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
Chinese names for the God of Abrahamic religions Chinese names for the God of Abrahamic religions In the Chinese common religion and philosophical schools the idea of the universal God has been expressed in a variety of names and representations, most notably as 天 "Tiān" ("Heaven") and 上帝 "Shàngdì" ("Highest Deity" or "Highest Emperor"). These two and other concepts have been variously combined, in diverse contexts, to form titles such as: "Huáng Tiān Shàngdì"="Huáng" "Emperor"+"Tiān+Shàngdì" (皇天上帝) or "Xuán Tiān Shàngdì"="Xuán" "Deep"+"Tiān+Shàngdì" (玄天上帝), "Shàngtiān=Shàng+Tiān" "Highest Heaven" and "Tiāntáng=Tiān+Táng" "Vault of Heaven". The compounds "tiānshén=tiān+shén" "heavenly god" and "tiānxiān=tiān+xiān" "heavenly immortal" have been used for a deity, in a polytheistic