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The concept of God can be comprehensively mapped across philosophical, religious, and cultural dimensions through a multi-methodological approach that clarifies its meaning without confining it to dogmatic definitions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To systematically map and clarify the multifaceted concept of God across philosophical, religious, and cultural dimensions without relying on dogmatic closure.

September 5, 2026Logica UniversalisOpen Access

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JBJean-Yves BéziauNational Council for Scientific and Technological Development FBFlawê de Lara BoneUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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Conceptual analysis reveals eleven distinct methodological frameworks defining divinity across global traditions, highlighting structured nuances beyond dogmatic definitions.

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To systematically map and clarify the multifaceted concept of God across philosophical, religious, and cultural dimensions without relying on dogmatic closure.
Applied eleven complementary procedures rooted in the Socratic-Platonic ti esti tradition, including semantic word clouds, Venn diagrams, and opposition theory.
Synthesized philosophical quotations, cultural proverbs, theological jokes, and visual typifications.
Classified divine conceptions across five primary categories: monotheism, polytheism, the non-personal absolute, pantheism/panentheism, and critical postures.
Delineated seven distinct conceptual domains by mapping intersections among God, the Sacred, and the Absolute within a Venn diagram.
Resolved classical dichotomies like God/Devil and Reason/Faith into structured trichotomies and hexagons using opposition theory.
Structured the divinity concept across word, idea, and reality using the pyramid of meaning, culminating in condensed symbolic expressions.

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Béziau et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4126b95aff0620eb73b https://doi.org/10.1007/s11787-026-00421-w

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Conceptual analysis reveals eleven distinct methodological frameworks defining divinity across global traditions, highlighting structured nuances beyond dogmatic definitions.

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