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The CaML model of pantheism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2020

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NIKK EFFINGHAM*
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Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B30 1AD, UK
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e-mail: nikk.effingham@gmail.com
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Abstract

This article argues for a new understanding of pantheism whereby God is a multi-located mereological simple which constitutes the cosmos. I argue that the traditional theist can more readily accept this version of pantheism than a version identifying God with the cosmos.1

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Religious Studies , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , December 2021 , pp. 575 - 596
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2020

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Footnotes

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Thanks to the stipend provided by the Pantheism and Panentheism Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. I would also like to thank the anonymous referees of this journal for their helpful advice and comments.

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