RLG100Y1 Lecture 4: Dimensions of Religion
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Common features of western abrahamic (christianity, judaism, islam) views: monotheism (one god), creation (god created the world), time (god created the world at a certain point in time, western creation marks time from the moment of creation, lineal pattern of movement, conclusion to time, judgment time), history (interaction between god and humanity, intervenes personally or through agents, enables the cords that tells us what is right or wrong, awards for good behavior, punished for bad), prophecy (western traditions distinguished for being prophetic,
