Anthropopathism

Anthropopathism (from Greek ἄνθρωπος anthropos, "human" and πάθος pathos, "suffering") is the attribution of human emotions, or the ascription of human feelings or passions to a non-human being, generally to a deity.[1]

By comparison, the term anthropomorphism originally referred to the attribution of human form to a non-human being, but in modern usage anthropomorphism has come to encompass both meanings.

## Religion

This is a technique prevalent in religious writings, where, for instance, human emotion is attributed to God, where he would not normally experience emotion in this sense.[2] Anthropopathism existed in the ancient Semitic religion and early Islam.[3] This technique is also used in the book of Genesis,[4]: 58 as an example of the theme of God as a personal god.[4]: 60 [verification needed]

## See also

* Frankenstein complex
* Pathetic fallacy
* Philo's view of God
* Uncanny valley
* Theopaschism

## References

1. ↑ "Definition of ANTHROPOPATHISM" (in en). https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthropopathism.
2. ↑ Gavrilyuk, Paul L. (2004-03-12) (in en). The Suffering of the Impassible God: The Dialectics of Patristic Thought. Oxford University Press. pp. 15. ISBN 978-0-19-153354-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=pw9REAAAQBAJ.
3. ↑ Williams, Wesley (2009). "A Body Unlike Bodies: Transcendent Anthropomorphism in Ancient Semitic Tradition and Early Islam". Journal of the American Oriental Society 129 (1): 19–44. ISSN 0003-0279. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40593866.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Knafl, Anne K. (2014-10-23) (in en). Forming God: Divine Anthropomorphism in the Pentateuch. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-1-57506-899-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=oDULEAAAQBAJ.

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