(Originally written December 28, 2006 in Book 7)
Philosophy of Religion 3rd Edition
John H. Hick
Prentice-Hall Inc.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
1983
Ch. 1 - The Judaic-Christian Concept of God
Monotheism
The ways of thinking about God are formed around the Greek word for God, theos. (Latin: deus)
Atheism - the belief that there is no god of any kind
Agnosticism - the belief system that we have neither grounds for affirming or denying the existence of God
Skepticism - merely doubting
Naturalism - everything about human life, including moral and religious aspects are explicable in non-supernatural terms.
Deism has two meanings:
1) The idea of an absentee god who set the universe into motion and then left it alone
2) An historical point of view that the 18th century English deist held
Theism - a belief in a deity (usually synonymous with monotheism)
Polytheism - a belief in many personal gods that govern a specific part of the world
Henotheism - a belief in many gods, but devotion to only one of them
Pantheism - a belief that God is identical with nature or with the world as a whole
Monotheism - a belief in one Supreme Being who is personal and moral
Monotheism was initially started by Judaism, despite a brief introduction of monotheistic worship of the Sun-god in 14th century B.C. in Egypt.
The Old Testament documents the rise of monotheism but does not resolve the struggle between polytheism and henotheism.
Yahweh began as a tribal god but persevered to become the only Supreme Being.
Good night book. Sweet Dreams.
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