Религия /english/

A range of types, each shading into the other, can be abstracted from this survey.The philosophical and religious conceptions of God have at times been sharply distinguished.These contrasts are sometimes united in a single theological scheme.Christianity is a form of monotheism in which the absolute unity of God has been modified.He is represented as king, judge, and shepherd.He binds himself by covenants to his people and thus limits himself.Such a God, even if anthropomorphic, is a living God.The last three are not to be understood in an anthropomorphic sense.The great religions of Asia, however, belong to a quite different realm of theological ideas.In Hinduism, Holy Being can be understood in several ways.