Godhead (from Middle English ''godhede'', "godhood", and unrelated to the modern word "head"), may refer to:
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Deity
A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greate ...
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Divinity
Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine
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Conceptions of God
Conceptions of God in Monotheism, monotheist, Pantheism, pantheist, and Panentheism, panentheist religions – or of the supreme deity in henotheistic religions – can extend to various levels of abstraction:
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Godhead in Judaism
Godhead refers to the aspect or substratum of God that lies behind God's actions or properties (i.e., it is the essence of God), and its nature has been the subject of long debate in every major religion.
Terminology
The closest corresponding ter ...
, the unknowable aspect of God, which lies beyond actions or emanations
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Godhead in Christianity
Godhead (or '' godhood'') refers to the essence or substance (''ousia'') of the Christian God, especially as existing in three persons — God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.Godhead in Islam
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God in Hinduism
The concept of God in Hinduism varies in its diverse traditions. Hinduism spans a wide range of beliefs such as henotheism, monotheism, polytheism, panentheism, pantheism, pandeism, monism, agnosticism, atheism, and nontheism.
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Brahman
In Hinduism, ''Brahman'' ( sa, ब्रह्मन्) connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality in the universe.P. T. Raju (2006), ''Idealistic Thought of India'', Routledge, , page 426 and Conclusion chapter part X ...
, the divine source of being, through which all emanates
** Paramātmā, the "oversoul" spiritually identical with the absolute and ultimate reality
** Svayam Bhagavan or Supreme Personality of Godhead, the divine person from whom all emanates
** Trimūrti, the cosmic trinity of Trideva (Brahmā, Viṣhṇu, and Śhiva) or
Tridevi
The Tridevi () are a trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism, joining a triad of eminent goddesses either as a feminine version of the Trimurti, or as consorts of a masculine Trimurti, depending on the denomination. This triad is typically pers ...
(Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, and Pārvatī)
Other uses:
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Godhead (band)
Godhead, occasionally typeset as gODHEAD, is an American rock band from Washington, D.C. They were the only band signed to musician Marilyn Manson's short-lived vanity label, Posthuman Records.
History
The band was formed in 1994 under the ...
, an American industrial rock band
* ''Godhead'' (album), an album by Scottish dream pop band Lowlife
* "Godhead", the second single taken from Nitzer Ebb's 1991 album ''
Ebbhead
''Ebbhead'' is the fourth album of the United Kingdom, British Electronic body music, EBM group Nitzer Ebb. Co-produced by Depeche Mode's Alan Wilder in collaboration with Flood (producer), Flood, it was released by Mute Records on . The album f ...
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Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
'', the Supreme Personality of Godhead'', also known as the ''KRSNA Book'', is a summary and commentary on the Tenth Canto of the '' Śrīmad Bhāgavatam'' by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acharya of the International Society fo ...
'', a book by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Godhead Trilogy
James Morrow (born March 17, 1947) is an American novelist and short-story writer known for filtering large philosophical and theological questions through his satiric sensibility.
Most of Morrow's oeuvre has been published as science fiction ...
'', science fiction series by James K. Morrow published 1994–1999
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