Aspect (religion) Brahman. In Sikhism, there are three distinct aspects: God as deity; God in relation to creation; and God in relation to man. Aspect (religion) Aspect is a term used across several religions and in theology to describe a particular manifestation or conception of a deity or other divine being. Depending on the religion, these might be disjoint or overlapping parts, or methods of perceiving or conceptualizing the deity in a particular context. In the Bahá'í Faith, this might be conceived as a Manifestation of God. In Christianity, the concept of the Trinity views God as 3 distinct parts, whereas Sabellianism
Religion in China by the same ancestor-god), and professional guilds, rather than in institutions with merely religious functions. It is a meaning system of social solidarity and identity, which provides the fabric of Chinese society, uniting all its levels from the lineages to the village or city communities, to the state and the national economy. Because this common religion is embedded in Chinese social relations, it historically has never had an objectifying name. Since the 2000s, Chinese scholars have proposed names to identify it more clearly, including "Chinese native religion" or "Chinese indigenous religion" (民俗宗教 "mínsú zōngjiào"), "Chinese ethnic religion" (民族宗教 "mínzú zōngjiào"),