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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study on "Panentheismus"

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10610027
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Religious studies
Research InstitutionSeigakuin University

Principal Investigator

YOASUKATA Toshimasa  Seigakuin Univ., Humanities, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (40183115)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Keywordsmacrophage / LPS / apoptosis / p38 MAP kinase / protein phosphorylation / cycloheximide / C3H / HeJ mouse / SB202190
Research Abstract

The initial purpose of this research was to examine the concept of "Panentheismus" from point of view of comparative thought, with a special on (1) Sebastian Franck, (2) Lessing, (3) Gustav Fechner, (4) Troeltsch, (5) pr4ocess philosophers/theologians, and (6) Kitaro Nishida. But in the course of research it turned out hardly possible to attain the original purpose in three years. So the research plan was adjusted to concentrate on (1), (2), and(4). In addition, a general survey made of K C F. Krause.
The following results have been attained from my investigations : (1)the term "Panentheismus" was first coined by Krause in 1828 ; (2)this concept, in contrast to pantheism, intends to maintain both God's transcendence over the word and the world's immanence in God at one and the same time ; (3) Krause himself used the term "Allingottlehre" along with "Panentheismus" ; (4) the concept of "Panentheismus" aims at bringing Jewish-Christian theism and Stoic pantheism (or Spinozistic immanentism) into a synthesis ; (5) its distinction from pantheism, however, is so subtle and delicate that those thinkers who affirm a pantentheistic position have always been charged with pantheism by defenders of Christian theism.
The 'panentheistic' motif can, however, be found not only in the New Testament but especially in Christian mystics and spiritualists. Sebastian Franck is a representative. His position is often said to be pantheism but, in my view, is actually panentheism. Lessing's philosophy of religion bears the traits that can best be characterized as "Panta-en-theism. " Troeltsch's energetic concept of God points toward panentheism but still lacks conceptual clarity. To escape its pantheistic misunderstandings, John Macquarrie proposes to substitute "panentheism" with "dialectical theism. "
The task that lies ahead is to analyze the difference between the panentheism of Western-Christian type and that of Oriental-Buddhist type.

  • Research Products

    (9 results)

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All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] 安酸敏眞: "トレルチにおける「万有在神論の思想」"聖学院大学論叢. 12、2. 183-199 (2000)

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  • [Publications] 安酸敏眞: "トレルチとセバスティアン・フランク"基督教学研究. 20. 21-45 (2000)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 安酸敏眞: "セバスティアン・フランクについて"聖学院大学論集叢. 13、2. 187-204 (2001)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 安酸敏眞: "歴史と探求-レッシング、トレルチ、ニーバー"聖学院大学出版会. 216 (2001)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Yasukata, tochimasa.: "The Idea of Panentheism in Ernst Trbeltsch"The Journal of Seigakuin University. 12,2. 183-199 (2000)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Yasukata, tochimasa.: "Troeltsch and Sebastian Franck"The journal of Christaian Studies. 20. 21-45 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Yasukata, tochimasa.: "On Sebastian Franck"The Journal of Seigakuin University,. 13,2. 187-204 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Yasutaka, Toshimasa: "Seigakuin University Press"History and Search: Lessing, Troeltsch, and Niebuhr. 216 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Yasutaka, Toshimasa: Oxford University Press. 22

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Published: 2003-09-17  

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