Religions Of A Single God

Author : Zeba A. Crook
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1781798052

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Religions of a Single God by Zeba A. Crook Pdf

In some ways, this book fits into the long tradition of textbooks on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It seeks to teach the basics both of the study of religion and the study of the religions themselves. For each religion, it presents the trajectories of development over time, the main theological debates and claims, the sacred writings, and the common practices and holy days. Yet, in other ways, this book is like no other introductory textbook on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Rather than claim to show the "essence" of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam, this book shows the diversity within Jewish, Christian, and Islamic experience, theological dispute, and practice. Rather than rely solely on the traditional theorists of religion, the "giants," this book updates the approach, relying also on the newest critical thinkers on defining, classifying, and studying religion. Rather than present Latter-Day Saints and Baha'i Religion as among the New Religious Movements, this book treats them as part of the continuing history of religion, growing out of and within Christianity and Islam respectively. Religion, in other words, is not a thing of the past. It's happening right now, all around us.

Author : Eugene Schwartz
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1720281211

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Three Religions - One God by Eugene Schwartz Pdf

Three Religions - One God is a historical account of the three Abrahamic Religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - from each of their inceptions up to the middle of the 20th century. Based on the writings of numerous excellent historians, Eugene Schwartz's meticulous research results in a book which places a focus on how each of these religions has impacted their surrounding civilizations. Beginning with Judaism's adoption of the principle of One God and finishing with the Rebirth of Israel, Three Religions - One God is an accessible and comprehensive narrative which tells of the emergence of the three Abrahamic Religions and charts their interlinked paths through history. Topics include: accounts of the Jewish people in the Hebrew Bible; the coming of Jesus Christ and the creation of Christianity; the influence of an illiterate orphan who receives Allah's words in a cave near Mecca; the Crusades; the two World Wars and the horrors of the Holocaust; and much, much more. Presenting their histories rather than the details of their religious beliefs, Three Religions - One God provides a detailed analysis of the emergence and consolidation of the Abrahamic Religions. It provides a thorough presentation of their respective places and often complex relationships in the world today.Visit the Three Religions - One God website: es557dep.wixsite.com/threereligionsonegod

Author : Stephen Prothero
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061991202

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God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero Pdf

In God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World, New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that persistent attempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlook the distinct problem that each tradition seeks to solve. Delving into the different problems and solutions that Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Confucianism, Yoruba Religion, Daoism and Atheism strive to combat, God is Not One is an indispensable guide to the questions human beings have asked for millennia—and to the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today. Readers of Huston Smith and Karen Armstrong will find much to ponder in God is Not One.

Author : Frances Worthington
Publisher : Baha'i Publishing Trust
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1931847894

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Abraham by Frances Worthington Pdf

The amazing four-thousand-year-old story of Abraham from a fresh and intriguing interfaith perspective that joins together the scripture and traditions of five religions! The author combines scripture/sacred text from the five Abrahamic Faiths - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, the Babi Faith and the Bahai Faith - and combineshistorical data and archaeological evidence and identifies content that falls within the category of probably and possibly.

Author : Michael Carpenter
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781615662845

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Three Religions... One God? by Michael Carpenter Pdf

There are three major religions in the world today: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Though these three belief systems intertwine throughout history, they are in fact extremely different in both basic structure and ultimately, In deity. Many people have claimed over the years that the God of Judeo-Christianity is in fact the same god of Islam. However, due to key points of differences in their respective religious texts, As well as the nature of God versus Allah in the everyday life of those who practice these religions, it becomes clear that God is in fact a completely separate entity from the Islamic Allah, despite the fact that Allah is the Arabic word for 'God.' in his provocative and inciting work, Three Religions, One God? Author Michael Carpenter inspects the basic tenets of each religion meticulously and shows through textual and well as situational evidence and critical thinking that not only is the god of Christianity and Judaism different from the god of Islam, but that the god of Judeo-Christianity is in fact the one true god, And The deserver of your love and allegiance. From exploring the lives of Muhammad and Jesus to decoding the predictions For The end of the world, Three Religions, One God? offers insightful and challenging debate that will inspire readers to make their own foray into the realm of comparative religion. Michael resides in Missouri and is the proud father of two children. Due to four years of service in the United States Air Force, he is a man who likes knowing how things work and enjoys probing intellectual and spiritual discovery.

Author : Roger Trigg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108787673

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Monotheism and Religious Diversity by Roger Trigg Pdf

If there is one God, why are there so many religions? Might all be false? Some revert to a relativism that allows different 'truth's' for different people, but this is incoherent. This Element argues that monotheism has provided the basis for a belief in objective truth. Human understanding is fallible and partial, but without the idea of one God, there is no foundation for a belief in one reality or a common human nature. The shadow of monotheism lies over our understanding of science, and of morality.

Author : Rodney Stark
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691187853

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One True God by Rodney Stark Pdf

Western history would be unrecognizable had it not been for people who believed in One True God. There would have been wars, but no religious wars. There would have been moral codes, but no Commandments. Had the Jews been polytheists, they would today be only another barely remembered people, less important, but just as extinct as the Babylonians. Had Christians presented Jesus to the Greco-Roman world as ''another'' God, their faith would long since have gone the way of Mithraism. And surely Islam would never have made it out of the desert had Muhammad not removed Allah from the context of Arab paganism and proclaimed him as the only God. The three great monotheisms changed everything. With his customary clarity and vigor, Rodney Stark explains how and why monotheism has such immense power both to unite and to divide. Why and how did Jews, Christians, and Muslims missionize, and when and why did their efforts falter? Why did both Christianity and Islam suddenly become less tolerant of Jews late in the eleventh century, prompting outbursts of mass murder? Why were the Jewish massacres by Christians concentrated in the cities along the Rhine River, and why did the pogroms by Muslims take place mainly in Granada? How could the Jews persist so long as a minority faith, able to withstand intense pressures to convert? Why did they sometimes assimilate? In the final chapter, Stark also examines the American experience to show that it is possible for committed monotheists to sustain norms of civility toward one another. A sweeping social history of religion, One True God shows how the great monotheisms shaped the past and created the modern world.

Author : John Hick,Edmund S. Meltzer
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791400425

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Three Faiths-One God by John Hick,Edmund S. Meltzer Pdf

The interactions of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities over centuries have often been hostile and sometimes violent. This book discusses the essential and critical issues in each tradition's views of God, and of the earth and humanity.

Author : Stephen Mitchell,Peter Van Nuffelen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139488143

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One God by Stephen Mitchell,Peter Van Nuffelen Pdf

Graeco-Roman religion in its classic form was polytheistic; on the other hand, monotheistic ideas enjoyed wide currency in ancient philosophy. This contradiction provides a challenge for our understanding of ancient pagan religion. Certain forms of cult activity, including acclamations of 'one god' and the worship of theos hypsistos, the highest god, have sometimes been interpreted as evidence for pagan monotheism. This book discusses pagan monotheism in its philosophical and intellectual context, traces the evolution of new religious ideas in the time of the Roman empire, and evaluates the usefulness of the term 'monotheism' as a way of understanding these developments in later antiquity outside the context of Judaism and Christianity. In doing so, it establishes a framework for understanding the relationship between polytheistic and monotheistic religious cultures between the first and fourth centuries AD.

Author : Bob Becking,Meindert Dijkstra,Marjo Korpel,Karel Vriezen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567232120

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Only One God? by Bob Becking,Meindert Dijkstra,Marjo Korpel,Karel Vriezen Pdf

The view of ancient Israelite religion as monotheistic has long been traditional in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, religions that have elaborated in their own way the biblical image of a single male deity. But recent archaeological findings of texts and images from the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their neighbourhood offer a quite different impression. Two issues in particular raised by these are the existence of a female consort, Asherah, and the implication for monotheism; and the proliferation of pictorial representations that may contradict the biblical ban on images. Was the religion of ancient Israel really as the Bible would have us believe? This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to these issues, presenting the relevant inscriptions and discussing their possible impact for Israelite monotheism, the role of women in the cult, and biblical theology.

Author : Karen Armstrong
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : God
ISBN : 0517223120

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A History of God by Karen Armstrong Pdf

A study of the deity of the world's three dominant monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In a dynamic interplay between religion and society's ever-changing beliefs, values, and traditions, human beings' ideas about God have been transformed. Ideas about God have been molded to apply to the spiritual needs of the people who worship him in a particular place and time. The author explores and analyzes the development and progression of the various perceptions of God from the days of Abraham to present times--Adapted from book jacket.

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781551991764

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God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens Pdf

Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope’s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.

Author : Annemarie Schimmel,Abdoldjavad Falaturi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015062085447

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We Believe in One God by Annemarie Schimmel,Abdoldjavad Falaturi Pdf

Author : Joseph Ratzinger
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681493244

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Many Religions, One Covenant by Joseph Ratzinger Pdf

Foreword by Scott Hahn In Many Religions, One Covenant, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger spans the deep divides in modern Catholic scholarship to present a compelling biblical theology, modern in its concerns yet classical in its breadth. It is his classical mastery, his ressourcement, that enables the Cardinal to build a bridge. Cardinal Ratzinger seeks to deepen our understanding of the Bible's most fundamental principle. The covenant defines religion for Christians and Jews. We cannot discern God's design or his will if we do not meditate upon his covenant. The covenant, then, is the principle that unites the New Testament with the Old, the Scriptures with Tradition, and each of the various branches of theology with all the others. The covenant does more than bridge the gaps between these elements; it fills in the gaps, so that biblical scholarship, dogmatic theology, and magesterial authority all stand on common ground - solid ground.

Author : Zagloul Kadah,Kadah Zaglou,Danny Kadah
Publisher : BookPros, LLC
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781933538716

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Our God and Your God Is One by Zagloul Kadah,Kadah Zaglou,Danny Kadah Pdf

In [i]Our God and Your God Is One[/i], Zagloul Kadah discusses the common origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-how the religions overlap and how they conflict with one another. Kadah presents compelling evidence for ties linking all three major, monotheistic religions.