This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional religious views, and modern views of these faiths, especially as to how modern feminism has influenced the theology of these religions. For the discussion of the topic in Hinduism, see Hindu views on God and gender. Monotheists hold a belief in one God as a fundamental religious principle. In Judaism and Islam, God is believed to be sexless, but has been traditionally referr ...

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• God and gender - God in the Hebrew Bible
• God and gender - Jewish views of God and gender
• God and gender - Christian views of God and gender
• God and gender - Mormon views
• God and gender - Translating the names of God into English
• God and gender - Third person pronouns: He She or It?
• God and gender - Mankind and Humankind
• God and gender - New translation solutions
• God and gender - Criticism of feminine reconstructions of theology
• God and gender - Bibliography

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In Christianity, one Person of the Trinity, the Son, is believed to have become incarnate as a human male. Most Christians believe that the other Two Persons in the Trinity, the Father and the Holy Spirit, have never been incarnated. Female terms for the Holy Spirit were used in some early Christian communities, specifically within the hymn book, entitled "Odes of Solomon". The Biblical Hebrew word for spirit is ruah, meaning wind, breath, inspiration; the noun is grammatically feminine. In the "Odes of Solomon"; the oldest sur ...

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There are a number of ways that one can translate the names of God into English from Hebrew. The Tetragrammaton is composed of the Hebrew letters Yod-Heh-Waw-Heh. (If your web-browser supports a Hebrew font it is written thus: יהוה.) In English the tetragrammaton is usually written as YHWH or YHVH. The original meaning of this form is connected with the "I AM" of Exodus 3:14 (and it probably contains a Hebrew masculine verb prefix). This word is usually rendered into English by translating Hebrew Adonai (instead of attempti ...

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This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional religious views, and modern views of these faiths, especially as to how modern feminism has influenced the theology of these religions. Monotheists hold a belief in one God as a fundamental religious principle. In Judaism and Islam, God is believed to be sexless, but has been traditionally referred to using male grammatical gender. In Christianity, God is ...

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• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - God in Islam Arabic Quran
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - God in the Hebrew Bible
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Jewish views of God and gender
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Christian views of God and gender
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Mormon views
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Translating the names of God into English
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Third person pronouns: He She or It?
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Mankind and Humankind
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - New translation solutions
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Criticism of feminine reconstructions of theology
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Bibliography

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God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by many religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. Conceptions of God vary widely, despite the common use of the same term for them all. God - Definition. God - Concept of God. In many Western religions, God is usually said to have a specific and clearly defined relationship to, and interest in, the happenings of this world and the lives of those in it. Metaphors for God's relationship t ...

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• God - Definition
• God - Concept of God
• God - Attributes of God
• God - Etymology
• God - Capitalization
• God - Names of God
• God - History of monotheism
• God - Theology
• God - Conceptions of God
• God - Abrahamic conceptions
• God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism
• God - Christian Monism
• God - The Ultimate
• God - Aristotelian definition of God
• God - Modern views
• God - Notes and references
• God - Popular Culture

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In a variety of different contexts, gender refers to the masculinity or femininity of words, persons, characteristics, or non-human organisms. The classification into masculine and feminine is analogous to the biological sexes of male and female, often by physical or syntactical analogy, linguistic decay, misunderstandings, societal norms, or personal choice. The nature of this categorisation varies depending on the context. For example, gender can be used to refer to the differences in biological sex betwe ...

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• Gender - Etymology and usage
• Gender - Grammatical gender
• Gender - Sex
• Gender - Social category
• Gender - In feminist theory
• Gender - Other languages
• Gender - Other uses
• Gender - Fasteners and connectors
• Gender - Music

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• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Women's role in the addvancement of humanity
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Equality of women as a prerequisite to peace
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Education of women
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Women's relationship to men
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Historical reasons why women have been seen as lower than men
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Historical women figures in Bahá'í history
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Táhirih
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Bahíyyih Khánum
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Social initiatives
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Voting
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Laws giving preference to women or men
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Laws giving preference to women
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Laws giving preference to men

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Monotheistic faiths believe that there is a supreme being, who is necessarily unique, and the different names given to that being in different languages could in principle be translated as English God. However, the "real" name of God plays an important role in some cultures. Names of God - List of Names. Aten is the earliest name of a God associated with monotheistic thought. See also the Great Hymn to the Aten by Akhenaten. Ahuramazda "Lord Wisdom" is the name of the supreme be ...

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• Names of God - List of Names
• Names of God - Taboos
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• Names of God - Literature and fiction

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Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Elohim | Elyon | Shaddai | Shekinah | YHWH Adad | Amurru | An/Anu | Anshar | Asshur | Abzu/Apsu | Enki/Ea | Enlil | Ereshkigal | Inanna/Ishtar | Kingu | Kishar | Lahmu & Lahamu | Marduk | Mummu | Nabu | Nammu | Nanna/Sin | Nergal | Ninhursag/Damkina | Ninlil | Tiamat | Utu/Shamash In Judaism, the name of God is more than a distinguishing title. It represents the Jewish conception ...

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• Names of God in Judaism - Names of God
• Names of God in Judaism - The Tetragrammaton
• Names of God in Judaism - Other names of God
• Names of God in Judaism - Miracles of the divine names
• Names of God in Judaism - Kabbalistic use
• Names of God in Judaism - Laws of writing divine names
• Names of God in Judaism - The tradition of seven divine names
• Names of God in Judaism - Bibliography

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Parameshwara, also transliterated from Sanskrit in various other ways, literally means the Supreme God. The word "param" meaning the highest is added to Ishwara to intensify the title of God. See Ishvara. Other related archivesGod, Ishvara, Ishwara, Sanskrit

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• Manifestation of God - Characteristics
• Manifestation of God - Definition
• Manifestation of God - Purpose
• Manifestation of God - Equality
• Manifestation of God - Religious Perennialism
• Manifestation of God - Minor Prophets
• Manifestation of God - Mirror Analogy
• Manifestation of God - Other Possible Divine Teachers
• Manifestation of God - Mexico
• Manifestation of God - Asia
• Manifestation of God - Joseph Smith

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"Other deities worshipped at Ugarit were El Shaddai, El Elyon, and El Berith. All of these names are applied to Yahweh by the writers of the Old Testament. What this means is that the Hebrew theologians adopted the titles of the Canaanite gods and attributed them to Yahweh in an effort to eliminate them. If Yahweh is all of these there is no need for the Canaanite gods to exist! This process is known as assimilation." [1] In his euhemeristic account of the Phoenician deities, Sanchuniathon says: In their time is bo ...

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In regard to translating Hebrew names of God into English, most Orthodox Jews and many Conservative Jews hold that it is wrong to use English female pronouns for God; their reason is not because God is of the male gender, but because doing so among English speakers tends to draw attention to God as having gender. Another reason is that the Hebrew Bible usually uses names of God that are grammatically masculine. Among many Reconstructionist Jews and Reform Jews there has been an increasing tendency to stress feminine characteristics of ...

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In the first book of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis 1:26, God states "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness....And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Exactly what Genesis means by the word "image" is not clear, but there is an analogy being made between God and humans. In some ways this passage is anthropomorphic; it is attributing human characteristics to God. However, less recognized is that the viewpoint of the Israelite b ...

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In Christianity, one person of God, the Son, is believed to have become incarnate as a human male. Most Christians believe that the other two persons in the trinity, the Father and the Holy Spirit, have never been incarnated. Female terms for the Holy Spirit were used in some early Christian communities, specifically within the hymn book, entitled "Odes of Solomon". The Biblical Hebrew word for spirit is ruah, meaning wind, breath, inspiration; the noun is grammatically feminine. In the "Odes of Solomon'; the oldest surviving C ...

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In Vaishnavism and Shaivism, which are exclusive monotheistic religions,like the Judaeo-Christian traditions, God, Vishnu or Shiva is personified as male when, in fact, God transcends gender and gender is simply used for embodied human beings to worship. For example, Shaivites and Vaishnavites worship God in non-anthrormorphic images, the linga and saligram respectively. Furthermore, for example, the principle that God's true nature is sexless is emphasized in the Vishnu sahasranama, a prayer reciting the 1000 names of Vishnu. Just as Muslim ...

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Hindu views on God and gender, Hindu views on God and gender - Smarta and Advaita, Hindu views on God and gender - Vishnu and Shiva, Hindu views on God and gender - Shakti, Hindu views on God and gender - Ardhangini: the cornerstone of relationships, Hindu views on God and gender - In other Indian religions

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God - Abrahamic conceptions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam see God as a being who created the world and rules over the universe. God is usually held to have the properties of holiness (separate from sin and incorruptible), justness (fair, right, and true in all His judgments), sovereignty (unthwartable in His will), omnipotence (all-powerful), omniscience (all-knowing), omnibenevolence (all-loving), omnipresence (present everywhere at the same time), and immortality (eternal and everlasting). He is also believe ...

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God - Abrahamic conceptions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam see God as a being who created the world and rules over the universe. God is usually held to have the properties of holiness (separate from sin and incorruptible), justness (fair, right, and true in all His judgments), sovereignty (unthwartable in His will), omnipotence (all-powerful), omniscience (all-knowing), omnibenevolence (all-loving), omnipresence (present everywhere at the same time), and immortality (eternal and everlasting). He is also believe ...

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