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Names of God

A diagram of the names of God in Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652–1654). The style and form are typical of the mystical tradition, as early theologians began to fuse emerging pre-Enlightenment concepts of classification and organization with religion and alchemy, to shape an artful and perhaps more conceptual view of God. Part of a series onGod Core attributes Creator Eternalness Existence Gender Omnipotence Omnipresence Omniscience Aseity Transcendence Conceptions Abrahamic In Baháʼí Faith In Christianity In Islam In Judaism In Mandaeism In Mormonism African Chukwu Mawu Mbombo Mebege Mukuru Mwari Nana Buluku Ngai Nhialic Njambe Nyambe Nyame Nzambi Ampungu Ọlọrun Roog Ruhanga Umvelinqangi Unkulunkulu Chinese Tian Shangdi Hongjun Laozu Indian Hinduism Jainism Sikhism Other Ahura Mazda Form of the Good Monism Names Allah Brahman Demiurge Deus God Khuda The Lord Monad Mulungu Osanobua Summum bonum YHWH ExperiencesPractices Faith Fideism Gnosis Metaphysics Mysticism Prayer Revelation Worship Related topics Classical theism Euthyphro dilemma God complex God gene Theology Ontology Problem of evil (theodicy) Religion philosophy texts Portrayals of God in popular med