Pantheism

noun

is the belief that reality is identical with divinity,[1] or that all-things compose an all-encompassing, immanent god.[2] Pantheist belief does not recognize a distinct personal anthropomorphic god[3] and instead characterizes a broad range of doctrines differing in forms of relationships between reality and divinity.[4]

Pantheism was popularized in Western culture as a theology and philosophy based on the work of the 17th-century philosophers Baruch Spinoza, particularly his book Ethics, and Giordano Bruno.[5][6] The term "pantheism" was coined by mathematician Joseph Raphson in 1697[7][8] and has since been used to describe the beliefs of a variety of people and organizations.

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