Sentence examples for The monotheism of from inspiring English sources

The monotheism of these two traditions resisted the challenge of nature.

The other is the monotheism of the hallucinating Hebraic prophets.

After that, the monotheism of Islam remained unwavering and strong, through persecution, exile, and war, and before long the Prophet had achieved victory over his enemies and the new faith spread like a conquering fire across the world.

The passionate importance given to the proclamation of Yahweh as the one god who counts for Israel and the equally passionate rejection of other gods, however, make it truer to speak of the monotheism of Israel, as in what became the Jewish affirmation of faith, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, one Lord" (Deuteronomy 6 4; New English Bible).

In an era where polytheism was prevalent, the Elephanta main cave dedicates the monotheism of the Pashupata Shaivism sect, a sect to which Kalacuris as well as Konkan Mauryas belonged.

In Western monotheism, especially the monotheisms of the Abrahamic tradition, God is conceived to be both the creator and sustainer of all that exists.

These celestial beings shared many attributes with the gods and goddesses of Canaanite and Mesopotamian polytheism, but the emerging monotheism of the Hebrew Scriptures demanded exclusive commitment to one God, referred to as The Lord, to whom all powers in heaven and on earth were subject.

One of the more curious literary aspects of the story is the way of describing God like a king on his throne, commanding his courtiers to "Let there be" – and it happens, though due to the strict monotheism of the Jews there is no lower pantheon of gods to assist.

But while doing so, they also incorporated the insistent monotheism of Judaism as part of the essence of their truth and way of salvation, just as they incorporated the Hebrew Scriptures' story as part of their own identity-giving narrative and experience.

Could the Biblical monotheism of Moses have been related to the historical, heretical monotheism of Akhenaten?

In only one respect has the uncompromising monotheism of Islam shown itself to be vulnerable i.e., in the doctrine of the Qurʾān as uncreated and coeval with Allah himself.