80:2 April 1997
Pantheism 

Advisory Editor: Michael Levine, University of Western Australia

Many people who do not believe in a theistic God nonetheless believe that everything is part of an all-inclusive divine unity. This issue examines the philosophical basis of pantheism. Pantheism has been the classical religious alternative to theism, but are there grounds - philosophical and religious - for believing that pantheism presents the genuine alternative to theism that many contemporary non-theists think it does? Rather than focusing on particular pantheists this issue addresses questions concerning the philosophical and religious viability of pantheism. What exactly is pantheism? What kind of "unity" are pantheists claiming? What formal or logical ideas are relevant to pantheism's central claim? Is contemporary scientific theory relevant to pantheism? How can philosophical problems associated with theism be recast in terms of pantheism, and can they be resolved? How might one practice pantheism and why hasn't pantheism been institutionalized? Contributors will include James Cargile, John Leslie, Timothy Sprigge and Robert Scharlemann.

Table of Contents:

Timothy Sprigge 

Pantheism

John Leslie 

A Neoplatonist’s Pantheim

Mary Lenzi 

Platonic Polypsychic Pantheism

Robert Oakes 

The Divine Infinite: Can Traditional Theists Justifiably Reject Pantheism?

Grace M. Jantzen 

Feminism and Pantheism

Lewis S. Ford 

Pantheism v. Theism: A Re-Appraisal

Peter Forrest 

Pantheism and Science

Graham Oppy 

Pantheism, Quantification and Mereology