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Hywel David Lewis
Professor of History and Philosophy of Religion, King's College, University of London, 1955–77. Chairman of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, 1965–88. Author of Our Experience of God...
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theism, the view that all limited or finite things are dependent in some way on one supreme or ultimate reality of which one may also speak in personal terms. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, this ultimate reality is often called God. This article explores approaches to theism in Western theology and philosophy. Theism’s view of God can be clarified by contrasting it with those of deism, pantheism, and mysticism. Deism closely resembles theism, but for...

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