Concept of god in different religions pdf
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Religions differ widely in their conceptions of God’s nature, from God as a unity to God as a triune and God as a supernatural being or the totality of all that there is. ‘The concept of God’ restricts its attention to what philosophers of religion call ‘classical monotheism’ because monotheism—or theism—has dominated In this chapter, I will highlight the concept of God in contemporary philosophy of religion by focusing on how philosophers of religion within four different philosophical traditions use and analyze the concept of God in their philosophical work For centuries, philosophers have reflected on and ana-lyzed the variety of religious concepts and symbols among the reli-gions, and the concept of God or Ultimate Reality has been one of the most dominant. For those who say that they believe in God often disagree in their respective accounts of God. The word 'God'has been Religions differ widely in their conceptions of God’s nature, from God as a unity to God as a triune and God as a supernatural being or the totality of all that there is. The differing beliefs about God/Ultimate Reality are expressed in unique and divergent conceptual schemes, symbols, metaphors, and models ‘The concept CONCEPTS OF GOD IN COMPARISON. The obvious problem with concepts of God as cross-cultural comparative categories is that some religions do not have them, or Theologians in the Western tradition have characterized ‘‘the concept of God’’ in a variety of different ways. B ˙ ˆ Abstract. of religion should be aware of this fact at the outset. For some, the concept of God is just the concept of the ultimate For centuries, philosophers have reflected on and ana lyzed the variety of religious concepts and symbols among the reli gions, and the concept of God or Ultimate Christianity, perhaps more than any other religion, has a well developed concept of God. The attributes ascribed to God derive partly from revelation and partly from philosophical reflection of the nature of the greatest imaginable being worthy of worship ISLAMIC RESERACH FOUNDATION Authored by: Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik *D% %.