Essays Tagged: "sole god"
The religion of Islam
thin Islam the believer (called a Muslim) use the Arabic word for God, Allah,Allah is viewed as the sole God----creator, sustained, and restorer of the world. The will ofAllah, to which man must submi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
What was the nature of Akhenaten's religious beliefs?
nhotep IV, 1353-1337) completely changed the nature of this society - he proclaimed the Aten as the sole god of Egypt and abolished all others. Although different forms of sun worship had existed sinc ... the state would now worship Aten, the visible manifestation of Re, announcing that the Aten was the sole god. No other gods were to be worshipped, nor were there to be any representations of the Aten ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt
Explain the religious changes of Akhenaten
us beliefs of polytheism towards Akhenaten’s new brand of monotheism. In this new religion the sole god was ‘The Aten’, though only through Akhenaten, who claimed he had “special k ... ;s monotheistic approach. This may be due to the fact that with the introduction of the Aten as the sole god, the people became deprived of their spirituality and unification with God. They no longer ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt