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Sinai’s Height

Patrick Henry Reardon on the Problem with Popular Monotheism

At the risk, I suppose, of being taken for a polytheist, I confess to a strong personal misgiving about contemporary popular monotheism. Let me describe what I mean. Modern popular monotheism is usually expressed along the following lines: “Since there is only one God, those who worship only one God must all be worshiping the same God.” Those who think this way go on to urge us, often enough, to find our common moral roots in this supposedly shared monotheism.

This effort, they assure us, will lessen international tensions and prepare the way for world peace. They have even been . . .

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