Picton argues that pantheism has never been a sect or a race’s religion but a background current in many faiths. In a few compact chapters he traces it through Indian and Greek thought, Philo of Alexandria, the Neoplatonists and mystics, to Spinoza, whom he treats as its great prophet, before considering what the idea might mean for modern religious life.
A brief and clear introduction from a sympathetic Victorian minister, useful for anyone exploring the history of the concept. Download the free EPUB.