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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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What monotheism is.
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.
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.
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.
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
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Samaritanism, monotheism in Islam, ethical monotheism, Tawhid the Attributes of God in Islam
What it is Filled
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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Single deity
- Tradition-specific formulations
- Ethical dimension
- Contested boundaries
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Endorse or disparage monotheistic beliefs.
- Present one tradition's definition of monotheism as universal.
- Rank religions as more or less advanced.
- Mock sacred names, texts or practices.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing content on interreligious disputes.
May
- Describe monotheistic traditions in their own terms with sources.
- Note differences between traditions' conceptions of God.
Moral aspects Filled
- Religious belief is central to many lives and deserves respect.
- Religious difference has been used to justify persecution.
Who is affected
- Believers
- Religious minorities
- Non-believers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a category of belief held by communities.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q620805 - registry parent class
related
- theism - category
- polytheism - the contrasting category
- God - the object of monotheistic belief
- Abrahamic religion - the main monotheistic family
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.monotheism
- Wikidata: Q9159 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9159)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Belief in a single God
- Abrahamic and other traditions
- Polytheism worships many deities; henotheism worships one among many; deism is belief without revelation
- Not physical; a religious world view.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain forms with attribution
- describe key concepts
- present debates neutrally
- avoid endorsement or disparagement
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Endorsing or disparaging beliefs
- Presenting one tradition definition as universal
- Presenting contested categorisations as settled
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Freedom of religion protections
- Academic standards in religious studies
- No regulation of belief
Context of use required Filled
- Belief in one God.
- Jewish monotheism
- Christian monotheism and trinitarian debates
- Islamic monotheism and tawhid
- Samaritan, Bahai and Sikh monotheism
- ethical monotheism as a concept
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q9159: monotheism - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Monotheism - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each tradition be a separate entry?
- How should scholarship be linked?
- How should categorisation debates be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9159/spec.json