Pantheism : a non-theistic concept of deity / Michael P. Levine

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; (388 p). Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-377) and indexes. Contents; PANTHEISM A non-theistic concept of deity; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part I Meaning; 2 What is Pantheism?; 2.1 Unity; 2.1.1 Misunderstandings; 2.1.2 Pantheistic Unity: a topology; 2.1.3 Unity as force, principle or plan; 2.2 Divinity; 2.3 Monism; 2.3.1 Substance and Unity; 2.3.2 Monism and pantheism; 2.4 Transcendence; 2.4.1 Panpsychism; animism; macrocosm and microcosm; Part II Philosophy of pantheism; 3 Pantheism and Theism; 3.1 Does theism entail pantheism?; 3.2 The world as God's body; 4 Problems of Pantheism; 4.1 Creation; 4.2 Evil; 4.2.1 Evil is mysterious4.2.2 Theism's problem with evil; 4.2.3 Pantheism and the theistic problem of evil; 4.2.4 Pantheism and evil: no worries; 4.3 Ethics and ecology; 4.4 Salvation and immortality; Part III Method; 5 What Pantheists Should Not Do-And Why; 5.1 Belief and practice; 5.1.1 The Wittgensteinian ""non-realist"" interpretation; 5.1.2 Intellectualist and symbolist approaches; 5.1.3 The practice of pantheism and the theory of religion; 5.2 Worship and prayer; 6 Conclusion: How to Practise Pantheism; 6.1 Goal: relationship or state?; 6.2 What to do; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index. Subjects; Pantheism. Pantheism Philosophical aspects. Pantheism Religious aspects. RELIGION Agnosticism.