What kind of religion are hinduism,judaism, and shinto?

temporal.monotheistic. universalizing. or ethnic?

ethnic

edit: Hinduism is MONOTHEISTIC. The guy below me knows zilch and should not be a TC

Judaism is ethnic and monotheistic. Hinduism is ethnic and polytheistic. Shintoism is strictly ethnic. However, you will find exceptions when it comes to ethnic associations.

Rush Limbaugh is a bit off, as usual!
Hinduism is more of a constellation of religious, spiritual, and philosophical beliefs than a single religion. Some forms are polytheistic, others are monotheistic, but rarely in the same inflexible sense that Christianity and Judaism are. Those who are monotheistic tend to look at "God" in a more abstract form, one who is also manifested in the form of "lesser" gods -- therefore they are not only tolerant of the polytheistic forms but often participate in worship of those manifestations. I would say that the vast majority of Hindus (meaning working class or poorer, mostly in rural/ village settings) are polytheistic in outlook, though they often have a particular deity they adhere to, sort of like a "patron deity". The tendency to a single, all-encompassing being came later in Hinduism's history, beginning with the Upanishadic phase, and was at first largely restricted to the more 'academic' holy men. They spawned several intensely philosophical schools of thought, which in turn spawned Buddhism and Jainism. Most of them dropped the conventional idea of a God altogether, speaking instead in terms of a single "Supersoul" that is indefinable by language, and from which we are in reality indistinguishable (our perception of distinction or separation from it is an illusion). Influenced by this thinking, Buddha and the Jains did not acknowledge the existence of God. Only in the post-Upanishadic period was there a move to reconcile this very philosophical, dynamic tendency with the more user-friendly, comforting, worship-oriented and popular forms of Hinduism which favored the concept of a personal God (or gods). The results can be seen in the Bhagavad Gita, and prevail today.

As for "ethnicity", neither Hinduism nor Shinto are generally as ethnically-based as Judaism. There have been periods when some large sectors of Hinduism considered themselves ethnic in the sense that one had to be born of at least one Hindu parent, but there were many periods of Hindu proselytizing too (most notably during their colonial expansions to Southeast Asia and Indonesia). Like everything else in India, you'll find different views on the matter depending on who you ask.