanishads?

• An illusion

• The physical world

• The conscious or subjective manifestation of the absolute

• A mythical creature

How does Daoism reflect pantheistic ideas?

• By emphasizing the separation of God and the world

• By suggesting that the Dao produced all things out of itself

• By denying the existence of a deity

• By promoting polytheism

What did Xenophanes criticize in his time?

• Pantheism

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Atheism

What was Heraclitus' view on reality?

• Permanence is the only reality

• Change is the only reality

• Reality is an illusion

• Reality is static

What is the doctrine of emanationism associated with?

• The idea that everything emanates from a single source

• The belief in multiple gods

• The denial of God's existence

• The separation of God and the world

How does Neoplatonism relate to pantheism?

• It promotes atheism

• It incorporates the idea of emanation from a single source

• It emphasizes the separation of God and the world

• It denies the existence of God