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| - | '''Theopanism''' (Greek: ''Theos'' = God, ''pan'' = all) was first used as a technical term by the [[Jesuits]] in elucidating [[Hinduism]]. "[O]ne may distinguish [[pantheism]], which imagines the world as an absolute being ("everything is God"), from theopanism, which conceives of God as the true spiritual reality from which everything emanates: "God becomes everything", necessarily, incessantly, without beginning and without end. Theopanism is (with only a few other dualistic systems) the most common way in which Hindu philosophy conceives God and the world." | + | The '''Ranters''' were an alleged [[sect]] in the time of the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] (1649-1660) who were regarded as [[heresy|heretical]] by the [[established Church]] of that period. If they indeed existed, their central idea was [[pantheism|pantheistic]], that God is essentially in every creature; this led them to deny the authority of the Church, of [[scripture]], of the current ministry and of services, instead calling on men to hearken to [[Jesus]] within them. Many Ranters seem to have rejected a belief in [[immortality]] and in a personal God, and in many ways they resemble the [[Brethren of the Free Spirit]] in the 14th century. |
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| - | Theopanism has also been more broadly stated as inclusive of any theological theory by which God is held equivalent to the Universe. As one author puts it: "In theopanism the meaning given the word God is of an entity that is not separate from the universe. Theopanism includes among its major concepts [[pantheism]] and [[panentheism]]." This broader statement would also include [[Pandeism]]. | + | |
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| - | *[[Collective unconscious]] | + | *[[Jacob Bauthumley]] |
| - | *[[Cosmology]] | + | *[[Abiezer Coppe]] |
| - | *[[Cosmotheism]] | + | *[[John Robins (prophet)|John Robins]] |
| - | *[[Emergence]] | + | *[[Seekers]] |
| - | *[[Hinduism]] | + | *[[17th-century denominations in England]] |
| - | *[[Holism]] | + | *[[Christian anarchism]] |
| - | *[[Kabbalah]] | + | *[[Nudity in religion]] |
| - | *[[Infinitism]] | + | *[[Rant]] |
| - | *[[Mordekhay Nesiyahu]] | + | |
| - | *[[Naturalistic spirituality]] | + | |
| - | *[[Oneness]] | + | |
| - | *[[Ranters]] | + | |
| - | *[[Spinoza]] | + | |
| - | *[[Sufism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Tao]] | + | |
| - | *[[Unitarian Universalism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Universal Pantheist Society]] | + | |
| - | *[[World Pantheist Movement]] | + | |
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The Ranters were an alleged sect in the time of the Commonwealth (1649-1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established Church of that period. If they indeed existed, their central idea was pantheistic, that God is essentially in every creature; this led them to deny the authority of the Church, of scripture, of the current ministry and of services, instead calling on men to hearken to Jesus within them. Many Ranters seem to have rejected a belief in immortality and in a personal God, and in many ways they resemble the Brethren of the Free Spirit in the 14th century.
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See also
- Jacob Bauthumley
- Abiezer Coppe
- John Robins
- Seekers
- 17th-century denominations in England
- Christian anarchism
- Nudity in religion
- Rant
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