• DOI:10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780199934645.003.0002
Corpus ID: 157815976

What Are “Abrahamic Religions”?

@inproceedings{Hughes2012WhatA,
  title={What Are “Abrahamic Religions”?},
  author={A. Hughes},
  year={2012}
}

• A. Hughes
• Published 2012
• Sociology

An early use of the term “Religion of Abraham” is found in the Qur’an, in a reference designating Islam as the certain source of salvation, as opposed to Judaism or Christianity: “They say: ‘Become Jews Or Christians if ye would be guided (To salvation).’ Say thou: ‘Nay! (I would rather) the Religion Of Abraham the True, and he joined not gods with Allah’” (Surah 2:135) The term “Abrahamic religions” at times replaces “Judeo-Christian,” a term used to describe the Western religious and ethical… Expand