Panentheism Across the World's TraditionsNot to be confused with pantheism the ancient Greek notion that God is everywhere, an animistic force in rocks and trees the concept of panentheism suggests that God is both in the world, immanent, and also beyond the confines of mere matter, transcendent. One of the fundamental premises of this groundbreaking collection of essays is that panentheism, despite being unlabeled until the nineteenth century, is not merely a modern Western invention. The