Animism vs. Pantheism
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Difference Between Animism and Pantheism
Animismnoun
A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
Pantheismnoun
(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
Animismnoun
A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
Pantheismnoun
The belief in all gods; omnitheism.
Animismnoun
(dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.
Pantheismnoun
(rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods
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Animismnoun
the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls;
animism is common among primitive peoplesPantheismnoun
the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God
