John Dewey: A Common Faith (2nd ed., Yale University Press, 2013, p. 47):
We are in the presence neither of ideals completely embodied in existence nor yet of ideals that are merely rootless ideals, fantasies or utopias. For there are forces in nature and society that generate and support the ideals. They are further unified by the action that gives them coherence and solidarity. It is this active relation between ideal and actual to which I would give the name ‘God’. I would not insist that the name must be given.
References
John Dewey: A Common Faith (2nd ed., Yale University Press, 2013, p. 47)