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A wide monotheistic religion will often regard other monotheistic religions as worshipping deities lesser than its own specific deitiy (hence Atenism believes Yahweh to be a lesser deity to Aten). Examples of narrow monotheist religions includes: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, and BaháΚΌí Faith.
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, professing that Jesus was raised from the dead and is the Son of God, [7] [8] [9] [note 2] whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament.
Yarsanism is a Kurdish religion which combines elements of Shi'a Islam with pre-Islamic Kurdish beliefs; it has been classified as Abrahamic due to its monotheism, incorporation of Islamic doctrines, and reverence for Islamic figures, especially Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph and first imam of Shia Islam.
Thus, the religion is sometimes characterized as Polymorphic Monotheism. [60] Henotheism is the belief and worship of a single god at a time while accepting the validity of worshiping other deities. [61] Monolatry is the belief in a single deity worthy of worship while accepting the existence of other deities. [62]
Zoroastrianism is sometimes credited with being the first monotheistic religion in history, [22] antedating the Israelites and leaving a lasting and profound imprint on Second Temple Judaism and, through it, on later monotheistic religions such as early Christianity and Islam.
Monolatry is distinguished from monotheism, which asserts the existence of only one god, and henotheism, a religious system in which the believer worships one god while accepting that others, for example in different areas, may worship different gods with equal validity [clarify]. [3]
Monotheism—the belief that there is only one deity—is the focus of the Abrahamic religions, which like-mindedly conceive God as the all-powerful and all-knowing deity [1] from whom Abraham received a divine revelation, according to their respective narratives. [2] The most prominent Abrahamic religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [3]
Monotheistic religions. Subcategories. This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. A. Abrahamic religions (13 C, 20 P) B. Brahmoism (1 C, 17 P ...