dipolar theism

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Dipolar theism is a philosophical-theological view of God that holds the divine nature includes two complementary poles—such as transcendence and immanence or changelessness and responsiveness—united in a single reality.

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instanceOf philosophical view of God ⓘ
theistic model ⓘ
theological doctrine ⓘ
aimsTo offer a coherent model of divine perfection ⓘ
reconcile divine changelessness and responsiveness ⓘ
reconcile divine transcendence and immanence ⓘ
asserts the divine nature is dipolar rather than monopolar ⓘ
associatedWith Alfred North Whitehead ⓘ
Charles Hartshorne ⓘ
process thought ⓘ
category doctrine of God ⓘ
philosophy of religion concept ⓘ
claimsCompatibilityWith logical coherence of divine attributes ⓘ
religious experience of a responsive God ⓘ
contrastsWith classical theism ⓘ
strictly immutable conceptions of God ⓘ
critiquedBy defenders of classical theism ⓘ
critiquedFor allegedly compromising divine simplicity ⓘ
allegedly undermining divine sovereignty ⓘ
developedWithin 20th-century philosophy of religion ⓘ
discussedIn analytic philosophy of religion ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ
emphasizes complementarity of divine attributes ⓘ
hasCentralClaim God has two complementary poles united in one reality ⓘ
holdsThat God is both absolute and relative in different respects ⓘ
God is both eternal and temporally engaged ⓘ
God is both necessary in essence and contingent in some relations ⓘ
divine perfection includes capacity for change in relations ⓘ
divine perfection includes responsiveness to creatures ⓘ
includesPole changelessness ⓘ
immanence ⓘ
responsiveness ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ
influencedBy Alfred North Whitehead's metaphysics ⓘ
process metaphysics ⓘ
maintains God’s perfection includes dynamic aspects ⓘ
God’s transcendence is compatible with divine relationality ⓘ
opposesView that God is only impassible ⓘ
that perfection requires total unchangeability ⓘ
relatedTo panentheism ⓘ
process theology ⓘ
usedInDebateOn divine foreknowledge and providence ⓘ
divine immutability ⓘ
divine impassibility ⓘ
the problem of evil ⓘ
viewsGodAs ontologically distinct from the world ⓘ
personally related to the world ⓘ

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process theology → hasConcept → dipolar theism ⓘ