Abstract
This article deals with, in a comprehensive and cogent a manner as is possible, the concepts of the divine and its multifarious modalities of its veneration in the eleven major historical religions of the world. These religions are Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity (Nestorian, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant), Islam, Hinduism (Vedic and Classical), Jainism, Buddhism (Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna), Sikhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto.
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