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Monotheism means “belief in a single God.” It usually refers to the so-called Abrahamic monotheisms : Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. However, any religion with a single god counts as monotheism.
1 lis 2005 · Monotheism is the view that there is only one such God. After a brief discussion of monotheism’s historical origins, this entry looks at the five most influential attempts to establish God’s uniqueness.
3 paź 2024 · Monotheism characterizes the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and elements of the belief are discernible in numerous other religions. Monotheism and polytheism are often thought of in rather simple terms—e.g., as merely a numerical contrast between the one and the many.
Monotheism is the belief that one god is the only, or at least the dominant deity. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] A distinction may be made between exclusive monotheism, in which the one God is a singular existence, and both inclusive and pluriform monotheism, in which multiple gods or godly forms are recognized, but each are postulated as extensions of ...
Monotheism is the belief in and worship of a single, all-powerful deity as the ultimate source of reality, meaning, and moral authority. This concept is central to the major Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
3 paź 2024 · The basic monotheistic view. The God of monotheism is the one real god that is believed to exist or, in any case, that is acknowledged as such. God’s essence and character are believed to be unique and fundamentally different from all other beings that can be considered more or less comparable—e.g., the gods of other religions.
11 cze 2018 · The term monotheism presupposes the idea of theos — a divine being with mind and will, fully personal, conceivable in images drawn from human life, and approachable through prayer. In this respect monotheism differs from deism and from the various forms of monism.
