Pantheism

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/pantheism

1. What is pantheism?
2. How is pantheism different from other religions that talk about a separate God?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is pantheism?Pantheism is the idea that the whole universe is the same as God, meaning everything we see, from ants to stars, is part of a single divine whole.
2. How is pantheism different from other religions that talk about a separate God?In pantheism, God is not a separate being that created the world; instead, God is the universe itself, so there is no separate creator outside of everything.

Monism: The philosophical view that a variety of existing things can be explained in terms of a single, fundamental substance or principle.
Immanence: The state of being present and operative within the universe; inherent divinity.
Cosmos: The universe regarded as a complex and orderly system; the entirety of existence.