omnitheism

English

Etymology

From omni- + theism.

Alternative forms

• sometimes hyphenated or expressed as a phrase: omni-theism, omni theism
• sometimes either the O or both the O and T are capitalized: Omnitheism, OmniTheism
• variations of capitalization and spacing may be combined: Omni-theism, Omni-Theism, Omni Theism, Omni theism

Noun

omnitheism (uncountable)

1. The belief that all religions contain a core recognition of the same God.
2. The belief that every entity is a God.
   • Whitney Bauman, Theology, Creation, and Environmental Ethics: From Creatio Ex Nihilo to Terra Nullius (2009), p. 132:

     In other words, omni-theism is merely the other side of humanistic atheism: Both reduce life to the human center.

3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) The belief that all entities from all religions are true and do exist; similar to Pantheism, however without the belief that all beings are aspects of the same core deity

Translations

The belief that all religions contain a core recognition of the same God

• German: Omnitheismus m
• Portuguese: omniteísmo m

• Spanish: omniteísmo m

Derived terms

• omnitheist
• omnitheists
• omnitheistic
• omnitheistical
• omnitheistically

See also

• atheism
• monotheism
• multitheism
• pandeism
• polytheism