immanence

Examples

• All

• Many philosophers explore the concept of immanence, suggesting that the sacred exists within the everyday world.

• The sacramental commons is reciprocal: "Humans mediate the Spirit to nature. Similarly, the Spirit's immanence is mediated by nature to humans."

  Academic text (2008)

• And then he stood as one taken by the immanence of angels.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The same is true of God; God is not less mystery on account of God's radical immanence in Christ.

  Academic text (2002)

• According to Rahner, the effect of God's immanence is that creation has the capacity to transcend itself.

  Academic text (2006)

• Joy is linked to temporality, as it points to the emotional quality of the present moment (immanence).

  Academic text (2015)

• The awesome immanence of these materials probably obviated pattern creation in the earliest beadwork.

  Academic text (2003)

• God works within creatures by virtue of divine immanence, while preserving their nature and autonomy by virtue of divine transcendence.

  Academic text (2009)

• Through the ages, Christians have had difficulty articulating and experiencing this ideal polarity of divine immanence and transcendence.

  Academic text (1993)

• The artist captures the beauty of nature, illustrating the immanence of the divine in every detail.

Synonyms

I

immanency

vsimmanence

• Formal

9.9

Being present inside something rather than outside it

is about pervading presence within the material world or a domain

I

inherency

vsimmanence

• Formal

9.5

A quality that is always part of something and cannot be removed

focuses on inner presence that fills or pervades a domain

I

inherence

vsimmanence

• Formal

9.7

A quality that is a natural, permanent part of something

emphasizes being present throughout a whole domain rather than just a trait

I

inbeing

vsimmanence

• Formal

9.9

The fact of existing as a quality inside something

limits meaning to inner presence that pervades a material or conceptual area

Antonyms

T

transcendence

3 9.7

Going beyond normal limits in ability or quality

E

externality

1 8.4

An outside part of something that you can see

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology