Pantheism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===21st century=== [[File:Einstein 1921 portrait2.jpg|thumb|160px|Albert Einstein is considered a pantheist by some commentators.]] [[Dorion Sagan]], son of scientist and science communicator [[Carl Sagan]], published the 2007 book ''Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature'', co-written with his mother [[Lynn Margulis]]. In the chapter "Truth of My Father", Sagan writes that his "father believed in the God of Spinoza and Einstein, God not behind nature, but as nature, equivalent to it."<ref>Sagan, Dorion, "Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the Nature of Nature" 2007, p. 14.</ref> In 2009, pantheism was mentioned in a [[Papal encyclical]]<ref name=Caritas>Caritas In Veritate, 7 July 2009.</ref> and in a statement on New Year's Day, 2010,<ref>{{Cite web |title=43rd World Day of Peace 2010, If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation {{!}} BENEDICT XVI |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/messages/peace/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20091208_xliii-world-day-peace.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> criticizing pantheism for denying the superiority of humans over nature and seeing the source of man{{'s}} salvation in nature.<ref name=Caritas/> In 2015, [[The Paradise Project]], an organization "dedicated to celebrating and spreading awareness about pantheism," commissioned Los Angeles muralist [[Levi Ponce]] to paint the 75-foot mural in [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]], California near the organization's offices.<ref name="vp">{{cite web |title=New Mural in Vence: "Luminaries of Pantheism" |url=https://www.venicepaparazzi.com/recent-events-covered/new-mural-in-venice-inspiration-of-pantheism/ |publisher=VenicePaparazzi |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> The mural depicts [[Albert Einstein]], [[Alan Watts]], [[Baruch Spinoza]], [[Terence McKenna]], [[Carl Jung]], [[Carl Sagan]], [[Emily Dickinson]], [[Nikola Tesla]], [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], [[W.E.B. Du Bois]], [[Henry David Thoreau]], [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], [[Rumi]], [[Adi Shankara]], and [[Laozi]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Rod|first=Perry|title=About the Paradise Project|url=https://pantheism.com/about/pantheismcom/|publisher=The Paradise Project|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Pantheist Vision">{{cite journal |last1=Wood |first1=Harold |title=New Online Pantheism Community Seeks Common Ground |journal=Pantheist Vision |date=Summer 2017 |volume=34 |issue=2 |page=5}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page