monotheism
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M0399500 (mŏn′ə-thē-ĭz′əm)monotheism
(ˈmɒnəʊθɪˌɪzəm)mon•o•the•ism
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monotheism
| Noun | 1. |  monotheism - belief in a single God |
| 单词 | monotheism | |||
| 释义 | monotheismenUKmon·o·the·ismM0399500 (mŏn′ə-thē-ĭz′əm)monotheism(ˈmɒnəʊθɪˌɪzəm)mon•o•the•ism(ˈmɒn ə θiˌɪz əm)n. monotheism
monotheismenUKmonotheism(mŏn`əthēĭzəm) [Gr.,=belief in one God], in religion, a belief in one personal god. In practice, monotheistic religion tends to stress the existence of one personal god that unifies the universe. The term is applied particularly to JudaismJudaism, the religious beliefs and practices and the way of life of the Jews. The term itself was first used by Hellenized Jews to describe their religious practice, but it is of predominantly modern usage; it is not used in the Bible or in Rabbinic literature and only rarely ..... Click the link for more information. , ChristianityChristianity, religion founded in Palestine by the followers of Jesus. One of the world's major religions, it predominates in Europe and the Americas, where it has been a powerful historical force and cultural influence, but it also claims adherents in virtually every country of ..... Click the link for more information. , and IslamIslam , [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world religions (with Judaism and Christianity). An adherent to Islam is a Muslim [Arab.,=one who submits]. ..... Click the link for more information. , as well as ZoroastrianismZoroastrianism , religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions. Scriptures Zoroastrianism's scriptures are the Avesta or the Zend Avesta [Pahlavi avesta=law, zend=commentary]. ..... Click the link for more information. . Some eastern religions, notably Vaishava, Saiva, Sikhism, and some Hindu sects, tend to promote the omnipotence of one particular god within the pantheon, and thus display some monotheistic characteristics. Monotheism arose in opposition to polytheismpolytheism , belief in a plurality of gods in which each deity is distinguished by special functions. The gods are particularly synonymous with function in the Vedic religion (see Vedas) of India: Indra is the storm god, Agni the fire god, Vayu the wind god, Yama the god of ..... Click the link for more information. , the belief in many gods. Monismmonism [Gr.,=belief in one], in metaphysics, term introduced in the 18th cent. by Christian von Wolff for any theory that explains all phenomena by one unifying principle or as manifestations of a single substance. ..... Click the link for more information. , or nondualism between the physical and the spiritual, presupposes unity but deemphasizes personal monotheism. See also GodGod, divinity of the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as many other world religions. See also religion and articles on individual religions. Names for God In the Old Testament various names for God are used. ..... Click the link for more information. . monotheismthe belief in the doctrine that there is only one God; religious belief systems based on this doctrine. Of the major world religions, only JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM, are monotheistic, and they share a common root. According to Lenski and Lenski (1970), although rare in hunter-gatherer and horticultural societies, conceptions of a ‘supreme being’ become widespread in agrarian societies. Monotheism and a belief in a personal ethical God, however, appear only in the Near East. PARSONS regards the appearance of monotheism as a decisive developmental step encouraging the development of ‘ethical universalism’. WEBER's account of the Jewish conception of the jealous God, Yahweh – ‘Thou shall have no other gods but me’ – and the notion of the ‘chosen people’, is that these conceptions were a response to the vulnerability of the tribes of Israel to foreign domination, problems ‘explained’ by the PROPHETS as a supreme God punishing his people for worshipping false gods.Monotheisma system of religious beliefs based on the idea of the existence of only one god, in contrast to polytheism, the belief in many gods. In theological literature monotheistic religions include Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. However, the concept of monotheism is relative, since no religion is consistently monotheistic. Monotheism appears very late in the historical development of religion. During the period of the dissolution of tribal-clan social structure and the formation of the early states, the gods of different tribes became joined in a single “pantheon,” in which the god of the strongest tribe usually occupied the leading place. In some instances, the priests of this god strove to make him the only or supreme god (Babylonian Marduk, for example); in other cases, kings attempted to counterpose the cult of one god to the traditional priestly cults (the religious reform of Amenhotep IV in Egypt). Relatively strict monotheism first arose and gained predominance among the Hebrews in the middle and second half of the first millennium B.C., when priests of the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem established their religious monopoly. The strict monotheism introduced in Arabia in the seventh century A.D. formed the basic dogma of the Muslim religion. Thus, the evidence of modern science refutes the assertion of theologians (including the school of Pater W. Schmidt) that monotheism is the original age-old religion of humanity (the theory of protomonotheism) and that other forms of belief are only divergences from the original “true” religion. REFERENCETokarev, S. A. Religiia v istorii narodov mira. Moscow, 1964.monotheismmonotheismenUK
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