monotheism
Let an agent explain monotheism and its forms across traditions with attribution, describe key concepts such as tawhid and ethical monotheism, present scholarly and inter-religious debates neutrally, and avoid endorsing or disparaging beliefs.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain monotheism and its forms across traditions with attribution, describe key concepts such as tawhid and ethical monotheism, present scholarly and inter-religious debates neutrally, and avoid endorsing or disparaging beliefs.
The belief in a single God, found in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Samaritanism, the Bahai Faith, Sikhism and other traditions, with distinctive formulations such as tawhid in Islam and ethical monotheism as a concept emphasising the moral demands of the one God, and with debates over how Christian trinitarian belief and Hindu conceptions of a supreme deity relate to the category; monotheism is described here with attribution to the traditions and to scholars, without endorsement of any position.
What it is for: Belief in one God.
It can be explain forms with attribution; describe key concepts; present debates neutrally; avoid endorsement or disparagement.
Distinguishing features
Single deity
Tradition-specific formulations
Ethical dimension
Contested boundaries
What it looks like
Not physical; a religious world view.
How it is recognised
Belief in a single God
Abrahamic and other traditions
Polytheism worships many deities; henotheism worships one among many; deism is belief without revelation
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - the contrasting category
is related to - the object of monotheistic belief
is related to - the main monotheistic family
In practice
Families and kinds
Jewish monotheism
Christian monotheism and trinitarian debates
Islamic monotheism and tawhid
Samaritan, Bahai and Sikh monotheism
ethical monotheism as a concept
Standards and regulation
Freedom of religion protections
Academic standards in religious studies
No regulation of belief
Failure modes and hazards
Endorsing or disparaging beliefs
Presenting one tradition definition as universal
Presenting contested categorisations as settled
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What monotheism is.
Attribution.
Concept
Concept and traditions.
Concept
Concept.
- What is monotheism, and how do Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Samaritanism, the Bahai Faith and Sikhism articulate it in their own terms? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and free of endorsement or disparagement? boundary
Concepts
Key concepts.
Concepts
Concepts.
- What are tawhid, ethical monotheism and related concepts, as described by the traditions? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific tradition? action
Debate Debates.
Attribution.
Boundaries
Boundary debates.
Boundaries
Boundaries.
- How do traditions and scholars debate whether trinitarian Christianity and Hindu conceptions of a supreme deity are monotheistic, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral between traditions? boundary
Scholarship
Scholarly debates.
Scholarship
Scholarship.
- What do scholars say about the origins and development of monotheism, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits religious studies? action
Practice Practice and ethics.
Description.
Worship
Worship.
Worship
Worship.
- How is monotheistic belief expressed in worship, prayer and creed across traditions? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific practice? action
Ethics
Ethics.
Ethics
Ethics.
- How does monotheism shape ethics and law in the traditions, in their own terms? provenance
- Which entry fits religious ethics? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did monotheistic traditions develop historically, according to historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can monotheism be taught respectfully in religious studies? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each tradition be a separate entry?
- How should scholarship be linked?
- How should categorisation debates be attributed?