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! === Monotheism === {{Main |God in Abrahamic religions}} All Abrahamic religions claim to be monotheistic, worshiping an exclusive God, although one who is known by different names.{{sfn |Peters |2018 |p=}}{{page needed |date=August 2022}} Each of these religions preaches that God creates, is one, rules, reveals, loves, judges, punishes, and forgives.{{sfn |Dodds |2009 |pp=230–253}} However, although Christianity does not profess to believe in three gods—but rather in three [[Hypostasis (philosophy)|persons]], or hypostases, united in one [[Ousia|essence]]—the [[Trinity|Trinitarian doctrine]], a fundamental of faith for the vast majority of Christian denominations,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/trinity_1.shtml |title=The Trinity |date=July 2011 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920170829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/trinity_1.shtml |archive-date=20 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity |title=What Is the Doctrine of the Trinity? |last=Perman |first=Matt |date=January 2006 |website=desiring God |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035506/https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity |archive-date=30 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> conflicts with Jewish and Muslim concepts of monotheism. Since the conception of a divine Trinity is not amenable to ''[[tawhid]]'', the Islamic doctrine of monotheism, Islam regards Christianity as variously [[polytheism|polytheistic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/sites/ca.grebel/files/uploads/files/IslamicMonotheismandtheTrinity.pdf |title=Islamic Monotheism and the Trinity |last=Hoover |first=Jon |publisher=[[University of Waterloo]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105155238/https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/sites/ca.grebel/files/uploads/files/IslamicMonotheismandtheTrinity.pdf |archive-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Christianity and Islam both revere Jesus ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: ''[[Jesus in Islam|Isa]]'' or ''Yasu'' among Muslims and [[Arab Christians]] respectively) but with vastly differing conceptions: * Christians view Jesus as the [[Redeemer (Christianity)|saviour]] and regard him as [[Incarnation|God incarnate]]. * Muslims see Isa as a [[Prophet of Islam]]{{sfn|Rubin|2001}}{{page needed|date=September 2022}} and Messiah. Isa (Jesus) is also believed by Muslims to return to Earth before the doomsday to defeat the [[Al-Masih ad-Dajjal|Dajjal]] (the Anti-Christ) and restore peace for a period of time.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} However, the worship of Jesus, or the ascribing of partners to God (known as ''[[Shirk (Islam)|shirk]]'' in Islam and as ''[[shituf]]'' in Judaism), is typically viewed as the [[heresy]] of [[idolatry]] by Islam and Judaism.{{citation needed |date=January 2021}} 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