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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: an introduction to monotheism

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomsbury Academic 2021 LondonDescription: x, 256 p.: ill. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9781474257244
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 201.4 S6J8
Summary: Judaism, Christianity and Islam: An Introduction to Monotheism shows how a shared monotheistic legacy frames and helps explain the commonalities and disagreements among Judaism, Christianity and Islam and their significant denominations in the world today. Taking a thematic approach and covering both historical and contemporary dimensions, the authors discuss how contemporary geographic and cultural contexts shape the expression of monotheism in the three religions. It covers differences between religious expressions in Israeli Judaism, Latin American Christianity and British Islam. Topics discussed include scripture, creation, covenant and identity, ritual, ethics, peoplehood and community, redemption, salvation, life after death, gender, sexuality and marriage. This introductory text, which contains over 30 images, a map, a timeline, chapter afterthoughts and critical questions, is written by three authors with extensive teaching experience, each a specialist in one of the three monotheistic traditions. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/judaism-christianity-and-islam-9781474257244/#:~:text=Judaism%2C%20Christianity%20and%20Islam%3A%20An,denominations%20in%20the%20world%20today.
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Table of content

1 Introduction
2 Brief Overviews of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and their Scriptural Foundations
3 Scripture
4 Creation
5 Covenant and Identity
6 Commandment: Ritual and Ethics
7 Peoplehood and Community
8 Gender, Sexuality and Marriage
9 Redemption, Salvation, and Life After Death
10 Monotheism in the Contemporary World: Case Studies

Judaism, Christianity and Islam: An Introduction to Monotheism shows how a shared monotheistic legacy frames and helps explain the commonalities and disagreements among Judaism, Christianity and Islam and their significant denominations in the world today. Taking a thematic approach and covering both historical and contemporary dimensions, the authors discuss how contemporary geographic and cultural contexts shape the expression of monotheism in the three religions. It covers differences between religious expressions in Israeli Judaism, Latin American Christianity and British Islam. Topics discussed include scripture, creation, covenant and identity, ritual, ethics, peoplehood and community, redemption, salvation, life after death, gender, sexuality and marriage.

This introductory text, which contains over 30 images, a map, a timeline, chapter afterthoughts and critical questions, is written by three authors with extensive teaching experience, each a specialist in one of the three monotheistic traditions.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/judaism-christianity-and-islam-9781474257244/#:~:text=Judaism%2C%20Christianity%20and%20Islam%3A%20An,denominations%20in%20the%20world%20today.

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