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The German philosopher Karl Christian Friedrich [[Krause]] (1781–1832) seeking to reconcile [[monotheism]] and [[pantheism]], coined the term panentheism (all in God) in 1828. This conception of God influenced [[New England transcendentalists]] such as [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]. The term was popularized by [[Charles Hartshorne]] in his development of [[process theology]] and has also been adopted by proponents of various [[New Thought]] beliefs. However despite formalization of this term in the west as late as the 18th century, the formal analysis of panentheism is not new; for example philosophical treatises have been written on it in the context of [[Hinduism]] for millennia.

The German philosopher Karl Christian Friedrich [[Krause]] (1781–1832) seeking to reconcile [[monotheism]] and [[pantheism]], coined the term panentheism (all in God) in 1828. This conception of God influenced [[New England transcendentalists]] such as [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]. The term was popularized by [[Charles Hartshorne]] in his development of [[process theology]] and has also been adopted by proponents of various [[New Thought]] beliefs. However despite formalization of this term in the west as late as the 18th century, the formal analysis of panentheism is not new; for example philosophical treatises have been written on it in the context of [[Hinduism]] for millennia.

Beginning in the 1940s, Hartshorne examined numerous conceptions of God. He reviewed and discarded pantheism, [[deism]], and [[pandeism]] in favor of panentheism, finding that "panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations". Hartshorne formulated God as necessarily being able to become 'more perfect', contending that God had absolute perfection in categories for which absolute perfection was possible, and relative perfection (i.e. was superior to all others) in categories for which perfection can not be precisely determined. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism]

Beginning in the 1940s, Hartshorne examined numerous conceptions of God. He reviewed and discarded pantheism, [[deism]], and [[pandeism]] in favor of panentheism, finding that "panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations". Hartshorne formulated God as necessarily being able to become 'more perfect', contending that God had absolute perfection in categories for which absolute perfection was possible, and relative perfection (i.e. was superior to all others) in categories for which perfection can not be precisely determined. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism]

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