Abrahamic religion
People use the term Abrahamic religion for a number of religions that recognise Abraham as an important person. The best known and probably most popular Abrahamic religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Another world Abrahamic religion is the Bahá'í Faith. The Bahá'í faith originated in the 19th century, in what is known today as Iran.
Even though these religions are quite different from each other in many ways, they also agree in many other very important ways on the basic general nature of the one God whom they worship.
The word "Abrahamic" refers to the ancient prophet Abraham, who is respected in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the first prophet of God.
Another thing Abrahamic religions have in common is that they are "Monotheistic" (from the Greek words for "one" and "God"), meaning belief in just one God.
They also all believe that people should pray to this God often.
[change] Other websites
- The Abrahamic Faiths: A Comparison How do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam differ? More from Beliefnet
- What's Next? Heaven, hell, and salvation in major world religions A side-by-side comparison of different religion's views from Beliefnet.
