Monotheistic
adjective
Believing in only one God.
Christianity is a monotheistic religion.
Often appears as...
- monotheistic religion
- monotheistic belief
Usage tips
General,Academic
adjective
Believing in only one God.
Christianity is a monotheistic religion.
Often appears as...
- monotheistic religion
- monotheistic belief
Usage tips
General,Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used when talking about religions that worship a single god, different from polytheistic (many gods).
Judaism is an ancient monotheistic faith.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that discussions about monotheism can involve strong personal beliefs and cultural identities.
His studies in monotheistic traditions were respectful of all cultures.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Tone
The word is often used in an academic or formal context, such as theology, history, or comparative religion.
The course examines monotheistic systems' influence on modern society.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used when talking about religions that worship a single god, different from polytheistic (many gods).
Judaism is an ancient monotheistic faith.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that discussions about monotheism can involve strong personal beliefs and cultural identities.
His studies in monotheistic traditions were respectful of all cultures.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Tone
The word is often used in an academic or formal context, such as theology, history, or comparative religion.
The course examines monotheistic systems' influence on modern society.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used when talking about religions that worship a single god, different from polytheistic (many gods).
Judaism is an ancient monotheistic faith.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that discussions about monotheism can involve strong personal beliefs and cultural identities.
His studies in monotheistic traditions were respectful of all cultures.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Tone
The word is often used in an academic or formal context, such as theology, history, or comparative religion.
The course examines monotheistic systems' influence on modern society.
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Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
whole world seems sort of at least the monotheistic part of the world is kind of invested in this little tiny place and I am Telling You you can stand on a hill in Galilee and you see Jordan and you see Syria and you see Lebanon right there it's so tiny and yet the source of so much global angst this is a little
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Mustafa Akyol: Faith...
And as the subtitle suggests, I looked at Islamic tradition and the history of Islamic thought from the perspective of individual liberty, and I tried to find what are the strengths with regard to individual liberty. And there are strengths in Islamic tradition. Islam, actually, as a monotheistic religion,
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What happens to our...
and Zoroastrians, followers of one of the oldest monotheistic religions, traditionally place bodies atop a tower to expose them to the Sun and scavenging birds.` Before the Industrial Revolution, burials were simple and accessible.
Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
whole world seems sort of at least the monotheistic part of the world is kind of invested in this little tiny place and I am Telling You you can stand on a hill in Galilee and you see Jordan and you see Syria and you see Lebanon right there it's so tiny and yet the source of so much global angst this is a little
Video examples
Mustafa Akyol: Faith...
And as the subtitle suggests, I looked at Islamic tradition and the history of Islamic thought from the perspective of individual liberty, and I tried to find what are the strengths with regard to individual liberty. And there are strengths in Islamic tradition. Islam, actually, as a monotheistic religion,
Video examples
What happens to our...
and Zoroastrians, followers of one of the oldest monotheistic religions, traditionally place bodies atop a tower to expose them to the Sun and scavenging birds.` Before the Industrial Revolution, burials were simple and accessible.
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Quote examples
Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.
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Barbara Ehrenreich
American Writer
I'm not questioning the monotheistic god. I think there's absolutely no evidence for the existence of such a god. When I say that, I mean I'm - part of that is that the idea that God could be all-powerful and also benevolent is on its face contradictory.
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Tony Harrison
English Poet
I think it's the tendency to want to create gods and monotheistic absolutes and absolute certainties that is the continual temptation in human thought - that's the great danger. Every time we create a god, we diminish humanity.
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Richard Rohr
American Clergyman
One would think that people who insist on being monotheistic would be the first in line to walk across the artificial boundaries created by nation states, class systems, cultures and even religions. But often they are the last!
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian Leader
The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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Pamela Sargent
American Author
Akhenaten's allegedly monotheistic worship of Aten and the more naturalistic art produced during his reign, a revolutionary break from the more formal art of earlier periods, have made him a sympathetic figure to many.
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Meir Soloveichik
American Clergyman
Corresponding to the image of a monotheistic God is monogamous marriage. Marriage based on exclusive and definitive love becomes the icon of the relationship between God and his people and vice versa.
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Jay Parini
American Writer
God is God, but he has various names in different languages, and each strand of monotheistic religion has multiple ways of describing the godhead.
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Clive Sinclair
British Author
I believe that there may well be a personal God out there - not a monotheistic God - that has got it in for me.
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Abdullah II of Jordan
Jordanian Leader
I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.
Quote examples
Barbara Ehrenreich
American Writer
I'm not questioning the monotheistic god. I think there's absolutely no evidence for the existence of such a god. When I say that, I mean I'm - part of that is that the idea that God could be all-powerful and also benevolent is on its face contradictory.
Quote examples
Tony Harrison
English Poet
I think it's the tendency to want to create gods and monotheistic absolutes and absolute certainties that is the continual temptation in human thought - that's the great danger. Every time we create a god, we diminish humanity.
Quote examples
Richard Rohr
American Clergyman
One would think that people who insist on being monotheistic would be the first in line to walk across the artificial boundaries created by nation states, class systems, cultures and even religions. But often they are the last!
Quote examples
Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian Leader
The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
Quote examples
Pamela Sargent
American Author
Akhenaten's allegedly monotheistic worship of Aten and the more naturalistic art produced during his reign, a revolutionary break from the more formal art of earlier periods, have made him a sympathetic figure to many.
Quote examples
Meir Soloveichik
American Clergyman
Corresponding to the image of a monotheistic God is monogamous marriage. Marriage based on exclusive and definitive love becomes the icon of the relationship between God and his people and vice versa.
Quote examples
Jay Parini
American Writer
God is God, but he has various names in different languages, and each strand of monotheistic religion has multiple ways of describing the godhead.
Quote examples
Clive Sinclair
British Author
I believe that there may well be a personal God out there - not a monotheistic God - that has got it in for me.
Quote examples
Abdullah II of Jordan
Jordanian Leader
I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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