Monotheism and Religious Diversity (Elements in Religion and Monotheism)

Roger Trigg
Cambridge University Press, 9/3/2020
EAN 9781108714457, ISBN10: 1108714455

Paperback, 75 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

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.