Definition of "panentheism" [panentheism]

• A doctrine that the universe is part of God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe. (noun)
• A belief in all gods. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "I prefer the term panentheism but it is admittedly a fine line."
• "Scholars of great mystical movements and figures often go out of their way to explain that their subjects merit the term panentheism rather than pantheism, as if the second label is an insult."
• "The term panentheism refers to God as existing within but somehow grander than creation (i.e. the whole is greater than the sum of its parts)."