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Monotheistic Dualist
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Traditions holding that there is 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 merely apparent, and that runs to a decided end. The pattern is ancient, and its influence on later Abrahamic ideas of the devil, judgement and the end of days is widely argued.
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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.
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