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

What Are “Abrahamic Religions”?

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

• A. Hughes
• Published 15 November 2012
• Political Science, Philosophy

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 tradition. World War II, the Holocaust, and ArabIsraeli conflicts prompted world leaders and theologians to work for peace among the three faiths. The Roman Catholic scholar Louis Massignon (1883-1962) advocated peace between