... The first is the idea of classifying the world's religions according to whether they are polytheistic or monotheistic. That is, the classification is as follows: polytheism (Greece, Rome, Egypt, Japan), which is mainly seen in the religions of ancient nations; henotheism or kathenotheism (Vedic religion of ancient India), which emphasizes one particular god at a time; monotheism (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), which regards only one god as absolute; and pantheism (Buddhism), which assumes that the divine is inherent in all things. The second is the idea of dividing God into two types: personal (formal) beings and impersonal (non-formal) beings. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kathenotheism" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… その第1は,世界の諸宗教を多神か一神かによって整理しようとする考え方である。すなわち,主として古代国家の宗教にみられる多神教polytheism(ギリシア,ローマ,エジプト,日本),多神のうち時に応じて特定の一神を重要視する単一神教henotheismや交替神教kathenotheism(古代インドのベーダ宗教),ただ一柱の神のみを絶対視する一神教monotheism(ユダヤ教,キリスト教,イスラム教),そしていっさいの存在物に神的なものの内在を想定する汎神教(論)pantheism(仏教)という分類がそれである。その第2は,神を人格的(形態的)存在と非人格的(非形態的)存在との2種に分ける考え方である。… ※「kathenotheism」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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