Religions

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Sunni

6 percent of the world follow folk religions

christianity 31.5%, Islam 23.2%, unaffiliated 16.3%, Hinduism 15.0%, buddhism 7.1%, folk 5.9%, judaism 0.2%

77 percent of the world follows a branch of christianity, islam, hinduism, or buddhism, the four largest religions.

The western hemisphere, europe, and sub-saharan africa are predominantly christian; Southeast asia and north africa are majority muslim.

Christianity is divided into Roman Catholic, predominantly in the south, Protestant in the north, and Orthodox in the east.

American christianity has a diversity of distinct faiths with regional distribution.

Non-christian people are mainly on the coast

Muslim populations are very large in south asia and indonesia

Islam means " submission to the will of God" in Arabic

Shiite

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88%

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Ismaili, Jafari

Buddhism is practiced throughout east and southeast Asia. thare three major branches: Mahayana, Vajrayana, Theravada.

The mosque of the prophet in Madinah, Saudi Arabia marks the burial place of Muhammad, the prophet of islam

The Mahabodhi Temple represents the place where buddha attained enlightenment all living beings most endure suffering

The church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem, israel is a historic site origin of christianity as the site of Jesus resurrection

Suffering which is caused by desire to live, leads to reincarnation

Hindus are concentrated nearly entirely in India

Traditional folk religions in Africa have become less common in part because of the activity of christian and muslim missionaries

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Spiritsim

Sikhism

Judaism

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Guru nunak is disciples in hindu

The goal of all existence is to escape suffering and the endless cycle of reincarnation in Nirvana- a state of complete redemption- which is achieved through mental and moral self-purification.

Nirvana is attained through an Eightfold path: rightness of belief, resolve, speech, actio, livelihood,effort, thought and meditation

the older of the two largest branches of Buddhism- theravada

means, " the way of the elders"- Theravada buddhism

Belief that on must renounce worldly possessions and become a monk. - theravada buddhism

Split from Theravada Buddhism around 2,000 years ago- Mahayana

Means, " The great vehicle"- Mahayana

Emphasizes the Buddha's later years of teaching and helping others- Mahayana

Highlights the practice of rituals- Vajrayana buddhism

An orthodox church, protestant church and buddhist pagoda are scared structures to adherents of each religion

mosque means place of worship

places named after saints reflect the influence of Roman catholicism.

christian- church, muslim- mosque, jewish-synagogue, sikh- gurdwaras, Baha'i- house of worship, buddhist-Pagoda, hindu- temples

Utopia- founded by moravian christians in 1741 in bethlehem, PA

Salt lake city is primarily mormon and was settled in 1848 and is designed around a plan of the city of Zion.

Electoral divisions in Northern ireland show concentrations of irish catholics in certain electoral divisions and concentrations of protestants in others.

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The catholic church divides space into provinces and dioceses with administrative clergy over each level of the hierarchy

Dhamek Stupa in sarnath, India is sacred to buddhist. THe Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia is sacred to Muslims.

Ethnic religions differ in views of disposal of the dead, Hindus favor cremation at varanasi, while Zoroastrians historically preferred open exposure.

Universalizing religions tend to recognize dates in the life of the founder. ethnic religions calender's are more organized around seasons.

Hindus traditional caste system-- conflict with social equality

Religious revival after soviet communist era ended

Continued conflict between religion and communism

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the area of present-day israel has a long history of conflicting Jewish, christian, and muslim claims