define monotheism cultural diffusion?

Question

this is from ap world history
i really can't find the meaning to it

Answer 1

monothe-istic is one god cultural deffusion is when a culture is infulanced by other cultures

Answer 2

Monotheism Define

Answer 3

well i'm not too sure. but i will put it all together and say
b/c of montheism there have been some separations in our world culture. like atmon back during ancient egypt. and how different the christians are from the polytheists.
quoting the best that i can from History of The World :Part One. Comicus
" the christians are so poor that they can only afford one god! but the romans are so rich we can buy a god just for anything!"
okay, that is not a direct quote. but it's close! hopefully. same meaning!

monotheists have a god for just about everything, but really they don't really worship the god. but polytheists have a god for everything, and they are worshiped for everything, all the time. and athetists, have no god. everyone does not trust atheists. but atheists are free thinkers that have a different perspective on the world, a logical one at that...
you can tell what i am...
that really didn't help too much, but i tried to help. maybe it's one that can put together with anohter one to make two.

Answer 4

Monotheism (in Greek μόνος = single and θεός = God) is the belief in the existence of one God, or in the oneness of God.


Abrahamic Religions
Jewish view

Main article: Judaism

Judaism is the oldest known monotheistic faith. The best-known Jewish statements of monotheism occur in the Shema prayer, the Ten Commandments and Maimonides' 13 Principles of faith.


Christian view

Main article: Christianity

Christians profess a belief in one God. Historically, most Christian churches have taught that the nature of God is something of a mystery: while being a unity, God somehow also manifests as three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (collectively called the Trinity), the classic Christian "three in one: one in three" formula. Typically, Christian orthodoxy holds that these three persons are not independent but are homoousios (a Hellenistic Greek transliteration), meaning sharing the same essence or substance of divinity. The true nature of the Trinity is held to be an inexplicable mystery, deduced from New Testament teaching but never formulaically explained. However, some critics have suggested that Christianity is a form of Tritheism. Christians will often counter this claim by asserting that since they only believe in one eternity, and that God is eternity, there can only be one God that subsists in three persons. Moreover, some small Christian sects, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses and Oneness Pentecostals, deny the idea of Trinity altogether. Other small Christian groups have their own unique viewpoint. For example, the Rastafarians, like many Christians, hold that God is both a unity and a trinity, in their case God being Haile Selassie. Rastas see themselves, and possibly all individuals, as the Holy Spirit element of the Trinity, with Haile Selassie as an incarnation of both God the Father and God the Son. Haile Selassie is also seen as the head, and the Rastafarians as the body, of God.

Some Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church practice Veneration of Saints, which critics claim is a form of polytheism. However, Roman Catholic teaching regards veneration of saints and prayers to saints as no different than petitioning a living person to pray to God on behalf of the petitioner.
Islamic view

Main article: Tawhīd, Islamic idea of monotheism
Qur'an, Surah Al-Ikhlas (in whole) Arabic قل هو الله احد

‏الله الصمد
‏لم يلد ولم يولد
‏ولم يكن له كفوااحد
Transliteration Qul huwa Allahu ahadun

Allahu alssamadu
Lam yalid walam yooladu
Walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahadun
Translation Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;

Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;
And there is none like unto Him.

Islam is a fully monotheistic religion. This monotheism is absolute, not relative or pluralistic in any sense of the word. The Arabic word for monotheism is Tawhīd which means 'unification', i.e. to unify or to keep something unified.

The Shahadah (الشهادة), or the Islamic creed, is the declaration of belief in the unity of God (Allah in Arabic) and the prophethood of Muhammad. Its recitation is considered one of the Five Pillars of Islam by Sunni Muslims. When sincerely stated aloud, one is considered to have officially declared oneself a convert to Islam. The (salaat) in Islam, for example, involve explicit monotheistic testimony. Islam declares the "Unity of God" as their primary teaching. Furthermore, Islam considers Christianity's Trinity as a distortion of Jesus's original teaching after the fact.