transtheistic
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From trans- + theistic, coined by philosopher Paul Tillich and Indologist Heinrich Zimmer; see quotations below.
=== Adjective ===
transtheistic (comparative more transtheistic, superlative most transtheistic)
(of a belief system) Transcending theism.
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.
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