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Перевод: monotheism

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монотеизм ; единобожие
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Тезаурус:

1. What can be said, however, is that this sense of an ultimate monotheism according to which the gods are recognised to be manifestations of a single absolute reality is deeply woven into the religious tradition of Hindus.
2. The problem of evil was rooted in Christian monotheism, which obliged the word "God" to do duty for two functions, between which some other creeds had drawn a distinction.
3. In other words, for Hinduism the road to monotheism has been by way of syncretism (blending together) rather than rejection.
4. The compulsive drive towards a mystical mode of religion is particularly interesting in the three faiths of historical monotheism.
5. But it was not until the fourteenth century, when Christian monotheism had really taken root among the people, that the people of Europe had evolved sufficiently to develop a widespread mystical tradition of their own.
6. Their monotheism made such a notion impossible, and instead they had to blame either themselves, or God, or both.
7. My aim is only to point out that the situation is more complex than a simple division between "Western monotheism" and "Eastern polytheism".
8. I shall consider each of these apparent differences between the Near Eastern and Indian religious traditions in turn, beginning from the issue of polytheism and monotheism.
9. Monotheism is first a critique of nature religion, but then of tribalism - that is, of the notion that the function of religion is to ensure the coherence, survival, and prosperity of the tribe.
10. Whether this is seen as a straightforward historical progression from polytheism to monotheism, or whether it is seen more as bringing out ideas implicit in the Jewish religion from the beginning, there is a clear case for identifying Judaism as a monotheistic religion despite its limited recognition of other gods.
11. Just as the Catholic saints, who may well be associated with particular areas or objects like Hindu gods, all manifest the same divine power, they can be reconciled with monotheism.
12. The Christians fully shared with Judaism the ethical passion characteristic of monotheism.
13. Significantly, however, the period to which these texts refer was one in which that rigid monotheism so characteristic of later Judaism had not as yet developed.