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'''Panentheism''' (from Greek ''πᾶν'' (pân) "all"; ''ἐν'' (en) "in"; and ''θεός'' (Theós) "god"; "all-in-God") is the theological position that [[God]] is both [[Immanent theism|immanent]] and transcendence, that is that the Universe is within God, but God is also above it.
'''Panentheism''' (from Greek ''πᾶν'' (pân) "all"; ''ἐν'' (en) "in"; and ''θεός'' (Theós) "god"; "all-in-God") is the theological position that [[God]] is both [[Immanent theism|immanent]] and transcendent, that is that the Universe is within God, but God is also above it.
The word was coined in 1828 by German philosopher [[Karl Christian Friedrich Krause]] (1781–1832) who sought to reconcile [[monotheism]] and [[pantheism]]. It was popularized in the mid-1900s by theologian [[Charles Hartshorne]], who made this conception the core of his [[process theology]], which describes God as not merely a being, but a process of constant perfection. For Hartshorne, God was necessarily able to become 'more perfect', having absolute perfection in categories for which absolute perfection was possible, and relative perfection in categories for which perfection can never be precisely determined, such as being perfect in love or mercy. <ref>Charles Hartshorne, ''Man's Vision of God and the Logic of Theism'' (1964).</ref>
The word was coined in 1828 by German philosopher [[Karl Christian Friedrich Krause]] (1781–1832) who sought to reconcile [[monotheism]] and [[pantheism]]. It was popularized in the mid-1900s by theologian [[Charles Hartshorne]], who made this conception the core of his [[process theology]], which describes God as not merely a being, but a process of constant perfection. For Hartshorne, God was necessarily able to become 'more perfect', having absolute perfection in categories for which absolute perfection was possible, and relative perfection in categories for which perfection can never be precisely determined, such as being perfect in love or mercy. <ref>Charles Hartshorne, ''Man's Vision of God and the Logic of Theism'' (1964).</ref>