ˈthēˌizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: the- + -ism
1. : belief in the existence of a god or gods ; specifically : belief in the existence of one God who is viewed as the creative source of man, the world, and value and who transcends and yet is immanent in the world
Christian theism
— opposed to atheism ; distinguished from pantheism and polytheism
2. : a system of thought founded on the belief in one or more gods
these philosophies, which are usually called theisms, view all of life as a divinely ordered sequence — J.R.Everett