Pandeist

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pænˈdiˈĭst

Alternative forms

• sometimes hyphenated or expressed as a phrase: pan-deist, pan deist
• sometimes either the P or both the P and D are capitalized: Pandeist, PanDeist
• variations of capitalization and spacing may be combined: Pan-deist, Pan-Deist, Pan Deist, Pan deist

Origin

From pandeism + -ist.

Full definition of pandeist

Noun

1. One who believes in pandeism, a blend of pantheism and deism.
• 1975, American Jewish Congress, Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought p. 41:Is Gordon a pan-deist, or a monotheist?
• 2003, Clay Colwell, BC Court rules FOR same sex marriage!!! YEAH!/CBC:Does that mean that it holds a majority of Christians as its subjects? That it was founded by Christians? That it must hold only to what Christians say, ignoring Jews, Muslims, non-deists, pandeists, and all other non-Christians?
2. (rare) one who believes in the truth of all religions

Adjective

1. Of or relating to pandeism.
• 1999, Brian R. West, Where is my God.You're drifting somewhere in the Pandeist or Deist dogma, where god is either the universe itself or is a part of each person.
• 2003: Paul La Porte, Social Work and Other Experiences in India:Indeed, most of the staff is either Hindu or Moslem, but they are full of these pan-deist ideas, and even Zahir deliberately used the Christian word "God" rather than "Allah" when talking with me.
• 2007, John Lachs and Robert Talisse, American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia, p. 310.Some pragmatists (such as William James) took a more pantheist or pandeist approach by rejecting views of God as separate from the world.