The Many Faces of Panentheism: An Editorial Introduction

Abstract

A well‐known difficulty of the interdisciplinary dialogue beyond the limits of particular disciplines is the lack of common ground regarding their metaphysical and methodological assumptions and commitments. This is particularly evident for the precarious relationship between science and religion. In a 2016 conference entitled “The Many Faces of Panentheism” held in Zurich, and now in this introduction as well as this section, we try to counteract this situation by choosing a focus theme located at the interface between nature and the divine. Thus, key perspectives, arguments, and implications of panentheism are introduced not only from one selected point of view but in relation to others. This allows us to explore territory beyond the boundaries of disciplinary backgrounds and to address intellectual and practical consequences for current debates.

How to prove the existence of God: an argument for conjoined panentheism

“…Harald Atmanspacher and Hartmut von Sass (2017) also note the relationship between panentheism and Trinitiarian theology, particularly in the work of Jürgen Moltmann, since both are concerned to maintain the close relationship between God and the world. Trinitarian theology also includes the idea of perichoresis, the interpenetration of the three modes of divine existence(Atmanspacher and Hartmut 2017, 1037).…”