Carroll Quigley

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs.

American Writer

Tariq Ali

Theogony' should be read before the great Homeric epics because it gives an account of the cosmology that is taken for granted by Homer. It does for paganism what the Old Testament attempted to do for monotheism.

Pakistani Historian

Robert Winston

It's very clear from Biblical history and Jewish history that Jewish monotheism wasn't developed in an instant, that it became gradually the accepted norm. But undoubtedly, Jewish ancestors were polytheists.

British Scientist

Karen Armstrong

There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine.

English Writer

Ezra Furman

If you get into really learning about the roots of monotheism, it was utterly a radical cultural moment. The Bible was so revolutionary and against all that came before it.

American Musician

Gloria Steinem

Monotheism makes me grouchy. I don't trust any religion that makes God look like one of the ruling class. I guess I'm a pagan or an animist.

American Activist

Julius Wellhausen

All writers of the Chaldaean period associate monotheism in the closest way with unity of worship.

German Educator

Walter Kaufmann

The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.

German Philosopher

G. Willow Wilson

Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism.

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Religious Context

Be aware that discussions of monotheism can be sensitive due to diverse religious beliefs.

Cultural Sensitivity

Often paired with words like 'faith', 'worship', 'doctrine', emphasizing its religious nature.

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