monotheism - Definition | Dictionary definition of monotheism

Definition of monotheism

belief in a single God

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; Judaism
the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud; Orthodox Judaism
beliefs and practices of a Judaic sect that strictly observes Mosaic law; Conservative Judaism
beliefs and practices of Conservative Jews; Reform Judaism
beliefs and practices of Reform Jews; Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; Mahdism
belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi; Salafi movement, Salafism
a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world; Shiism
the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs; Wahabism, Wahhabism
a conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia