Abrahamic religions Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Usage == The term ''Abrahamic religions'' (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].<ref>Gaston, K. Healan. "The Judeo-Christian and Abrahamic Traditions in America." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. 2018.</ref> It features prominently in [[interfaith dialogue]] and political discourse, but also has entered [[Academic discourse socialization|Academic discourse]].<ref name="Bakhos, Carol 2014">Bakhos, Carol. The Family of Abraham: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Interpretations. Harvard University Press, 2014.</ref><ref>Dodds, Adam. "The Abrahamic faiths? Continuity and discontinuity in Christian and Islamic doctrine." Evangelical Quarterly: An International Review of Bible and Theology 81.3 (2009): 230-253.</ref> However, the term has also been criticized to be uncritically adapted.<ref name="Bakhos, Carol 2014"/> Although historically the term ''Abrahamic religions'' was limited to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam,<ref name="British Library">{{cite web |last=Abulafia |first=Anna Sapir |author-link=Anna Abulafia |date=23 September 2019 |title=The Abrahamic religions |url=https://www.bl.uk/sacred-texts/articles/the-abrahamic-religions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712150432/https://www.bl.uk/sacred-texts/articles/the-abrahamic-religions |archive-date=12 July 2020 |access-date=9 March 2021 |publisher=[[British Library]] |location=[[London]]}}</ref> restricting the category to these three religions has come under criticism.<ref name="Trialogue Intl"> *{{cite web |last=Micksch |first=Jürgen |title=Trialog International – Die jährliche Konferenz |publisher=Herbert Quandt Stiftung |year=2009 |url=http://www.herbert-quandt-stiftung.de/root/index.php?lang=de&page_id=885 |access-date=19 September 2009 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160523192258/http://www.herbert-quandt-stiftung.de/root/index.php?lang=de&page_id=885 |archive-date=23 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn |Collins |2004 |pp=157, 160}} The late 19th century Baháʼí Faith has been listed as ''Abrahamic'' by scholarly sources in various fields,{{sfn |Lubar Institute |2016}}{{sfn |Beit-Hallahmi |1992 |pp=48–49}} since it is a monotheistic religion, which recognizes Abraham.{{sfn |Smith |2008 |p=106}}{{sfn |Cole |2012 |pp=438–446}} === Theological discourse === The figure [[Abraham]] is suggested as a common ground for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and the chance of a future reconciliation of these three faiths.<ref name="Krista N. Dalton 2014">Krista N. Dalton (2014) Abrahamic Religions: On Uses and Abuses of History by Aaron W. Hughes, Oxford University Press: New York, 2012, 191 pp. ISBN 978 0 19 993463 5, US$55.00 (hardback), Religion, 44:4, 684-686, DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2013.862421</ref><ref name="Hughes, Aaron W 2012. p. 17">Hughes, Aaron W. Abrahamic religions: On the uses and abuses of history. Oxford University Press, 2012. p. 17</ref> Commonalities may include, creation, revelation, and redemption, although such shared concepts may vary significantly within each Abrahamic religion respectively.<ref name="Hughes, Aaron W 2012. p. 17"/> Proponents of the term argue that all three religions are united through the deity worshipped by Abraham.<ref name="Krista N. Dalton 2014"/> The Catholic scholar of Islam [[Louis Massignon]] stated that the phrase "Abrahamic religion" means that all these religions come from one spiritual source.{{sfn |Massignon |1949 |pp=20–23}} The modern term comes from the plural form of a Quranic reference to ''[[millat Ibrahim|dīn Ibrāhīm]]'', 'religion of Ibrahim', Arabic form of Abraham's name.{{sfn |Stroumsa |2017 |p=7}} According to Christianity, [[Paul the Apostle]], in [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans 4:11–12]], refers to Abraham as "father of all", including those "who have faith, circumcised or uncircumcised". Islam likewise conceived itself as the religion of Abraham.{{sfn |Levenson |2012 |pp=178–179}} The [[Baháʼí Faith|Bahá'í Faith]] states in its scripture that Bahá'ullah descended from Abraham through his wife [[Keturah|Keturah's]] sons.{{sfn |Bremer |2015 |p=19-20}}{{sfn |Able |2011 |p=219}}{{sfn |Hatcher |Martin |1998 |pp=130–31}} === Criticism === The appropriateness of grouping Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by the terms "Abrahamic religions" or "Abrahamic traditions" has been challenged.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Boyd |first=Samuel L. |title=Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The problem of 'Abrahamic religions' and the possibilities of comparison |journal=Religion Compass |date=October 2019 |volume=13 |issue=10 |doi=10.1111/rec3.12339 |s2cid=203090839 |url=https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec3.12339}}</ref> Adam Dodds argues that the term "Abrahamic faiths", while helpful, can be misleading, as it conveys an unspecified historical and [[Theology|theological]] commonality that is problematic on closer examination. While there is a commonality among the religions, in large measure their shared ancestry is peripheral to their respective foundational beliefs and thus conceals crucial differences.{{sfn |Dodds |2009 |pp=230–253}} [[Alan L. Berger]], professor of Judaic Studies at [[Florida Atlantic University]], wrote that "while Judaism birthed both Christianity and Islam, the three monotheistic faiths went their separate ways" and "each tradition views the patriarchal figure differently as seen in the theological claims they make about him".<ref name="Berger">Berger, Alan L., ed. Trialogue and Terror: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam after 9/11. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012.</ref>[[Aaron W. Hughes]], meanwhile, describes the term as "imprecise" and "largely a theological neologism".{{sfn |Hughes |2012 |pp=3–4, 7–8, 17, 32}} The common Christian beliefs of [[Incarnation]], [[Trinity]], and the [[resurrection of Jesus]], for example, are not accepted by Judaism or Islam. There are key beliefs in both Islam and Judaism that are not shared by most of Christianity (such as [[Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork|abstinence from pork]]), and key beliefs of Islam, Christianity, and the Baháʼí Faith not shared by Judaism (such as the [[prophet]]ic and [[Messiah|Messianic]] position of [[Jesus and Messianic prophecy|Jesus]], respectively).{{sfn|Greenstreet|2006|p=95}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page