This page groups religions by broad type, such as whether scholars classify them as a universal religion actively seeking converts or an ethnic religion identified with one people. Wikipedia describes universal religions as those that "seek worldwide acceptance and actively look for new converts, such as the BaháΚΌí Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Jainism," in contrast to ethnic religions tied to a single group. Browsing by kind of tradition lets a visitor compare missionary faiths against traditions bound to one culture.
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What Defines This GroupingTraditions that affirm one God worthy of worship while treating the cosmos as the arena of a real struggle between opposed principles of good and evil - a struggle that is genuine rather than apparent, and that runs to a decided end. 2 Status
Standing as a Comparative CategoryContested: monotheistic dualism is a comparative construction, and whether Zoroastrianism is best read as monotheist, dualist or both has been argued within the tradition and in scholarship since antiquity. 2 Learn More
Monotheistic Dualist Religions
This group holds religions of a monotheistic-dualist character, traditions that affirm a supreme good God while giving real weight to an opposing principle of evil, so that the cosmos is the arena of a struggle between the two. Zoroastrianism is the classic example, and this outlook influenced later Western thought.
The browser will find the traditions the atlas classes here. The entries describe each, noting how it holds together the oneness of the good creator with a genuinely dualistic account of the world.
Kind of Tradition
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. A History of Zoroastrianism
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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