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== Conceptions of God ==
== Conceptions of God ==
Conceptions of God vary widely. Theologians and philosophers have studied countless conceptions of God since the dawn of civilization. The [[Abrahamic conceptions of God]] include the [[trinity|trinitarian]] view of Christians, the [[Kabbalistic definition of God|Kabbalistic definition]] of Jewish mysticism, and the [[Islamic concept of God]]. The [[dharmic religions]] differ in their view of the divine, ranging from the almost polytheistic view of [[God in Hinduism]] to the almost non-theist view of [[God in Buddhism]]. In modern times, some more abstract concepts have been developed, such as [[process theology]] and [[open theism]]. Conceptions of God held by individual believers vary so widely that there is no clear consensus on the nature of God.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/articles/does_god_matter.html | title=DOES GOD MATTER? A Social-Science Critique | work=by Paul Froese and Christopher Bader | accessdate=2007-05-28}}</ref> The contemporaneous French philosopher [[Michel Henry]] has however proposed a [[Phenomenological definition of God|phenomenological approach and definition of God]] as phenomenological essence of [[Phenomenological life|Life]].
Conceptions of God vary widely. Theologians and philosophers have studied countless conceptions of God since the dawn of civilization. The [[Abrahamic conceptions of God]] include the [[trinity|trinitarian]] view of Christians, the [[Kabbalistic definition of God|Kabbalistic definition]] of Jewish mysticism, and the [[Islamic concept of God]]. The [[dharmic religions]] differ in their view of the divine, ranging from the almost polytheistic view of [[God in Hinduism]] to the almost non-theist view of [[God in Buddhism]]. In modern times, some more abstract concepts have been developed, such as [[process theology]] and [[open theism]]. Conceptions of God held by individual believers vary so widely that there is no clear consensus on the nature of God.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/articles/does_god_matter.html | title=DOES GOD MATTER? A Social-Science Critique | work=by Paul Froese and Christopher Bader | accessdate=2007-05-28}}</ref> The contemporaneous French philosopher [[Michel Henry]] has however proposed a [[Phenomenological definition of God|phenomenological approach and definition of God]] as phenomenological essence of [[Phenomenological life|Life]].
