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The [[concept]] of [[divine]] election appears in a number of religious [[tradition]]s that espouse [[belief]] in an omnipotent and [[personal]] [[God]]. Although not unknown among certain religious groups in ancient [[Greece]] and [[India]], it has had particular significance in [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]. In each of these faiths, one finds the claim that God, although [[universal]], has freely elected or chosen a particular [[group]] of people for a particular [[destiny]] or relationship with him. While belief in the conditions and beneficiaries of election vary even within the traditions themselves, a common set of difficult, and in some cases, unanswered questions underlie this article. First, how can belief in the election of a particular group of people be reconciled with belief in a universal God? Second, does the concept of election necessarily imply belief in the superiority of the chosen? Third, what is the relationship between election, predestination, and free will? And finally, how, in the face of competing claims to election, can one know if one's own claim is true?

The [[concept]] of [[divine]] election appears in a number of religious [[tradition]]s that espouse [[belief]] in an omnipotent and [[personal]] [[God]]. Although not unknown among certain religious groups in ancient [[Greece]] and [[India]], it has had particular significance in [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]. In each of these faiths, one finds the claim that God, although [[universal]], has freely elected or chosen a particular [[group]] of people for a particular [[destiny]] or relationship with him. While belief in the conditions and beneficiaries of election vary even within the traditions themselves, a common set of difficult, and in some cases, unanswered questions underlie this article. First, how can belief in the election of a particular group of people be reconciled with belief in a universal God? Second, does the concept of election necessarily imply belief in the superiority of the chosen? Third, what is the relationship between election, predestination, and free will? And finally, how, in the face of competing claims to election, can one know if one's own claim is true?

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Chosen People''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Chosen_People '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Chosen People''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Chosen_People '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Judaism==

==Judaism==