| 单词 | monotheism |
| 例句 | If monotheism was what counted, there would have been a scientific revolution in the Islamic and Orthodox worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The great unmentionable evil at the centre of our culture is monotheism. The A-Z of Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T19:00:06Z We’ve been misled by years of monotheism to think that there is one answer to everything. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z On a Balcony described the lonesome obsessions of the young pharaoh Akhenaten as he plots to turn Egypt toward monotheism. David Stacton: the method man 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z And only in the catalogue — and occasionally in the videos — will it become apparent how deeply contrary to traditional monotheism much of this art is. Wandering from the straight path of clarity, it’s still full of powerful art 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z In return, the emperor must sign the order to crush all enemies who believe in monotheism, a creed that threatens Plotina’s status as a god. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Or something that represents the birth of monotheism. Tips From an Ambassador for Israeli Cuisine 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Kabbalah preserved the frame of monotheism while shattering the idol of monolithic truth. A Guide to Religious Anarchy: Gershom Scholem’s Kabbalah 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Their “understanding of Catholicism was so fickle you couldn’t really call it monotheism,” Marra writes. Using Fiction to Summon the Glittering, Golden Age of Hollywood 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Lohengrin comes, as well, from a more divine realm to save Elsa from persecution amid conflict and mercurial alliances — between paganism and monotheism, between the Holy Roman Empire and opposing forces. A New ‘Lohengrin,’ Threatened by War in Ukraine, Comes to the Met 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The writers also recognize that it’s impossible to take a look at stratification in America through such a prism without examining the intersection of cultural conquest and monotheism, specifically American Christianity. A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: "Watchmen" and the intersection of comic books and faith 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The authors see Ahab’s determination as “the wicked core of his monomaniacal monotheism,” and they understand the novel as a stirring critique of the modern search for an existential foundation. Books of The Times: The Classics as the Antidote to Modern Malaise 2011-01-04T01:18:40Z Younger, reform-minded viewers interpret the story of Omar as a parable for their own struggles — Omar brings the prophet’s words on monotheism, tolerance and social justice to backward tribes who stubbornly cling to old values. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z It seems to be, just like Islam, a universalization of Judaic monotheism. Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z He goes on to summarize the first 600 years of Christianity in 17 pages, bringing religious history to its culmination in Islam, “a kind of doubling down on the very concept of monotheism.” Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’ 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z It also assumes a fair amount of familiarity with Judaism; unlike the previous presentation, it declines to enumerate basic facts about the religion, from the nature of monotheism to the demographics of the diaspora. A Museum’s Fresh Take on the Whole Megillah 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z In a foundational scene of monotheism, Moses doffs his kicks to approach the burning bush; shoes are, by their pedestrian nature, unfit for holy ground. The Normcore Opulence of Preachers Wearing Four-Figure Sneakers 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z He structures the book as a linear progression of faith, moving from animism, or the attribution of a soul to all objects, to monotheism, or the belief in one God. Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’ 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z While the two sides probably don’t want to go on a cruise together or vote the same color, both occasionally dream of a well-meaning Canaanite, worship iPhones and call it monotheism. “American Gods” are the ones we deserve: Neil Gaiman and the Starz show cast on the “long con” of religion and the struggle for lost soul of America 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Through such scriptural comparisons, Miles gets to the core of the Abrahamic matrix: The monotheism that the Jewish people developed over the centuries was inherited by Islam and was turned into a global creed. Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z While monotheism emerged in fits and starts, Aslan writes, it finally took hold among the ancient Israelites. Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’ 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z In this aspect, the religion is one of the oldest examples of monotheism, or the belief in one god. Freddie Mercury’s family faith: The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Along with the character of God and this newly minted monotheism, the biblical authors take up the problem The Flood attempts to solve. “Noah” wasn’t the first: 5 flood stories you may not know 2014-04-12T14:30:00Z They don’t buy the great monotheisms, but they seek some sort of otherworldly feeling, which I don’t think is available. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z “Shakespeare’s favourite subjects are monarchy, monogamy, and monotheism; not coincidentally, his most famous speeches and sonnets are monologues,” Taylor and a co-author, the performance scholar Terri Bourus, write in the volume’s opening essay. The Radical Argument of the New Oxford Shakespeare 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Sex Forget monotheism, darling; incoming ninjas, nine o'clock! Solomon and Sheba: Take Bible, add ninjas 2010-07-15T08:06:00Z Both books trace the gradual emergence of monotheism from a background of polytheism. Two Authors Examine Biblical History for Clues About Faith 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Remarkably, she begins her crusade with antiquity, specifically monotheism, which installed a single god to rein in an unruly pantheon. Is Our Obsession With Wellness Doing Us In? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Muslims do not worship the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure covered in a black, gold-embroidered cloth, but view it as their most sacred place and a powerful symbol of unity and monotheism. EXPLAINER: What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z The sacred writings compiled during these events were all in the mode of the new monotheism. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This belief was very different from monotheism, in which all spiritual power resided in one single divine being. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z With the emergence of Moses in the Bible, Hebrew monotheism really began to take shape. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Koran contained his message, affirming monotheism but identifying Christ not as God but as a prophet like Moses, Abraham, David, and Muhammad. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Maria thinks “her great-aunts’ understanding of Catholicism was so fickle you couldn’t really call it monotheism. Review: Anthony Marra's new novel both celebrates and punctures American myths 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Likewise, it inherited from Judaism a strict monotheism that refused to accept the worship of the Roman emperors. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z One recent video, “Inshallah” — “God willing” — has lyrics that evoke monotheism, the cornerstone of the Islamic faith. In Kashmir, ‘conscious music’ tests India’s limits on speech 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z The decision by the Himyarite rulers to convert to Judaism in the late fourth century CE made monotheism more prominent in the region. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A.P.I.’s executives told me they view the Zagros project as aligned with their own mission to bring together at walking speed peoples and cultures from across the wanderings of the founder of three major monotheisms. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z This emphasis on right conduct and the worship of one God is called ethical monotheism—a Hebrew idea that has influenced human behavior for thousands of years through Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, this changed into true monotheism: the belief that there is only one god, and that all other “gods” are illusory. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Its subject matter hints at one reason why Rubens was so fixated on classical history: Constantine was the first Roman emperor to throw polytheistic paganism overboard in favor of the monotheism of Christianity. Review: The Getty Villa's gem of a Peter Paul Rubens show 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The money and support they received allowed them to become powerful confederations in comparison to other Arab tribes, and their conversion to Christianity allowed the further spread of monotheism in the region. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Polls show Americans for decades have been loosening their connection to institutional monotheism. From spellcasting to podcasting: Inside the life of a teenage witch His teachings contained many ideas from Jewish tradition, such as monotheism, or belief in only one god, and the principles of the Ten Commandments. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, Sahl might leaven his monologues with allusions to the Oedipus complex or references to monotheism and then preface a new target by saying, “Dig this” — or, more often, “Onward!” Revolutionary comic Mort Sahl has died 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The idea, well expressed many years ago by the theologian H. Richard Niebuhr, is that “radical monotheism dethrones all absolutes short of the principle of being itself.” Opinion | Can religion strengthen democracy? 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Muslims believe that as generations passed, however, the descendants of Ishmael, the Arabs, forgot their monotheism and began to worship idols, entering a period of ignorance known as the jahiliyyah. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Pantheism explained it by making some gods good and some evil, but monotheism posits one omnipotent being responsible for both. Review: In Percival Everett's three-version "Telephone," it's always the dealer's choice 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Based on the teachings of Jesus and a belief in one God—monotheism—Christianity began in Palestine about A.D. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, he offered a “magico-religious” interpretation, with the prefix “magico” serving as a slur to distinguish Paleolithic beliefs, whatever they may have been, from the reigning monotheism of the modern world. ‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation says the phrase rallies an American patriotism rooted in monotheism. South Dakota public schools adding ‘In God We Trust’ to walls 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z His preaching of monotheism upset the political status quo and was often resisted. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z For the first time in recorded history, an individual took a step toward monotheism: Into the pharaoh's chamber: how I fell in love with ancient Egypt 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Many Christians and Jews lived there and practiced monotheism. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This obstinacy of Islamic monotheism, placing it beyond argument or challenge, is perhaps the creed’s most impressive feature. How to Read the Good Books 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z But that’s only because adherence to a religion in the west generally requires signing up to a set of precisely defined doctrines jealously protected by exclusivist monotheisms. The spirit of Christmas doesn’t have to be Christian | Julian Baggini 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The rise of Christianity marked a seminal moment, and from the time of the emperor Constantine in the fourth century, the government advocated monotheism, the worship of one God to the exclusion of others. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z MacGregor addresses big questions—Where did monotheism originate? Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z He argues, for instance, that secular humanism is really monotheism in disguise, where humankind is God and salvation can be achieved through our own efforts rather than through divine intervention. Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z These, plus several Judaic sects, is the product of the split of original monotheism of the Ten Commandments. ‘I Know I Will Be Criticized’: The Latino Evangelical Who Advises Trump on Immigration 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Unlike modern monotheism, where you’re alive and then you die and they’re two totally different places, for the Dayak these worlds are happening simultaneously, in a constant ceremonial and spiritual attempt to placate the spirits. Two Men Set Out To Find Borneo’s Jungle Tribes. One Never Came Back. 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z This account suggests that pure monotheism was commonly practiced by the Hebrews from that time forward. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Jerusalem’s Old City today houses sites that are sacred to all three major monotheisms. Muslim holds ancient key to Jesus tomb site in Jerusalem 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “These religions shared with Judaism the concept of monotheism but diverged on the subjects such as the representation of the divine.” Louvre Abu Dhabi prepares to unveil itself to the world 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The flaws implicit in his own belief system may be less obvious than those of monotheism, but they are at the root of much that is wrong in the current mainstream worldview. The dangerous delusions of Richard Dawkins 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Formally, it was called the office of “grievances and the judiciary” in the “house of monotheism.” Death by stoning: Battered Syrian city offers a window into life under the thumb of ISIS militants 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Yet closer inspection of the biblical stories reveals a much more complicated and gradual process toward monotheism. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Jerusalem’s Old City today houses sites that are sacred to all three major monotheisms. Muslim holds ancient key to Jesus tomb site in Jerusalem 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “Nothing but monotheism could possibly come out of this,” said one of my companions, who knew Palestine well. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z “For that is our mission, to spread among humanity the truth of monotheism and the principles of justice and fraternity.” A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The association is especially tricky for Muslims, whose monotheism abhors the attribution of godly power to any but one supreme being. Oh mother 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The popularity of mystery cults may have been a precursor to monotheism in Rome, as seen in the rise of Christianity. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Nefertiti was the primary wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, who unsuccessfully tried to switch Egypt to an early form of monotheism. Tomb radar: King Tut’s burial chamber shows hidden rooms 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Nefertiti’s husband Akhenaten attempted unsuccessfully to impose an early form of monotheism on ancient Egypt. Scans of King Tut's Tomb reveal hidden rooms, Egypt's antiquities ministry says 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Nefertiti was the first wife of Akhenaten, who unsuccessfully attempted to switch Egypt to an early form of monotheism. Egypt '90%' sure there are hidden chambers in King Tut's tomb 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z About two-thirds belonged to the Yazidi religious minority—whose faith mixes monotheism and reincarnation. Recaptured Iraqi City of Sinjar Offers Window on Islamic State’s Destruction 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z She actively supported her husband Akhenaten, the pharaoh who temporarily converted ancient Egypt to monotheism by imposing the single cult of the sun god Aten. Radar-use approved to search Tutankhamun’s tomb for hidden room 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Nefertiti was the primary wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, who introduced a form of monotheism to Egypt. King Tut’s tomb may still be harboring big secrets about ancient Egyptians 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Related: Nefertiti archaeologist invited to Egypt over theory of hidden tomb Nefertiti actively supported her husband Akhenaten, the pharaoh who temporarily converted ancient Egypt to monotheism imposing the single cult of sun god Aton. Archaeologist aims to prove Nefertiti is buried in Tutankhamun's tomb 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z It may even have been the source of monotheism, if as some sources say Zoroaster predated Abraham. President Obama Flatters Iran With Soviet Union Analogy 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z A single finger pointing upwards represents the Isis brand of monotheism and a commitment to death and victory. The secret world of Isis brides: 'U dnt hav 2 pay 4 ANYTHING if u r wife of a martyr' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z “But when he embraced Christianity, he did so because he thought Christianity’s monotheism would help hold the empire together among the civil war taking place at the time.” The Trinity: The theology and history behind the Godhead 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The new course material includes six subjects: monotheism, Arabic language, math, physics and chemistry, biology and English language. Report: ISIS Sets School Curriculum in Syrian City 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The world is still haunted by the cries of Judeans from Babylon and of Jesus from the cross, and it is still shaped by ideas—monotheism, chosenness, martyrdom—formed in the crucible of such experiences. Are We More Like the Roman Empire than We Care to Admit? 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z But no one before Antiochus IV tried so hard to eradicate Jewish Torah observance and monotheism. This Is What Hanukkah Is All About. Hint: It Was a Near-Death Experience 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z And little touches like the ones that made BSG so memorable — the corner-cut paper, the notion of monotheism being foreign and subversive — are much rarer here. In SyFy's new series Ascension, the future ends in 1963 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Many of Africa’s Christians also practice F.G.M., and in any event, it didn’t originate with any of the three patriarchies we call monotheism. Postscript: Efua Dorkenoo, 1949-2014 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Wahhabi ideology is focused on eliminating incorrect doctrine, particularly when it appears to undermines monotheism, a category that includes Shi'ite reverence for the Prophet Mohammed's descendents and the Christian belief in a trinity. Saudi Arabia's clerics condemn IS but preach intolerance 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Dahl is a self-described high priest of Paganism, dedicated, according to his website, to seeking “the truth of what came before the idea of monotheism.” Pagan High Priest Finds Few Believers Inside City Hall 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z While that finger is raised, we recite a sentence that is literally a pledge of monotheism. Ramadan and repentance, through a child’s eyes Like other secular creeds, they're continuations of proselytising monotheism by other means. Two cheers for human rights 2013-12-27T16:37:39Z The very idea of a law-governed cosmos may be a relic of monotheism, with natural laws serving the role that divine commands once did. Ghosts in the material world 2013-05-03T16:37:10Z Greek and Mesopotamian mythology provide other recurring themes in the artist’s work, as does the sun, which was worshiped in Anatolia long before monotheism. IHT Special: Sifting Through Anatolia's Dark Sins and Bright Cultures 2012-11-21T23:37:25Z A type societies tend to be characterised by monotheism such as Christianity and Judaism, with one fundamental analysis of human beings and a strong sense of societal norms. Japan's obsession with blood types 2012-11-05T00:41:03Z The difficulty for the monarchy is thus not that they are symbolic - but that unlike the transcendent God of the great monotheisms, they are not symbolic enough. A Point of View: I'm not toasting [insert head-of-state here] 2012-05-25T16:40:18Z The fact remains that human rights originated in monotheism - the belief that there's only one God, who creates a single moral law for all human beings. Two cheers for human rights 2013-12-27T16:37:39Z It marks the highest point to which the Hebrew race attained in its progress from henotheism to monotheism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The monotheism of the Christians never fully overcame it, no more than did that of the Jews. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z By these means he endeavoured to clarify the popular creed from all elements inconsistent with a pure monotheism, and from all legends of doubtful morality, while he sublimated the popular worship into a harmless symbolism. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Hebrew monotheism was indeed too strong in Paul to allow of his finding in Jesus more than a man in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwelt. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z It was perhaps this very reconciliation that threw open the door for the glowing monotheism of the disciples of Jesus; but, whatever the cause, Christianity quickly spread over the whole Roman Empire. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Moreover, it is hardly probable that a great leader like Moses remained unaffected by the higher conceptions tending towards monotheism which prevailed in the great empires on the Nile and on the Euphrates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Hindoo monotheism moreover is itself an example how little comes of mere monotheism, if the Idea of God is not deeply determinate in itself. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Epictetus, whose austere creed rises to the purest monotheism, teaches as a fundamental religious maxim that every man in his devotions should “conform to the customs of his country.” History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z It is worthy of note that the first commandment is of doubtful monotheism: Thou shalt have no “other gods before me,” implying that there were other gods. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Israel had stood for monotheism and that not the monotheism of Greek philosophy, a dogma of the schools consistent with the cults of Egypt and Phrygia, with hierodules and a deified Antinous. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z But the monotheism was essentially pantheistic; there was, indeed, but one god to whom adoration was paid, but he was universally diffused throughout nature. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Beelzebub is not divided against himself; and if polytheism is not Divine, monotheism must be. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z And for this reason, I think an office dedicated to examining key questions raised by science and the philosophy of science for traditional monotheism is all to the good. New Vatican Institute to Focus on Science and Faith 2012-02-08T15:36:55Z By this means an enlightened monotheism and the grossest polytheism could, and did, exist side by side, as well as clever and reasonable cosmologies along with the strangest and wildest legends. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z It is very surprising that this evolution in the direction of moral monotheism did not complete itself in the Indo-European family. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z The worship of Baal had lost its grossness, and been refined into a form of monotheism. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z The monotheism of the world comes down from a primeval and Divine source. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z It seems, however, that a kind of monotheism prevailed before the gods of any of these were taken over. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z This was, to all intents and purposes, symbolic of a great struggle, in early days, between polytheism and monotheism—for the masses the former, for the more learned and thoughtful the latter. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Necessarily polytheistic in its origins, religion tended nevertheless towards monotheism. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z One more hymn is even more distinct in its monotheism, p. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The cemetery offers a window on a unique episode in Egyptian history, a revolution that some see as the birth of monotheism. Archaeology meets politics: Spring comes to ancient Egypt 2011-11-23T18:20:36.130Z His aim, in short, was to restore the primitive monotheism taught by the Prophet and to purge Islam IBN TAYMIYYA463 of the heresies and corruptions which threatened to destroy it. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Some of the people may, indeed, have worshipped Ae or Aa alone, thus constituting a kind of monotheism. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Their monotheism remained always an object of speculation more or less esoteric. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z It was characterized by a main belief, tending towards monotheism, in the Light-deity Ahuramazda and his satellites, who appeared in contrast with him as powers of the nature of angels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z We have elsewhere attempted to trace the causes which led to the rise of monotheism at this particular epoch, and can do no more than briefly allude to them here. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Akiba converted many Romans to the Hebrew monotheism, Flavius Clemens, a relative of the emperor, was put to death for having embraced this doctrine, and his wife was, for the same reason, condemned to exile. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Mordecai means “the Merodachite,” and is interesting as showing how Babylonian monotheism, such as it was, reconciled the Jews to accept what they would otherwise have regarded as a heathen name. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The transition from polytheism to monotheism was only made in Palestine and in the tradition of the Hebrews. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z Their fundamental doctrine was deistic monotheism, and of the Bible they accepted only the ten commandments and the Lord's Prayer. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z In the eighth century B. C. authentic records prove that monotheism, as a form of religious belief, obtained, at least among the more illustrious members of the prophetic order. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z At the epoch when he lived religious spirit fermented; by the side of the philosophical sects of Greece, Christianity developed; Gnosticism grafted its poetical reveries on monotheism, and differences multiplied. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The development of monotheism gave the problem a sharper point and a deeper meaning. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z Abrahamic monotheism insists on the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God. Secular humanists on the real planet of the apes 2011-08-23T11:01:00Z On one side, the constant introduction of new gods, local or foreign; on the other, a groping after a monotheism never absolutely reached. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z We briefly referred to the rise of monotheism. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z The strict monotheism of the Hebrew faith is sacrificed to the Messianic conception. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z As a way of adjusting Israel's national hope to monotheism it is not comparable with the prophetic way of ethics and inwardness. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z It's a monotheism that embraces all of the major religions, updating for the modern age the core values they share. The Little Religion that Persists: The Baha'i in Israel 2011-07-07T03:50:00Z It is certainly erroneous to consider Egyptian religion as a polytheistic corruption of a prehistoric monotheism. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The spirit of monotheism is essentially democratic both in politics and religion. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Here is already the germ of a trinity maturing within the bosom of the Hebrew monotheism. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Historians call attention to the fact that the monotheism of the Jews was largely the outgrowth of reflection upon their own history as a people. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z The Epistle to the Shah" Baha simulates a monotheism almost as rigid as Islam: "We bear witness that there is no God but Him. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Now arise schools of theology; pantheism and an approach to monotheism in the Theban god become probable results of religious speculations and imperial success. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z They claim that the Jews have been for the past three thousand years the "Swiss guard of monotheism." Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Thus has the collective and historical insanity which calls itself religion been developed since fetichism, passing through all the stages from polytheism to Christian monotheism. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z It teaches monotheism in one verse, and polytheism in another. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z On the one side, we have a gross and grotesque polytheism; on the other, an uncompromising monotheism. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The question of a primitive American monotheism has been more debated than even that of the "Heno-theism" of the Aryans in India. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Secondly: The name of Moses is unknown to the prophets, his ostensible successors, a circumstance which would remain inexplicable if Moses had indeed been the founder of monotheism. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z The question between polytheism and monotheism, which has loomed so large to some minds, never troubled him. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z One is its uncompromising monotheism; its simple enthusiastic faith in the rule and fatherhood of God and its freedom from theological complications. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Unlike Mosaism, moreover, it was a pantheistic monotheism, and it failed accordingly in its struggle with the nebulous polytheism of Egypt. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Anything like monotheism, in such a state, must be the result of philosophic reflection. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The prophets were the real authors of monotheism. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Akhenaten is the so-called heretic king who tried to introduce monotheism to ancient Egypt. Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood plans political party 2011-02-15T13:14:00Z It is possible that LeBron James was merely inviting a theological discussion, an examination of Eastern philosophy and monotheism vis-à-vis professional sports in the Internet age. Off the Dribble: James Sends Wrong Message 2011-01-13T04:02:15Z Babylonian polytheism allowed the existence of divided counsels among the gods; the monotheism of Israel made this impossible. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z If this be not primitive instinctive monotheism, what is it? Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z In the preceding pages we have indicated the more important phases of that conflict which ended in the establishment of monotheism, a conflict whose traces, though sometimes barely legible, are still preserved in our records. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Again: there is not the smallest trace of an earlier monotheism preceding the polytheism of either the one or the other nation. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z The advance of modern science carries us irresistibly to what some German philosophers call monism, but I prefer to call it monotheism. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z The monotheism of Khu-n-Aten was pantheistic, and as a result of this the god he worshipped was the god of the whole universe. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z This phase of religious thought," says Mr. Page Renouf, speaking of what he calls monotheism, "is chiefly presented to us in a large number of hymns, beginning with the earliest days of the eighteenth dynasty. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z We pointed out that pure monotheism was unknown in the time of the early kings. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z In such traits as these we may discover a certain dissatisfaction with the established polytheism, striving to raise itself higher in the direction of a spiritual monotheism. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z Of late, too, it has been much argued, and often somewhat confidently maintained, that Hebrew monotheism is derivative from Babylonian monotheism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Between the polytheism of Babylonia and the monotheism of Israel a gulf is fixed which cannot be spanned. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Almost all idea of a tendency towards monotheism vanishes when we turn from the religions to the myths of the American peoples. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Holding themselves to be the elect people of God, they believed the triumph of monotheism to be dependent upon themselves. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z But in all this there is no indication of an antecedent and primitive monotheism. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z In an age of growing monotheism the King of the gods was, of course, still supreme in his old ascendency. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The mixed races of Babylonia had overcome the purer Semites of Assyria, Istar had prevailed against Assur, and Semitic monotheism sought a home in the further West. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z He was quite unconscious that his own monotheism was hardly to be distinguished from that of the pagan philosophers, and that his Christ was a demi-god. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" With his reason gone Gud also accepted polytheism as being quite compatible with monotheism. The Book of Gud Following immediately upon the proclamation of Jehovah, their own God, they declared His intolerance of rivalry, and enjoined a strict and jealous monotheism. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus But in some strange way M. Aurelius reconciled punctilious devotion to the popular gods with an austere pantheism or monotheism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It presupposes that identification of one god with another which the solar cult and the Semitic conception of the goddess had made possible, and so takes us one step further in the direction of monotheism. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z From that it passes on to monotheism, the belief in one God, who is the sole author and creator of the universe. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy They themselves would not have dreamed of putting such a question to Him: the idea of any man being equal with God was too abhorrent to the rigid monotheism of the Jewish mind. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I These are not the parents of monotheism: they are the fruit of it. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus How could a man trained in the mystic monotheism of 800 years reconcile himself to this immense accretion of alien superstition? Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The same historical reasons which prevented monotheism from developing out of Babylonian polytheism prevented Istar from degenerating into an Ashtoreth. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z This was one of the superstitions which the Hebrew monotheism had to overcome. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The most striking difference between the two, that which first meets the eye, is the polytheism of the Babylonian version, in contrast with the monotheism of the Biblical narrative. Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments The goal towards which these tendencies verged was monotheism; and though this goal was only once, and then quite ephemerally, reached, still the monotheistic idea was at most periods, so to speak, in the air. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" It is true that the drift towards monotheism was felt even among the crowd. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius At the same time the tendency to monotheism existed; and could the Babylonian have blotted out the past, it might have ended in the worship of but one god. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z These considerations help us to understand the persistence of Hebrew monotheism in the presence of the idolatries of Canaan and Egypt, since these were closely allied to the Chaldean system against which Abraham had protested. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science This is a purely later-Roman invention, a result of the adoption of the mixture of Jewish monotheism and Persian dualism, which formed the Catholic Church. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series For a brief period at the end of the XVIIIth Dynasty a real monotheism, as exclusive as that of Judaism or of Islam, was adopted as the state religion of Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" But while the educated might find expression for that tendency in the adoration of Isis or the Sun, the dim monotheism of the people turned to the glorification of Jupiter. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Amon of Thebes and his priesthood came victorious out of the struggle, and the pantheistic monotheism of Khu-n-Aten was never revived. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z But all these developments were defective in a moral point of view, and had lost the stability and rational basis which proceed from monotheism. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science All the more forcibly does Jewish monotheism insist upon its doctrine that God, in His continual self-revelation, is the supermundane and self-conscious Ruler of both nature and history. Jewish Theology The chief characteristic of later paganism was its tendency to monotheism—a belief in one abstract divinity of whom the various gods were but so many separate manifestations. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Its inner monotheism, after the fashion of those days, had open arms of charity for all the ancient gods. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius There are indeed literary monuments rescued from the wreck of ancient Egyptian culture which embody the highest and most spiritual conceptions of the Godhead, and use the language of the purest monotheism. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Living the life of nomad and shepherd, this pioneer of a new monotheism took his spouse away from the land of her fathers in the valley of Mesopotamia. Oriental Women The belief in angels served two functions in the development of monotheism. Jewish Theology Palestine, cult of Astarte and Baal, and monotheism of the Israelites, 345. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations But there is a new note in the monotheism of the first and second centuries of the Empire. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But the necessity of clearness on this point led to the doctrine of a soul which could leave the body, then to the idea of the immortality of the soul, finally, to monotheism. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" It is probable that this movement toward a consciously held monotheism reflected the changing political organization of society. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Hence this supports and confirms Jewish monotheism, which knows no power of evil antagonistic to God. Jewish Theology At a remote period we find the adherents to a stern monotheism establishing the Babylonian province of CANAAN. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Apollonius combines in a strange fashion, like Plutarch and the eclectic Platonists, a decided monotheism with a conservative devotion to the ancient gods. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius So arose monotheism, which was historically the latest product of the Greek vulgar philosophy, and found its impersonation in the Hebrew exclusively national god, Jahve. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" Such is monotheism of the creationalistic type in all its vigor and challenging fervor. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance A new development ensued under Babylonian and Persian influence at the time when the monotheism of Israel became definitely universal. Jewish Theology At no period of the religious history of Babylonia is there any indication of a clear and well-defined monotheism. The Christian View of the Old Testament The religions of Egypt and the remoter East, with their inner monotheism, supported by the promise of sacramental grace and the hope of immortality, came in to give impetus to the great spiritual movement. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius There are some in modern days who claim that Israel had naturally a monotheistic tendency, and on that account slowly worked its way out of polytheism into monotheism. Training the Teacher This protest against the high, deductive faith of Christian monotheism was due to Mill's frank empiricism. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance But the cultivation of the Torah, obligatory upon every Jew, effected more even than the preservation of monotheism. Jewish Theology It is only in Israel that we find a clearly developed monotheism. The Christian View of the Old Testament That monotheism, in appearance relatively modern, actually was archaic. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal His heresy consisted in thinking that pagan ideas had been imported into, and so had corrupted, the original monotheism of Christianity. Books Condemned to be Burnt There is the classic monotheism of the prophets, and the more polytheistic tendencies of later times, a contrast parallel to the sanity of classic Greece as compared with the flabbiness of Hellenistic times. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance In other words, the merit of the one proselyte whose conversion awakens the hope for the winning of the entire heathen world to pure monotheism, is an atoning power for all. Jewish Theology In the Hebrew account we find ourselves in an atmosphere of ethical monotheism that is unknown apart from the chosen people. The Christian View of the Old Testament It was given also to Marduk, the tutelary god of Babylon, from whom local monotheism proceeded. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal To this school Christianity is the culmination of the ethical monotheism of the Old Testament, which finds its highest ideal in self-sacrificing love. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" At present, the tide has turned in favor of monotheism and against the coexistence of an evil power. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Judaism has evolved the idea of the unity of mankind as a corollary of its ethical monotheism. Jewish Theology Whatever the primary meaning of ilu, these names do not in themselves prove the existence of monotheism. The Christian View of the Old Testament They are stated by Mr. Elphinstone as a gradual oblivion of monotheism, the neglect of the worship of some gods and the introduction of others, the worship of deified mortals. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition This monotheism was not primarily cosmological nor metaphysical, but ethical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" There can be little doubt that the position adopted by the second Isaiah is the logical terminus of monotheism. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The seed sown by Hellenistic Judaism yielded a rich harvest for the Church, even though it was won at the sacrifice of pure Jewish monotheism. Jewish Theology In this sublime ethical monotheism the Hebrew story rises infinitely above the story that originated in the Euphrates-Tigris valley. The Christian View of the Old Testament Moreover, the rivalries of a hundred priesthoods imparted to polytheism an intrinsic weakness; but monotheism implies centralization, an organized hierarchy, and therefore concentration of power. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The earliest traces of religious thought and practice in China point to a simple monotheism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" In other words, the doctrine of the Trinity is the attempt to combine gnostic polytheism and monotheism. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance In the Hellenistic literature, with its dominating idea of universal monotheism, God is frequently invoked or spoken of as the Father of mankind. Jewish Theology Too vague for monotheism, the Silong creed is also said to be too vague for idolatry, too vague for sacrifices. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies The races of Central Asia had at a very early time attained to the psychical stage of monotheism. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Polytheism and the heroism which belongs to it are just as substantial an element of childish conception as monotheism with its prophets and patriarchs. Pedagogics as a System Yet monotheism has always been relative, for the one god has his agents of subordinate rank—agents, powers and intercessors—just as the most absolute monarch has his ministers. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Through them Jewish monotheism emphasized its opposition to every human representation of God, especially the God-Man of the Christian Church. Jewish Theology Starting in fetishism at low stages of civilization and primitive social conditions, religion becomes polytheism at a higher, and monotheism at a still higher stage. Woman under socialism Polytheism became practically inconsistent with the Roman empire, and a tendency arose for the introduction of some form of monotheism. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The Jewish monotheism shares this necessity with the superstition of ethnicism. Pedagogics as a System The point I wish to call attention to is that the change from polytheism to monotheism did not involve any essential modification of the accepted notions of agency. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance In this light Jewish monotheism appears as the ripe fruitage of religion in its universal as well as its primitive form of God-consciousness, as the highest attainment of man in his eternal seeking after God. Jewish Theology This pure monotheism was seldom grasped by the great masses of the people; indeed, it is to be supposed that many of the priestly order scarcely rose to its pure conceptions. History of Human Society The great majority of doubters are persons who not only retain a tenacious grasp over monotheism, but even possess a love for Christianity. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The only satisfactory end of that effort would have been monotheism. Five Stages of Greek Religion A noble monotheism was the result, while the concrete, human element which the historical origins of Christianity had contributed to it prevented this monotheism from losing sight of human problems. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance This attitude gave the enemies of the Jew sufficient occasion for speaking of the Jewish God as hating the world, as if only national conceit underlay the earnest rigor of Jewish monotheism. Jewish Theology Thus Greek philosophy in Aristotle attained that spiritual monotheism which supplied the foundation for the edifice of Christian doctrine. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology The monotheism constitutes also a line of demarcation between deism and more modern forms of unbelief. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion It is curious how near to monotheism, and to monotheism of a very profound and impersonal type, the real religion of Greece came in the sixth and fifth centuries. Five Stages of Greek Religion From this point of view, we can best describe modern Christianity as an evolution of Hebrew ethical monotheism along tenderer and more human lines under the stimulus of many very noble personalities. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Just as day and night form a natural contrast, divinely ordained, so do the monotheism of Israel and the polytheism of the nations constitute a spiritual contrast which can never be reconciled. Jewish Theology The rigid monotheism of the Jews made it hard for them to conceive an intermediary between God and man; they were naturally disposed to embrace a humanistic explanation of Christ. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology Unbelief gradually lost hold of monotheism; and in doing so never ascended in grandeur to the idea of pantheism, but fell into blank atheism. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Certainly Greek monotheism, had it really carried the day, would have been a far more philosophic thing than the tribal and personal monotheism of the Hebrews. Five Stages of Greek Religion Thus was the path set in which man was to travel until he reached an ethical monotheism. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Meanwhile the relapse of Christianity from monotheism became more steady and more apparent. Jewish Theology There is also abundant proof that during the long ages in which the Jews oscillated between polytheism and monotheism this worship largely prevailed. Bible Romances First Series Dr. Philippsohn regards the mission of Judaism to be, from first to last, to teach to the world the lesson of monotheism. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion His Jewish blood was perhaps enough to keep him to strict monotheism. Five Stages of Greek Religion Christianity is usually regarded as the best type of monotheism; yet the early Church Fathers thought of the old gods as demons working their nefarious will upon man. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The original pure and absolute monotheism and the stern conception of holiness were thus turned into their very opposites by the hierarchy and monasticism of the Church. Jewish Theology It is simply a proof that monotheism grows out of polytheism; or, if you like, that Theism is a development of Idolatry. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Although it is in connexion with Hebrew and Christian monotheism that this belief in the devil has been most fully developed, yet there are approaches to the doctrine in other religions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" Buddhism,187-3 Mohammedanism and Judaism are, at least in theory, uncompromising monotheisms; modern Christianity is less so, as many Catholics pray to the Virgin and Saints, and many Protestants to Christ. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion When we glance over history, we find only two things which have shown promise of power to raise man out of this slough of fear,—ethical monotheism and reason. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance On the contrary, they both persecuted with fire and sword the little people who were faithful to their ancient monotheism, and suppressed what remained of learning and science. Jewish Theology A monotheism of a grave and earnest kind thus made its way beside the old belief in many gods. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Jesus denied the existence of all these hierarchic absurdities of gods, which darken the great principle of monotheism. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery For let us inquire what a monotheism is? The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion May it not be that the real strength and freeing power of ethical monotheism is due to the reason which created it and speaks through it? The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance It cannot be denied that the Mohammedan monotheism has a certain harshness and bluntness. Jewish Theology Here, it has been maintained, we see the Teutonic faith rising to monotheism. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Not only do they profess the essential principles of monotheism, but they are, in a sense, adorers of Buddha, with almost the same rites as the lamas who inhabit Thibet. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery At core, all religions have seeds of monotheism. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Is this not the inevitable deduction from an ethical monotheism? The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance This breach in pure monotheism opened the door for the whole heathen mythology and the worship of the heathen deities in a new form. Jewish Theology A root of monotheism is present here, as in all the Aryan religions from the first, and in Greece it is destined to have a stately growth. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Jesus sojourned six years among the Buddhists, where he found the principle of monotheism still pure. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery With monotheism there must always be the idea of numerical separateness, which is incompatible with universal conceptions. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Carried to its logical extreme, ethical monotheism could discredit magic only by substituting personal for impersonal agency, and then proclaiming a monopoly of personal agency. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance But such a procedure could never lead towards true monotheism. Jewish Theology What Chut-en-Aten tried to introduce perhaps came nearer true monotheism than anything that ever existed in Egypt. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Wherever we can trace back polytheism to its earliest stages we find that it results from combinations of monotheism. The Religion of Ancient Egypt The monotheism which we find in Greece and India generally took this form. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Only as an ethical monotheism, with a high respect for the personality and power of the deity worshiped, develops, is the magical element rejected. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The churchmen have attempted often enough to harmonize the dualism or trinitarianism of Christianity with the monotheism of the Bible. Jewish Theology And it must be remembered that they were attained not as other monotheisms have been, by philosophical speculation, but by purely moral ways. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems What we actually find is the contrary of this, monotheism is the first stage traceable in theology. The Religion of Ancient Egypt I do not mean by this the distinction between polytheism and monotheism. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion In ethical monotheism, may not the monotheism be the protecting envelope from which the butterfly has already flown? The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance On the contrary, the rabbis single out Abraham as the missionary, the herald of monotheism in its march to world-conquest. Jewish Theology Pure monotheism accordingly, the belief in a god beside whom no other god exists, it might be hard to find in Egypt at all. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems The Hebrew, indeed, introduced into Europe the first clear conception of religion, as implied in monotheism, and a rigidly defined moral law, founded upon the will of Jehovah. Hebrew Literature Nothing could be more erroneous than the spirit of this statement; nothing is more correct, if the ordinary talk of the superiority of monotheism in religion be admitted. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion And so the doctrine of demons became the ground on which Jewish-Christian monotheism managed to come to terms with ancient paganism, to conquer it in theory, as it were. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Certainly, as long as Jewish monotheism conceives of God as self-conscious Intellect and freely acting Will, it can easily accept the principle of divine immanence. Jewish Theology It is henotheism, not monotheism, that we see in this most religious land; the worship of one god at a time while other gods are also believed to exist and act. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems This is a relic of primeval monotheism: out of place as referring to the Nile, but pointing to a deeper and sounder faith. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings It unites the monotheism and the stern morality of the former with much of the petty ritual of the latter. India, Its Life and Thought The Assyrian tendency to monotheism provoked a kind of fanaticism of which no trace is to be found in Chaldæa. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 The same sharp contrast of Jewish ethical and spiritual monotheism remained also when it came in contact with the Græco-Syrian and Roman culture. Jewish Theology But though monotheism appeared in Egypt so early, there is no necessity to think that it was not attained by human powers. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems In Persia, woman was one of the founders of the ancient Parsee religion, which taught the existence of but a single God, thus introducing monotheism into that rare old kingdom. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The three reforms which Mohammed instituted were temperance, cleanliness, and monotheism, at a time when reform was badly needed. In the Tail of the Peacock And yet a certain latent and instinctive monotheism may be traced in its complex religion. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 The history of the movement which has elevated monotheism to the highest place among the civilized cults extends over the whole period of man's life on the earth. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Those who have tried to sketch it differ from each other as widely as possible, some alleging monotheism as its starting-point, and some the worship of animals. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems The principle of monotheism could not allow such a conception as this. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The only religion which Feuerbach examined closely is Christianity, the universal religion of the western world which is founded upon monotheism. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy Yet Jeremiah's monotheism, like that of all the Hebrew prophets, is even more due to convictions of the character of the God of Israel. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 Zoroastrianism resembled Judaism in its later practical monotheism and its elaborate ritual, but was more isolated and less advanced in the formation of assemblies for voluntary worship. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The monotheism of the one and the pantheism of the other are clear and uncompromising. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Even among certain nations credited with pure monotheism, it will be manifested that there was the practice of that primitive polytheism which adored the hosts of heaven. Moon Lore But pure monotheism existed only among the Jews. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Though slightly tinged with popular conceptions of the existence of other gods,266 the monotheism of the Book is strenuously moral and warmly spiritual. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 The movement toward psychic unity may be compared with the movement toward monotheism by the unification of the phenomena of the external world. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Christianity inherited from Judaism its passion for monotheism, and brings the “God of Israel” very near to our race as the infinitely loving Father. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ True, these celestial beings were "but ministering spirits," and the "monotheism remained." Moon Lore The survivals mentioned in the last paragraph may be interpreted as survivals of a prior monotheism or a primitive revelation. The Idea of God in Early Religions Eventually there result under favouring conditions a gravitation towards monotheism; and with this an advance towards unification of priesthood. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics In the last centuries before the beginning of our era the Jews, partly under Persian and Greek influence, clarified their theistic view, attaining a practically pure monotheism, only retaining their apparatus of angels and demons. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV As the symbol of a joyous faith, the Ivy seems to have been especially repugnant to the Hebrews, whose stern monotheism admitted few attributes to the Deity save those of tremendous power, vengeance, and gloom. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy We have seen from Dr. Legge's writings that though the Chinese worshipped a multitude of celestial spirits, "yet the monotheism remained." Moon Lore In fetishism and polytheism we see the radiative, dispersive, force of evolution manifesting itself, just as in polytheism and monotheism. The Idea of God in Early Religions There is one kind of monotheism, though it would more properly be called theism, or henotheism, which forms the birthright of every human being. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion Thus was established a monolatry which was practically monotheism, though a theory of absolute monotheism was never formulated by the pre-Christian Jews. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Besides, the Hebrew writers of the sacred books were not beyond or above the superstitions of their country and age; indeed they retained all of these that did not appear to them incompatible with monotheism. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria But, before stating his relation to the Epicurean doctrine, it will be well to say a few words on the effect, as regards science, of the general introduction of monotheism among European nations. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 But fetishism, polytheism and monotheism are not different and successive stages of one line of evolution, following the same direction. The Idea of God in Early Religions The latter form of faith, the belief in One God, is properly called monotheism, whereas the term of henotheism would best express the faith in a single god. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion These efforts took the shape of dualism, monotheism, pantheism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and later tended to regard the supernatural in the world as Ultimate Force or as Moral Ideal. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The result was a combination of ritual monotheism with survivals of ancient mores and a popular religion in which demonism was one of the predominant elements. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Too often it is so held, and so preached and represented, as in this case, that monotheism is tacitly abandoned in favour of ditheism or tritheism. Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 The austere monotheism of Mohammed was preached in all its uncompromising simplicity, and the Koran, literally interpreted, was taken as the sole guide for human action. The New World of Islam Mohammedanism, no doubt, is a Semitic religion, and its very core is monotheism. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion It does not, however, quite reach the point of well-defined monotheism, for these gods remain distinct, sometimes with separate functions and duties. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The veiled monotheism of Egypt, the dualism of Persia, the shamanism of Etruria, the pronounced polytheism of India are too contrariant to admit of any one explanation, or to be derivative of one single source.... History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance The same influences are visible in the poems of Kabīr, a Moslem by birth, who combined Hindu and Muhammadan doctrines into an eclectic monotheism, and is worshipped as an incarnation of God by his sect. Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India Preaching a simple, austere monotheism, free from priestcraft or elaborate doctrinal trappings, he tapped the well-springs of religious zeal always present in the Semitic heart. The New World of Islam There are, in fact, various kinds of monotheism, and it becomes our duty to examine more carefully what they mean and how they arise. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion But this mode of conceiving of the supernatural Power would naturally pave the way for monotheism, and it is not surprising that very early in Egypt a definite monotheistic view was developed. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Those who have observed the actual state of Christianity in Mediterranean countries cannot lay much stress on the difference between Christian monotheism and pagan polytheism. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The rigorous principles of its monotheism notwithstanding, Islam became infected with those Persian superstitions. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism The austere monotheism of Mohammed had become overlaid with a rank growth of superstition and puerile mysticism. The New World of Islam These were in search of a religion, and many of them found refuge from the coarse and incredible myths of the gods of polytheism in the purity and monotheism of the Jewish creed. The Life of St. Paul A word may be added respecting the Semitic titles Ilu, or El, and Elohim, which have been supposed by some recent writers to prove the existence of an early monotheism, particularly in Southern Arabia. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Thus while the stern monotheism of later Israel absolutely prohibited the representation in art of any living thing, and especially of man, Greek artists entirely devoted themselves to such representation. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield In those communities the Mosaic law had become adapted to the sacred usages of the Gentiles even before the beginning of our era, and monotheism had made concessions to idolatry. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Consequently the monotheism of the Jew is in reality the polytheism of many needs. Selected Essays At that time the Jews and Christians had scattered the ideas of monotheism among the Arabs. Modern Persia The groups to be considered are polytheism, dualism, and monotheism, to which may be added brief mention of systems that do not recognize a personal divine ruler of the world. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The words are quoted from the second Isaiah, and occur in one of the most solemn and majestic utterances of the monotheism of the Old Testament. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Must we then believe that Hebraic monotheism had some influence upon the mysteries of the Great Mother? The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Still further in the study of mythologic philosophy we see that more and more supremacy falls into the hands of the few, until monotheism is established on the plan of the empire. Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56 The founder of this religion taught as pure monotheism as was taught by Mohammed. Modern Persia All the great ancient religions reached a high ethical plane and a practical monotheism, but the Greek was the richest of all in the recognition of the needs of humanity. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV For here lies the solution of a mystery that has baffled the sages, who have failed to discover it chiefly because they have blinded themselves by their own theological and philosophical delusions, idealism and monotheism. The Substance of a Dream Their base and narrow conceptions of early times to which we can trace their existence, broaden and rise until they form a kind of monotheism. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism It was not an easy task for Mohammad to have converted the Arabs from their national idolatry to a religion of pure and strict monotheism. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 The Moslem monotheism was, or appeared to be, the more rationalist religion of the two. A Short History of England A true monotheism has never arisen except as a criticism of polytheism. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV That is the true ideal: cut in two, and destroyed, by the dismal inhuman monotheism of later sophistical speculation. The Substance of a Dream Without doubt Parseeism is of all pagan religions the one that comes closest to monotheism, for it elevates Ahura Mazda high above all other celestial spirits. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism His preachings of monotheism, and his enjoining righteousness, and forbidding evil deeds, were not attended to for many years with material success. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 The tendency towards monotheism in the religion of Babylonia and Assyria has been referred to. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria It is obvious that the popular cults of the great nations of antiquity were far removed from monotheism. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Their society seemed to be a loose theo-socialism, and their religion an absurd potpourri of most of the major monotheisms of the Federation period, plus doctrinal and ritualistic innovations of their own. Space Viking The severe plainness of the interior of a mosque demonstrates the strict monotheism of Islam, and is in contrast to the temples and shrines of most other religions. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The gods of monotheism will join the gods of polytheism and Yahveh and his associates will occupy in the minds of men the position now held by the gods of Olympus. The Necessity of Atheism There is not the slightest trace of any approach to real monotheism in Babylonia, nor can it even be said that the penitential psalms constitute a bridge leading to such an approach. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria In contrast to Prometheus, not pantheism but monotheism, and not rebellion but submission, were to be the animating creed and motive of the protagonist. The Youth of Goethe This historico-critical conception, such as we specially see it in the epistle of Ptolemy to Flora, could not be accepted by the Church because it abolished strict monotheism and endangered the proof from prophecy. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) These speeches oppose polytheism, mythology and the doctrine of demons, and advocate monotheism, ascetic morality and rationalism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Moreover, James did not give his support to monotheism. The Necessity of Atheism The soaring sublimity of the Moslem monotheism comes partly from its narrowness and abstractness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 The religion of mankind is divided into three stages; fetichism, polytheism, and monotheism. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology They were but expressions of that monotheism which is ever present, “not in contrast to polytheism, but in living intuition in the religious sentiments.” The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America His attempt is a further proof of the unique value of the Old Testament to early Christendom, as the only means at that time of defending Christian monotheism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Polytheism was dominant while their monotheism was as yet a persecuted belief. The Necessity of Atheism It is true that the popular handbooks of comparative religion quite generally teach a development of religious belief through animism, fetishism, and polytheism to monotheism. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique He implies that monotheism was unknown before Abraham, and that the name Jehovah was not known to Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Of monotheism either as displayed in the one personal definite God of the Semitic races, or in the dim pantheistic sense of the Brahmins, there was not a single instance on the American continent. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America A strict monotheism appeared to Plotinus a poor thing. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Very recently, in the time-scale of our development, man adopted the methods of "Big Business," and the religion of many gods and idols, polytheism, has given way to one Supreme God, monotheism. The Necessity of Atheism Some of these tribes had an original monotheism. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique The Founder of monotheism was Abraham; it is to Him that this concept can be traced, and the belief was current among the Children of Israel, even in the days of Socrates. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá That monotheism existed in Egypt before the days of Moses is, however, certain. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements The decay of the old political cults and syncretism produced a disposition in favour of monotheism both among the cultured classes who had been prepared for it by philosophy, and also gradually among the masses. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) These evidences of polytheism and fetichism in the people of Israel destroy, in the mind of the Martian, the claim of these people to have been faithful from their earliest origin to a spiritual monotheism. The Necessity of Atheism It is philosophically irreconcilable with a pure monotheism; for, if God be infinite, no enemy could subvert his original scheme and force Him to an arbitrary miracle to restore it. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Conceived of as the will of the world, God is one, and we have the monotheism of Moses. The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry That is, of course, with the proviso that your literary worship is not a monotheism. Platform Monologues The publication of Christianity, with its propaganda of monotheism against the Roman world and its accentuation of faith against the ceremonialism of the Jewish church, resembled that of Luther's "gospel." The Age of the Reformation But then, if this conclusion is distinctly and unquestionably deducible from the doctrine of necessity, it is no less unquestionably a direct consequence of every known form of monotheism. Hume (English Men of Letters Series) In other words, the world was ready to accept the gospel as a sublime monotheism, and the Lord's divinity was the one great stumbling-block which seemed to hinder its conversion. The Arian Controversy So at last, the religion of the one All-Father, which we call monotheism, was born in the mind and heart of a man, and began to be clearly proclaimed by human lips. Hebrew Life and Times The monotheism of the moderns does not proceed historically from paganism; it was prepared by the ancient philosophy, without being produced by it. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism Both among fetish-worshippers and polytheists there was a tendency towards monotheism, although sometimes it could only be discerned in a vague and confused manner. Myth and Science An Essay How did the further stage of theology, monotheism, arise out of polytheism? Hume (English Men of Letters Series) Their imposing monotheism he fully appreciated, but the person of the Lord was surely a minor question. The Arian Controversy Monotheism.—At this time few had come to perceive the truth of monotheism, namely, that there is but one God in the universe, and that all the so-called gods and goddesses are mere superstitions. Hebrew Life and Times The proposition of the historical priority of monotheism is very important, and is not universally admitted. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism As Dr. Zeller has well said in his lecture on the development of monotheism in Greece herself, the great Greek poets were her first thinkers, her sages, as they were afterwards called. Myth and Science An Essay Hence the poetry of the Hebrews is radiant throughout with the pure monotheism of the Theocracy. Companion to the Bible From the dim background of a noble monotheism the ancient gods came forth to represent on earth a majesty above their own. The Arian Controversy So the Exodus, and the experiences at Sinai, pointed the way, at least, toward monotheism. Hebrew Life and Times Do the traces of a comparatively pure monotheism first show themselves in the most recent periods of idolatry? The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism As the synthetic mental process goes on, these varied forms of polytheism are gradually united in one general but still anthropomorphic form, which is commonly called monotheism. Myth and Science An Essay The superficial view which accounts for the pure monotheism of the Hebrews from their peculiar national character, is sufficiently refuted by their history. Companion to the Bible Yet his monotheism was a kind of pantheism. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans Nations with civilized institutions, art with palaces, monotheism as the worship of the Great Spirit, all vanish from the priscan condition of North America in the light of anthropologic research. Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society Bureau of American Ethnology A forgotten, and as it were slumbering, monotheism exists beneath the worship of idols; it is the concealed trunk which supports them, but the idols have absorbed all the sap. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism By continually concentrating, and at the same time by enlarging the value of the conception, it is united in a single form which constitutes the dawn and genesis of monotheism. Myth and Science An Essay This monotheism common to the ancient Chinese, Turks and Mongols did not of course exclude the worship of spirits. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 He received the Vedas as fully inspired, but maintained that they taught monotheism—Agni, Indra, and all the rest being merely different names of God. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans In Hebrew and Greek times we discover a polytheism, after a long course of development, emerging into henotheism, and finally, here and there, into monotheism. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy But fearing another lecture on the comparative merits of idolatry, human sacrifice, and monotheism, she manifested very little interest in the subject. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Perhaps the great thinkers, whose influence can be traced in the tendencies towards monotheism which became marked at various periods, believed in a Heaven for the just and good. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Confucius inherited and handed on a worship of Heaven which inspired some noble sayings and may be admitted to be monotheism. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Pantheistic texts are twisted until they are made to express uncompromising monotheism. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 With advancing thought the ideas of polytheism later gave place to the nobler conception of monotheism. The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity It is a purer monotheism than its outgrowth, whose trinity is more like certain elements of Greek theology. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope The tendency to monotheism appears to have been most marked among the priestly theorists of Babylon. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria But it was a singularly impersonal monotheism and had little to do with popular religion, being regarded as the prerogative and special cult of the Emperor. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 In all this poetry there rings out a note of almost defiant monotheism, iconoclasm and antisacerdotalism. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Polytheistic creeds are far less jealous than monotheism; and the development of Zoroastrianism had been in a polytheistic direction. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. His military service brought him into contact with Judaism and its monotheism, and his heart sprang to that as the thing he had been seeking. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Thus, the original monotheism of the pre-Confucian documents has been completely obscured by the later webs of sophistry which have been woven about the original scriptures. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji The religion of Africa is the universal animism or fetishism of primitive peoples, rising to polytheism and approaching monotheism chiefly, but not wholly, as a result of Christian and Islamic missions. The Negro The belief and practice of all Vishnuite sects alike is a modified monotheism, the worship of the Supreme Being under some such name as Râma or Vâsudeva. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 It proceeds to assert, in a certain sense, monotheism against polytheism. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Although the essential principles of Mohammedanism seem in harmony with European monotheism, yet it has been deliberately rejected by the continent and often repelled by force. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 The Christian religion, even the Holy Trinity, is a monotheism. Myths and Legends of China African religion does not, however, stop with fetish, but, as in the case of other peoples, tends toward polytheism and monotheism. The Negro But he was not, like Kṛishṇa, the lover of the soul, and when Râmaism was divested of mythology by successive reformers it became a monotheism in which Hindu and Moslim elements could blend. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 There must have been a very large number of converts, who were admitted, sometimes without circumcision, on their profession of monotheism and acceptance of the Jewish moral code. Outspoken Essays In another region, probably in the west, grew up the monotheism of the Bhâgavatas, which was the parent of Vishnuism. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 After reading a full list of the gods of China, those who insist that the religion of China was or is a monotheism may be disposed to revise their belief. Myths and Legends of China From polytheism then, amongst the Israelites, monotheism was conceived to have been gradually developed. Recent Developments in European Thought Finally the Śivaite schools of the Tamil country reject in successive stages the grosser and more formal elements until there remains nothing but an ecstatic and mystical monotheism. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Among the Greeks there are few traces of monotheism, but we have reason for this in the fact that their earliest literature dates from so late a period. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Vishnuites and Sivaites however are monotheists in the sense that their minor deities are not essentially different from the saints of Roman and Eastern Christianity but their monotheism has a pantheistic tinge. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Monotheistic in its spirit from the first, it became an absolute monotheism in its development. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology It is not from polytheism that monotheism proceeds; nor does polytheism proceed from fetishism: it is from the heart of man that they and all other forms of religion emanate and radiate. Recent Developments in European Thought Yet in practice, rigid monotheism is not more prevalent among Madhva's followers than in other sects. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 If, therefore, the Indo-Aryans give evidence of a monotheistic faith at the time of their dispersion, there is an à priori presumption for the monotheism of the Greeks. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 It is the worship of one god, either Siva or Vishnu, but a monotheism adorned with a luxuriant mythology and delighting in the manifold shapes which the one deity assumes. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Yet none of these nations attained to any monotheism purer than that of the Veda or the Avesta. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The forms of religion evolving, emanating and radiating from that common centre are, let us say, fetishism, polytheism, and monotheism. Recent Developments in European Thought The idea that the Druids taught a secret doctrine—monotheism, pantheism, or the like—is unsupported by evidence. The Religion of the Ancient Celts The book of Job and the story of Balaam indicate the prevalence of an early monotheism beyond the pale of the Abrahamic church. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 It is true that Buddhism invented gods for itself and became more and more like Hinduism and that the later Vedantist and Sivaite schools have a strong bent to monotheism. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 His monotheism was indeed of an imperfect kind. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology If fetishism, polytheism, and monotheism radiate from a common centre, the heart of man, then the heart of man must also be regarded as the starting-point of magic. Recent Developments in European Thought Those, then, who aimed at the spread of Jewish monotheism were impelled to draw out a philosophical meaning, a universal value from the Books of Moses. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria It is altogether erroneous to regard the Egyptian religion as the polytheistic degeneration of a prehistoric monotheism. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 It celebrates him in hymns of almost Mohammedan monotheism. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 But though the monotheism of Abraham was of so imperfect a kind, it had in it the root of the better kind which was to come. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Buddhism, however, on the 'dispersive' view of the evolution of religion, is not the only radiation from the common centre, of which we have to take account, in addition to fetishism, polytheism, and monotheism. Recent Developments in European Thought None the less his view of the universe is an intellectual expression of the Hebraic monotheism, which unites a religious with a scientific monism. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria But what is the testimony of the great dead religions of the past with respect to a primitive monotheism? Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 In some ways it is more intelligible and reasonable than monotheism. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 It was ready for the monotheism which Paul substituted for their multitude of gods, and for their idolatry and image-worship. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology But he was so jealous that he demanded that worship should be paid to him alone, and it was by way of monocultism that the Jews arrived at monotheism. Tragic Sense Of Life The Greek, on the other hand, who had not yet comprehended the majesty of his neighbor's monotheism, for lack of adequate presentation, did not Hebraize. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria The fetish gives place to a personification of the powers of nature, and this poetic pantheon is, in time, superseded by the high idea of unity in nature expressed by monotheism. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 But this monotheism has almost always a pantheistic tinge. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Each has behind this dualism a dim presence, a vague monotheism, a supreme God, infinite and eternal. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The transition from this monocultism to monotheism was effected largely by the individual action, more philosophical perhaps than theological, of the prophets. Tragic Sense Of Life The Alexandrian Church, which claimed to continue the tradition of Philo, departed further and further from the Jewish standpoint, and formulated a dogmatic creed that was utterly opposed to Jewish monotheism. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria It is plain that Professor Flint is here dealing with a conception of monotheism which is exclusive of all other gods. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 It is difficult to say whether monotheism is a development of this nature worship or has another origin. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 More than monotheism, this perhaps is the characteristic of the theology of Moses. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology It was through the agency of this divine monarchy that primitive peoples were led from monocultism to monotheism. Tragic Sense Of Life A favorite device for rebutting the calumnies of detractors and attracting the outer world to Jewish ideas, was the attachment to some ancient source of panegyrics upon Judaism and monotheism. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria For our present purpose, traces of the worship of one supreme God—call it monotheism or henotheism—is all that is required. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 But then came the terrible crux,—the pretension, intolerable to Semitic monotheism, that God had been embodied in a man. Robert Browning We no more hear of either of these tendencies, but, on the contrary, a rigid and almost bigoted monotheism was firmly established. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology A God universal and personal, altogether different from the individual God of a rigid metaphysical monotheism. Tragic Sense Of Life He was aiming at what was and must for long remain unattainable—the establishment among the peoples of philosophical monotheism. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Do the traces of a comparatively pure monotheism first show themselves in the recent periods of idolatry? Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The old notion that monotheism was taught as a secret dogma rests on no evidence, and is very unlikely. Christian Mysticism The Indo-European race, distracted by the variety of the universe, never by itself arrived at monotheism. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology In the same way the rigid God of deism, of Aristotelian monotheism, the ens summum, is a being in whom individuality, or rather simplicity, stifles personality. Tragic Sense Of Life This is typical of Plato's attitude towards life in his old age; and further, his metaphysical system of monistic idealism is the most remarkable approach to Hebrew monotheism which the Greek world made. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria And many other Hindu reforms, some of them going as far back as the twelfth century, have been so many returns to monotheism. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Departmental divine beings of natural phenomena we find everywhere, or nearly everywhere, in company, of course, with other elements of belief—totemism, worship of spirits, perhaps with monotheism in the background. Modern Mythology In one sense we have seen almost all ancient religions to have been monotheisms. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology There is no monotheism in the worship of a god who is regularly associated as one of a pair with another god. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow He represents it worthily in both its main aspects: the infusion of Greek culture into the Jewish pursuit of righteousness, and the recommendation of Jewish monotheism and the Torah to the Greek world. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria But Welcker, whose examinations have been exhaustive, has, in the opinion of Max Müller, fairly established the primitive monotheism of the Greeks. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Take a statement of the mingling of polytheism, monotheism, and pantheism from the extreme south of India, a thousand miles away from Benares. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments Therefore, though Moses did not assert in terms a simple monotheism, he taught what contained the essential germ of that idea. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology This passage seems rather to be a recollection of some shrine where monotheism without Christianity was acknowledged. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow The compulsory Hellenization by Antiochus aroused the best elements of the Jewish nation, which had seemed likely to lose by a gradual assimilation its adherence to pure monotheism and the Mosaic law. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Yet we must not suppose that the monotheism of the early Aryans was all that we understand by that term; it is enough that the power addressed was one and personal. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 It is interesting to note how monotheism spread. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments And in both this primitive monotheism receded instead of becoming more distinct, with the single exception of the Hebrews. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Weber believes that little is native to India which resembles Christianity in the way of theology; lore of God, special grace, monotheism, all to him are stolen. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow He preaches a mission to the whole world, and he lays before it his gospel of monotheism and humanity. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria We shall only attempt to show that monotheism, in the sense of worshipping one God as supreme, is found in nearly all the early teachings of the world. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 From new reasonings about God, her new monotheism, New India has been brought a stage farther to actual history. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments |
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