Conceptions Of God

Conceptions of God in monotheist, pantheist, and panentheist religions – or of the supreme deity in henotheistic religions – can extend to various levels of abstraction:

• as a powerful, human-like, supernatural being, or as the deification of an esoteric, mystical or philosophical entity or category;
• as the “Ultimate“, the summum bonum, the “Absolute Infinite”, the “Transcendent“, or Existence or Being itself;
• as the ground of being, the monistic substrate, that which we cannot understand; and so on.

The first recordings that survive of monotheistic conceptions of God, borne out of henotheism and (mostly in Eastern religions) monism, are from the Hellenistic period. Of the many objects and entities that religions and other belief systems across the ages have labeled as divine, the one criterion they share is their acknowledgment as divine by a group or groups of human beings.

Main pages: Attributes of God, Conceptions of God, Existence of God, and Names of God
Main articles: Outline Of Conceptions of God, Conceptions of God, Image of God, and Concept Of God In Islam

About God

God What is God? What is Deity? god (male deity) goddess (female deity) God as a Word

Allāh Ilah Logos Being Supreme Being Being and Existence

God in Religions

God in Abrahamic Religions  God in Christianity God in Catholicism God in Mormonism God in Judaism God in Islam

God in Buddhism God in Hinduism God in Jainism God in Sikhism African Traditional Concept of God

General conceptions about God

Aristotelian view of God Anthropomorphism Agnosticism Agnostic Theism Apatheism Atheism Antitheism Deism Henotheism Ietsism

Ignosticism Monotheism Monism Dualism Dualistic Cosmology Monolatry Nontheism Kathenotheism Omnism Pandeism

Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Process Theology Theism Classical Theism Open theism Philosophical Theism Transtheism Unitarian Universalism

Specific conceptions

Creator Solar Deity Dying-and-rising Deity Demiurge Deus Dyeus Form of the Good Great Architect Intelligent Designer Higher Power Monad Mother Summum bonum Sustainer The All The Lord Tawhid Ditheis Personal God National god Unitarianism Arianism Socinianism

Monism God As The Devil Sacred King Apotheosis Transcendence Divinity Divine Grace Divine Illumination Divine Inspiration Divine Judgment Divine language Divine Law Divine Light Divine Love Divine Presence Divine Providence Divine Revelation Divine Simplicity Divine Command Theory Divine will God and the Truth of Divinity Divine Destiny and Decree and Divine Grace

Singular God

Tawhid (Unity) Ahadiya and Wahidiya (Uniqueness or Absolute Oneness and Unity) Absolute (philosophy)

Ultimate Reality Brahman Logos Supreme Being

Other views

Binitarianism Great Spirit Godhead the Christian God Olelbis creator deity Godhead (Latter Day Saints)

Apophatic Theology Cataphatic Theology Tian Unmoved Mover

Trinitarianism

Triple Deity Tritheism Trinity God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit What is Trinity? The Blessed Trinity Introduction to The Trinity Divine Trinity Perichoresis G-d is One, Not a Trinity Jewish Reflections on Trinitarian Thinking Trinitarian formula Athanasian Creed Comma Johanneum Trinitarianism in the Church Fathers

The Holy Spirit Holy Spirit in Christianity Holy Spirit in Judaism Shekhinah Holy Spirit in Islam Archangel Gabriel What is Holy Spirit? Holy Wisdom Gender of the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit in Christian Denominational Variations Fruit of The Holy Spirit Seven Gifts of The Holy Spirit Spiritual Gift Baptism with The Holy Spirit

Son of God Son of God in Christianity Is Jesus the Son of God? Is Jesus Unique Son of God? Son of Man in Christianity Divine Sonship of Jesus Son of Heaven Divinity of Jesus Sons of God Shield of the Trinity Trinitarian Universalism Consubstantiality Homoousian Hypostasis

The Attributes of God

Essence God, His Essence, And Attributes Nature and Attributes of God What Are The Essence and Attributes of God? Mission of God

The Attributes Of God According To The Old Testament Thirteen Attributes of Mercy Divine Providence in Judaism Attributes of God in Islam

Philosophy of religion

Eternity (God is not bound by time) Existence Gender of God Immutability (God is not subject to change) Impassibility (God is not affected) Incorporeality (God is not material) Names (“Word“) Omnipotence (limitless power) Omniscience (limitless knowledge) Oneness (God is wholly benevolent) Simplicity (God is not composite)

God’s Attributes of Glory Love of God What is the Love of God? Fear of God Sacred Holy Theodicy Theodicy and The Bible Evil Problem of evil Skeptical Theism

Atheism and Non-theistic views

General Atheism Concepts Atheism What is Atheism? Atheism Explained Outline Of Atheism Antitheism Nontheism Atheism and religion Christian Atheism Hindu Atheism Jewish Atheism Criticism of atheism Discrimination Against Atheists Atheism Quotes

Related positions Agnosticism Agnostic atheism Apatheism Antireligion Criticism of religion Freethought Freedom of Religion Irreligion Naturalism Parody religion Secularism Rationalism

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The Entire Cosmos is a Mirror to the Divine The Divine Purpose for The Creation of Man Divine Support and Ensuring Its Continuation Divine Decree and Destiny, and Human Free Will Divine Decree and Destiny in Divine Knowledge Divine Decree and Destiny in Relation to Creation Destiny, Faith, and The Meaning Of Divine Decree The Divine Wisdom In Creating People Differently God is Absolutely Capable of Destroying the World and Rebuild It Majority of The Mankind Believes in The Existence of God Divine Decree and Destiny in Relation with Divine Will Divine Decree and Destiny in Relation to Registry and Duplication

FAQ about God

Does God Exist? Who Created God? Is God A Man? Is Jesus God? Is God Afraid of Us? Why Cannot We See God? Why Can’t We See God? What Is Divine Decree? Why Did God Create The Universe? Is Divine Unity Necessity of Creation? Does God Know What is Better For Us? What Ever We Have Is A Blessing Of God Why Did He Not Create Universe Sooner?

Given That God Created Everything, Who Created God? Is Submission To God In Accord With Sense And Reason? What Is Universal Wisdom About Creation Of Celestial Bodies? Is Man’s Weakness And Impotence An Appeal For Divine Help? How Does God Permit Infinite Ugliness and Awesome Calamity? Why Did God Create Humans Physically And Financially Different? What Are The Essence and Attributes of God, Can We Describe Him?

God’s existence in Sufism

‘Aql (Reason) Wujud (Finding and wujud) Tajalli (Manifestation of God) Ihsan (Perfect Goodness)

Ma’rifa (Spiritual Knowledge of God) Wahda and Kasra (Unity and Multiplicity) What Is “Unity of Being” (Wahdat al-Wujud)?