noun
- Plural of immanentist; philosophers or theologians who believe that God or ultimate reality is present within the world or nature rather than transcendent or external to it.
Usage: philosophy; theology; formal
Examples
- Immanentists argue that the divine is woven into the fabric of existence itself.
- Medieval immanentists challenged the strict transcendence doctrine of traditional theology.
- Some immanentists find spiritual meaning in nature and the material world.
- The debate between immanentists and transcendentalists has shaped Western philosophy for centuries.
- Immanentists reject the idea of a God completely separate from creation.