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Chapter 6 APHG (Key Issue 1 (Major Religions- Christianity, Islam,…

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        Hinduism is considered an ethnic religion
        
        Traditional folk religions in Africa have become less common in part because of the activity of Christian and Muslim missionaries
        
        Religions with 12-25 million
        
        Sikhism was created by Guru Nanak, and Sikhs mean "disciples" in Hindu
        
        Spiritism
        
        Juche- North Korea, Kim Il-Sung
        
        Judaism- There are 14 million Jews. 40% in U.S., and 40% in Israel
        
        Religions with at least 1m-
        
        Jainism
        
        Cao Dai
        
        Shinto
        
        Zoroastrianism
        
        Tenrikyo
        
        Non-Christian religions are most common closer to the outlines of the United States.
      - Buddhism
        
        Mahayana, Vajrayana, Theravada are the three main branches of Buddhism
      - Islam
        
        Sunni and Shiite, the two main branches of Islam, are based on a disagreement on the line of succession from Muhammad.
        
        Muslim populations are very large in South Asia and Indonesia. Islam means "Submission to the will of God" in Arabic. People who practice Islam are Muslim, which means "one who surrenders to God."
      - Christianity
- - - - Origin- Christianity originates from Southwest Asia. It also originates from the life of a man.
    - - Islam is based on 5 pillars: Shahadah- Sincerely professing faith, Sillat- Five prayers facing towards Mecca each day, Zakat- Charity, Ramadan- Fast during the month of Ramadan, Hodge- Pilgrimage to Mecca
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        Buddhist beliefs
        
        All living beings must endure suffering
        
        Suffering, which is caused by a desire to live, leads to reincarnation
        
        The goal of all existence is to escape suffering and the endless cycle of reincarnation to 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, action, livelihood, efoort, thought, and meditation
        
        Theravada
        
        The older of the two largest branches of Buddhism. Mans way of the elders.
        
        Mahayana
        
        Split from Theravada BUddhism around 2,000 years ago, Means "the great vehicle," Emphasizes the Buddha's later years of teaching and helping others
      - Buddhism diffused through missionaries, but slowly.