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General works on monotheism include Josiah Royce, “Monotheism,” in the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, vol. 8 (1928); “Monotheismus und Polytheismus,” in Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, vol. 4 (1913); T.P. van Baaren, Doolhof der goden (1960); G. van der Leeuw, Phänomenologie der Religion (1933; Eng. trans., Religion in Essence and Manifestation, 2 vol., 1963); and R. Otto, Das Heilige (1917; Eng. trans., The Idea of the Holy, 2nd ed., 1950). For primitive religions, see T.P. van Baaren, Menschen wie wir (1964); and P. Radin, Monotheism Among Primitive Peoples (1954); on the high gods, see H. Zwicker, Das Höchste Wesen (1970); and E.O. James, The Concept of Deity (1950), the only general systematic study of a later date treating the problems of monotheism. H.R. Niebuhr, Radical Monotheism and Western Culture (1960), is a modern, incisive Protestant theological presentation of absolute monotheism.
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| Add new Web site: Rebus Community - Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion - From Philosophy of (Mono)theism to Philosophy of Religions. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pressbooks at MSL - Arab Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland - Monotheism: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. | May 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Otterbein - Monotheism and its Vicissitudes (PDF). | Jan 31, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: EWTN - The First Religion of Mankind. | Jul 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Butler University - Monotheism (PDF). | Jun 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Heidelberg Document Repository - Monotheism and its Political Consequences (PDF). | Apr 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: God against the Gods: Monotheism versus Polytheism. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - Church Life Journal - What is Christianity?: Monotheism and Tolerance. | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Pluralism Project - God: Biblical Monotheism. | Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Society of Biblical Literature - Monotheism and Polytheism in the Ancient Near East. | Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - A Brief Historical Survey of the Monotheistic Concept in Religious Belief and Practice. | Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah State University - History and Civilization - Akhenaten and Monotheism. | Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Monotheism. | May 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Monotheism Definition in Religion. | Mar 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Monotheism and Polytheism (PDF). | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What led to the emergence of monotheism? | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Monotheism in the Ancient World. | Mar 14, 2023 | ||
| Article revised to mention agnosticism and to add cross-references to various articles. | Sep 18, 2019 | ||
| Article revised to change "Zoroaster" to "Zarathustra." | Aug 24, 2016 | ||
| Revised to reflect the July 2011 secession of South Sudan. | Mar 15, 2012 | ||
| Article revised to clarify the doctrine of brahman and atman in the Upanishads and to characterize Ahriman as "the destructive spirit." | Mar 04, 2011 | ||
| Article revised to remove diacritics from Sanskrit terms. | Mar 04, 2011 | ||
| Images added. | Mar 04, 2011 | ||
| Converted Wade-Giles romanization to Pinyin and revised discussion of the ancient deity Shangdi to note that he was replaced in the Zhou dynasty by tian (heaven). | Feb 08, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Synthesis - Monotheism vs. Polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Kidipede History for Kids - Monotheism and Polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Monotheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Rudy's Page on Theosophy - Monotheism or Polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy - Monotheism. | Nov 15, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Issues in Jewish Ethics: Ethical Monotheism. | Nov 15, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Monotheism. | Nov 15, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: USA Today - Health Encyclopedia - Chickenpox. | Nov 15, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hoosier Net - Monotheism. | Nov 15, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 05, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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