RELG 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Abrahamic Religions, Sunnah, Zoroastrianism

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 270
• Professor: David Goodin

Document Summary

Compete with each other in doing good works. God promises abraham that his descendents will be the favoured people. The islamic narrative is trying to get back to the divine inspiration of the judeo-christian. Islam presents abraham"s son ishmael as the favoured son, rather than isaac. Islam is the religion; muslim is an adherent. Translation: one who submits to the will of god. Arabian people in pre-islamic times were actually polytheistic. Mecca originally had a shrine with 360 idols as deities. The region had influences from orthodox christianity, judaism, and. Orphaned at a young age and raised by an uncle. Muhammad married a wealthy widow and became a traveling merchant. 6th century was a time of confusion and dispute within christianity about the trinity (ex: is jesus god, or just like. 610 ce - muhammad began to receive visits by angel gabriel. Gabriel dictated the qur"an/koran to muhammad, and it is therefore a direct/pure document coming from angelic messages.