World Religion

Christianity

Judaism

Taoism

Hinduism

Buddhism

Islam

Sikhism

Shintoism

Around 18 million followers

Around 20 million follwers

Unknown founder

Around 118 million followers

Around 1.6 billion followers

Around 263 million followers

Around 900 million follower

Around 2.2 billion followers

Christianity is most practiced in the united states as their majority religion

Around 350 million followers

Thailand is the country that most practices buddhism

the countries where islam is most practiced is indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan

The country where Judaism is most practiced is Israel

Shintoism is most practiced is most practiced in japan

the country where Hinduism is most practiced in india

Is most practiced in the republic of china

Sikhism is most practiced in India

Nirankaris and the Nam-Dharis are the two main branches

the two major branches of christianity are catholic and protestant

The three main branches of buddhism are mTheravada, Mahayana & Vajrayana

The two main branches of islam are the Sunni and Shi'a

The Lao-Chuang Tradition and Huang-Lao Taoism

There are four total divisions or branches of Shintoism: State Shinto, Sect Shinto, Shrine Shinto, and Folk Shinto.

The main branches of Hinduism are Shaivites , Vaishnavas , Smartha and, Shaktism

There is no major branches in judaism

The main religious buildings in Islam are mosques

The main holy places of Christianity is Jerusalem and Bethlehem

The major holy sites of Buddhism is Lumbini and the bodh Gaya

The major religious site for Islam is Mecca

The main religious sites for Sikhism is the places where Guru Garth Sahib is kept and the Sikh place

The main religious sites for Taoism is Mount Tai, Mount Hua and the Forbidden City

The main holy places for Shintoism is the shinto shrines called jinja

The main religious sites for Judaism is the western wall, Jerusalem, and the Temple mount

The main religiou sites for Hinduism is Himalayan Char Dham - Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri. Varanasi/Kashi, Allahabad/Prayag, Haridwar-Rishikesh, Mathura-Vrindavan, and Ayodhya.

The main religious buildings for Christianity are churches or cathedrals

Synagogues are the main religious buildings in judasim

The main holy buildings in Buddhism are temples

The main religious buildings for Sikhism are Gurdwara

The main religious buildings for Taoism are temples

The main religious buildings for Shintoism are temples

The main religious buildings for Hinduism are temples with open prayer

Monotjeistic

Monotheistic

Polytheistic

Monotheistic

Non-Theistic

Spread east and south along the Ganges river
throughout all of India

Considered an ethnic religion because it does
not have a strong presence anywhere outside
of India

The Jewish diaspora (scattering of an ethnic
group) has caused many pockets of Jewish
communities to spring up around the world

Highest concentrations of Jews outside of Israel
today are in North America, Europe, and Russia

Expanded from hearth in Palestine
Roman Empire spread the religion to Europe

European kingdoms spread Christianity to the
New World and Sub-Saharan Africa during the
age of colonization

Shintoism is a highly ethnic religion and has
not spread outside of Japan

Spread throughout China, the Korean
Peninsula, Japan, and Southeast Asia

Has not expanded much beyond northern India

Large minority Sikh populations in Britain and the
United States

Spread to China, Korea, Japan, Tibet,
Mongolia, and Southeast Asia

Diffused from its hearth in Saudi Arabia to
North Africa, Southwestern Europe, and Asia
through trade and conquest

Ancient temples and monasteries

Usually located in remote and mountainous
locations

Branches often determine the cultural landscape

Catholicism known for grand cathedrals built
during Medieval and Renaissance periods

Early protestant churches were very simple
and made from plain materials (wood, stone,
etc.)

Christians use up the most space for burial rituals
compared to other religions due to the use of
cemeteries

Mosques are the places of worship for
Muslims

Islam’s prohibition of depicting human form
in architecture is the primary reason so many
mosques are ornately designed with
geometric patterns

Minarets are a common feature in

cities with a high Muslim population

Sikh community meets at a gurdwara
(temple) for religious ceremonies

Many small shrines and temples to different
Shinto spirits can be found throughout Japan

Japanese families often have familial shrines
in their homes for ancestors who have
passed away

Place of worship for Jews is the synagogue

All synagogues have an ark that houses the
Torah (written in Hebrew)

the four core belifs are Karma
Reincarnation
All-Pervasive Divinity
Dharma

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the biggest teachings about god is that he is God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

The biggest teaching in Buddism is that be kind and peaceful in life and you be reincarnated into a better life

The four main believes in Islam is Belief in Allah's the one and Belief in angels Belief in the holy books.

All humans are equal before God – no discrimination is allowed on the basis of caste, race, gender, creed, origin, color, education, status, wealth is the core teaching of Sikhism

The biggest core belifs are
Ch'i
Death and Afterlife
Immortals
Purpose of Life
The Tao

one of the teachings of Shintoism is to have good karma and follows a traditional way rather than a modern culture

The three main principles of faith in Judaism are belief in a single, incorporeal and eternal god who created the entire universe; a set of moral principles that require people to treat one another with dignity and love, and ensure justice and equality

The afterlife for islam is that after death you will be brought up for judgement before allah

Christians believe after death you will be either be sent to live in heaven or hell based of how you lived or what you believed in or it was predetermined just depends of what you believe in.

It was during this period that early concepts of heaven, called the Garden of Eden, and Hell, called Gehenom, start to appear in Judaism. So you are sent to either one of those for eternity

The afterlife is just reincarnation and you either advanced or backup based on the way you lived.

The afterlife for Sikhism religion is just reincarnation based on good or bad actions.

The process of death itself is described as shijie or "release from the corpse", but what happens after is described variously as transformation, immortality or ascension to heaven.

Shinto beliefs about death and the afterlife are often considered dark and negative. The old traditions describe death as a dark, underground realm with a river separating the living from the dead

Hindus believe in reincarnation after you die based on your life actions weighing the good with the bad.