Recognizing the Structure of Monotheistic Discourses in the Word of Imamiyyah

Due to the special status of the topic of "monotheism", the Imamiyyah theologians have always paid special attention to this issue. The breadth of monotheism, and the ongoing challenge of Imamiyyah with the rival’s religious and sectarian thoughts, has made the situation of this debate and its method of structuring very important. The purpose of the knowledge of discourse is summarized in two areas: "education" and "defense of beliefs". In these two areas, materiality has a special place in terms of comprehensiveness, impediment and observance of the logical division criteria. Therefore, in this paper, by means of "library" and "analytical" methods, the structure of a considerable number of theological works of Imamiyyah has been examined in two parts: "privative or intrinsic monotheism" and "degrees of monotheism". As a result of this research, it becomes clear that the term "monotheism" has several different meanings; the structure of monotheistic debates has always been evolving and various structures have been proposed. In these structures, some levels of monotheism are sometimes neglected and sometimes the rational requirements of division are not met. In the proposed structure, it has been tried to pay attention to the monotheistic and rational organization.