ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Transtheistic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Transtheistic is an adjective meaning (of a belief system) Transcending theism.

Meaning

(of a belief system) Transcending theism.

Example Sentences

1952, Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be, Yale University Press, Stoicism in this sense is a basic religious attitude, whether it appears in theistic, atheistic, or transtheistic forms.
1953, Heinrich Robert Zimmer (auth.), Joseph Campbell (ed.), Philosophies of India, page 182, […] the Tirthankaras have passed beyond the godly governors of the natural order. Jainism, that is to say, is not atheistic; it is transtheistic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transcendentalistic, transpersonal, theistic, transhumanistic, theistical, trans-phenomenal.

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