RS 200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Polytheism, Orthopraxy, Ant-Zen

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS 200A
• Professor: Boyarin Shamma

Document Summary

Polytheism in the arabian peninsula, also monotheism: judaism and christianity. 112 the unity: 1 say: he is god, the one. Tawhid = actively preserving of the oneness" of god. Preserving an understanding of god as unique (singular perhaps) and therefore distant and apart from anything in creation incomparable". Though adoring and contemplation the believer can attain union with god as the separate self is annihilated and absorbed into god. The qur"an addresses christian doctrine in several places. The messiah, son of mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passes away before him. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. (5 the table spread 75) All the truths (or at least the most important ones) known via revelation can be deduced via reason. Revelation has a role because : a. There are something"s that would not been figured out, had been they been left to reason alone.