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Recent Examples of pantheism
In 1809, Friedrich’s budding pantheism landed him in hot water.
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Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
If anyone is wondering, stoicism and pantheism are my preferred lenses through to view the world.
—Christa Allen, Allure, 28 May 2021
There’s a scene in The Wolf Gift where Reuben is staring up at the stars and musing about the nature of God, and his ruminations there almost seem to be a cosmic pantheism or something.
—Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2012
While some people might think pantheism is silly, that doesn't matter.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2011
Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
If anyone is wondering, stoicism and pantheism are my preferred lenses through to view the world.
—Christa Allen, Allure, 28 May 2021
There’s a scene in The Wolf Gift where Reuben is staring up at the stars and musing about the nature of God, and his ruminations there almost seem to be a cosmic pantheism or something.
—Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2012
While some people might think pantheism is silly, that doesn't matter.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pantheism
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Raphael envisioned his design as a series of murals depicting the triumph of Christianity over paganism: The Vision of the Cross, The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, The Baptism of Constantine and The Donation of Rome.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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Leland presented European material as the survival of an ancient pagan cult—moreover, a paganism that had been demonized by Christianity.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Apr. 2025
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For instance, according to Alawite beliefs, Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad, is a divine manifestation of God, which challenges the idea of strict monotheism central to Sunni Islam.—
Güneş Murat Tezcür,
The Conversation,
23 July 2025
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Freud, too, proposed that Moses was an Egyptian prince who invented monotheism (or stole it from Akhenaten).—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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The videos rob the Bible of its power by reducing it to an action movie, said Brad East, a professor of theology at Abilene Christian University in Texas.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Brad Braxton is the president and professor of public theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary.—
Brad Braxton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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The Pope's polytheism places him among the people of Hell.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Religious history Fascinating finds related to religious history tell a story of diverse belief systems from the polytheism of the ancient Greeks and Romans to Buddhism and Christianity.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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The Chinese Communists aren’t trying to extirpate every last trace of theism, thereby inviting the undivided opposition of religious believers and institutions (as the Soviets did with regard to John Paul II’s Vatican).—
Cameron Hilditch,
National Review,
21 Feb. 2021
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Thoreau moves fluidly between the two, shuttling between the divine and the here-and-now, between theism and materialism.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
13 July 2017
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This vague gesture in the direction of deism has no antecedent in the book, no moral or theological trajectory to make Bambi’s insight meaningful or satisfying.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2022
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Those intuitions usually commended a staid deism and scorn for those whose beliefs extended any further.—
Jeffrey Collins,
WSJ,
12 Mar. 2021
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Fedorov and Svyatogor represent two sides of Cosmism, which Groys writes never had a unified doctrine.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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If that fails, youth could back a Prime Minister from outside Parliament, invoking the doctrine of necessity—though this risks overstepping constitutional limits.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Pantheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pantheism. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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