Monotheism and Religious Diversity

If there is one God, why have so many religions? The shadow of monotheism lies over our understanding of everything.

Roger Trigg (Author)

9781108714457, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 September 2020

75 pages
23 x 15.3 x 0.5 cm, 0.2 kg

If there is one God, why are there so many religions? Might all be false? Some revert to a relativism that allows different 'truth's' for different people, but this is incoherent. This Element argues that monotheism has provided the basis for a belief in objective truth. Human understanding is fallible and partial, but without the idea of one God, there is no foundation for a belief in one reality or a common human nature. The shadow of monotheism lies over our understanding of science, and of morality.

1. One World
2. One God
3. The Otherness of God
4. The Roots of Religion
5. Monotheism and Truth.

Subject Areas: Theology [HRLB], Religious issues & debates [HRAM], Religion: general [HRA], Religion & beliefs [HR]