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monotheism

vr.tr.monotheism · SOC.ORG

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

theism

is related to - the contrasting category

polytheism

is related to - the object of monotheistic belief

God

is related to - the main monotheistic family

Abrahamic religion

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

Samaritanismmonotheism in Islamethical monotheismTawhid the Attributes of God in Islam

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.

  1. What is monotheism, and how do Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Samaritanism, the Bahai Faith and Sikhism articulate it in their own terms? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed and free of endorsement or disparagement? boundary

Concepts

Key concepts.

Concepts

Concepts.

  1. What are tawhid, ethical monotheism and related concepts, as described by the traditions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific tradition? action
Debate Debates.

Attribution.

Boundaries

Boundary debates.

Boundaries

Boundaries.

  1. How do traditions and scholars debate whether trinitarian Christianity and Hindu conceptions of a supreme deity are monotheistic, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral between traditions? boundary

Scholarship

Scholarly debates.

Scholarship

Scholarship.

  1. What do scholars say about the origins and development of monotheism, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits religious studies? action
Practice Practice and ethics.

Description.

Worship

Worship.

Worship

Worship.

  1. How is monotheistic belief expressed in worship, prayer and creed across traditions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific practice? action

Ethics

Ethics.

Ethics

Ethics.

  1. How does monotheism shape ethics and law in the traditions, in their own terms? provenance
  2. Which entry fits religious ethics? action
Learn History and teaching.

Education.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did monotheistic traditions develop historically, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can monotheism be taught respectfully in religious studies? action
  2. 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?