RS 200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tawhid, Polytheism, Midrash

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS 200A
• Professor: Boyarin Shamma

Document Summary

Views itself as the belief of one god ex) christianity. Opposite to monotheism is polytheism, which is the belief of many gods. Tawhid = the unity of god -> i testify there is no god but allah (god)" , this is part of the. Righteous humans can reunite with god, when the soul (spirit) leaves the body (matter) The goal of mysticism to unite with god in life. In judaism: the reason for the covenant between god and the jews. In christianity: example of righteous man whose relationship with god was based on. In islam: muhammad is not the founder of a new religion, he is restoring the earlier. According to jewish tradition abraham is the biological father od the jews through his son isaac. According to islamic tradition abraham us the biological father of the arabs through his son ishmael . Covenant: refers to the core understanding of the relationship between god and the.