Theism, pantheism, materialism, deism.. etc

[Amac1]

Does anyone know of any reading resources on the differences between all the ‘isms’? … Theism, pantheism, dualism, materialism etc etc

Thanks.

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

Pantheism is a type of religious expression, so maybe a book on comparative religions?

And maybe a basic “intro to philosophy” for the others?

 

[Beryllos]

The first resource that springs to mind is the Catholic Encyclopedia, available online at NewAdvent:

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

The index leads you first to a quick definition, and from there you can go to a detailed article.

 

[Vico]

Modern Catholic Dictionary

• Pantheism: Any of a variety of views that claim that all things are divine, or that God and the universe are really identical, or that there is ultimately no real distinction between God and what believers in creation call the world.
• Monism: … Monism is pantheism looked at from the viewpoint of being.
• Emanationism: (Emanation) … As a form of pantheism, emanationism was condemned by the Second Vatican Council, since God, who is absolutely simple and unchangeable, cannot pour out of his being.
• Dualism: Any view of reality that holds there are two fundamentally and irreducibly different types of being or operations. Thus God and the world, spirit and matter, intellect and will, truth and error, virtue and sin are typical expressions of dualism.
• Deism: The theory that accepts the existence of God on purely rational grounds but denies … or rejects … Christianity as a supernatural religion. … Yet deism differs from rationalism in stressing its acceptance of a personal God and adherence to what is called natural religion, but with no recognition of a supernatural order.
• Materialism: The theory that all reality is only matter, or a function of matter, or ultimately derived from matter. There is no real distinction between matter and spirit; even man’s soul is essentially material and not uniquely created by God. …