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Theism is the belief in one or more gods or godesses. More specifically, it may also mean the belief in God, a god, or gods, who is/are actively involved in maintaining the Universe.

A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, or respected by human beings. A goddess is a female deity in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases even hermaphroditic (or gender neutral) deities.

The primary meaning sees four major views of the role of the divine in the world in this context:

1. Atheism: The state of being without theistic beliefs.
2. Agnosticism: The view that the deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
3. Deism: God created the world but does not interact with it. Emphasis on deities' transcendence.
4. Theism (second definition): God(s) is immanent in the world, yet transcends it:

• Polytheism: Type of theism; belief in several or many gods.

1. Monolatry: Several gods, but only one of them is worshipped.
2. Henotheism : Several gods are worshipped, but one is seen as supreme.
3. Kathenotheism: Worship of one god at a time, seeing each as supreme in turn.

• Monotheism: Type of theism; belief in one god.

1. Monistic: Everything is of one essential essence or energy.
2. Dualism: Everything is of two essential essences or energies.
3. Pluralism: Everything is of many essential essences or energies.

1. Panentheism: The world is entirely contained within God, while at the same time God is something greater than just the world.
2. Pantheism: The world is identical to God; emphasis on the deity's immanence.

Within Polytheism there are “Hard” and “Soft” varieties. Hard polytheism views the gods as being distinct and separate beings, Soft polytheism views the gods as being subsumed into a greater whole.

Agnosticism is the philosophical view that the truth values of certain claims, particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods or deities, are either unknown or inherently unknowable.

Historical and modern Deism are defined by the view that reason, rather than revelation or tradition, should be the basis of belief in God.

In philosophy, transcendental experiences are experiences of an exclusively human nature that are other-worldly or beyond the human realm of understanding.

Polytheism is belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or divinities.

In religion and philosophy, henotheism is a term coined by Max Müller, meaning belief in, and possible worship of, multiple gods, one of which is supreme, meaning devotion to a single god while accepting the existence of other gods.

Kathenotheism is a term coined by the philologist Max Müller to mean the worship of one god at a time. Within monotheism there are exclusive and inclusive forms.

Exclusive monotheism can be monistic (Judaism, Islam), dualistic (Parsis / Zoroastrian) and pluralistic (Christianity). Some forms of Hinduism and Neopaganism could be considered Inclusive monotheism.

Finally, the distinction can be made between belief in the existence of gods, and assertions about their benevolence or morality, or the belief in God as the summum bonum.

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