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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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substance monotheism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Found e.g. in some indigenous African religions, holds that the many gods are different forms of a single underlying substance, and that this underlying substance is God. This ...
transtheism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Assumes the existence of God as an absent deity and the ultimate concept of God's existence is transcendent and external to all other forms of existence, which implies an ...
henotheism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Devotion to a single god while accepting the existence of other gods. Coined by Max Müller, according to whom it is "monotheism in principle and a polytheism in fact". Variations ...
open theism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A religious approach combining Classical Theism as well as Ancient Greek beliefs that question the ideas of free will and the timeless nature of God.
philosophical theism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The belief that God exists (or must exist), independent of the teaching or revelation of any particular religion. Some philosophical theists are persuaded of God's existence by ...
theological noncognitivism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The argument that religious language, and specifically words like "God" (capitalized), are not cognitively meaningful. It is cited as proof of the nonexistence of anything named ...
thomism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The philosophical school that followed in the legacy of Thomas Aquinas. The word comes from the name of its originator, whose summary work Summa Theologiae has arguably been ...
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