WORLD RELIGIONS

Warm up:FACTS: Name the 5 most influential world religions.Which Religion has the most followers?Which Religion is the fastest growing?

OPINIONS: What is the purpose of religion?

WORLD RELIGIONSOverviewAll 5 world religions are important to the majority of the worlds population. Understanding them gives us greater understanding of why people do what they do.HinduismBelief in many forms of one God

Reincarnation: Rebirth based upon karma

Karma: Knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences

Vedas and Upanishads: Sacred writings

Spread along major trade routes

Hinduism

Hindusim

BuddhismFounder: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)Four Noble TruthsEightfold Path

Asokas missionaries and their writings spread Buddhism from India to China and other parts of Asia.Buddhism

Buddhism

Warm Up:Hinduism: Where is it centered? Basic Beliefs?

BuddhismWhere is it centered? Basic Beliefs?

Similarities between the two Eastern Religions?JudaismOriginsAbrahamMosesJerusalem

BeliefsBelief in one God (monotheism)Torah, the written records and beliefs of the JewsTen Commandments, which state moral and religious conduct

Judaism

judaism

CHristianityOriginsRoots in JudaismWas led by Jesus of Nazareth, who was proclaimed the MessiahConflicted with polytheistic beliefs of Roman Empire

BeliefsMonotheismJesus as both Son and incarnation of GodLife after deathNew Testament, containing accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus, as well as writings of early ChristiansChristian doctrines established by early church councils

SpreadPopularity of the messageEarly martyrs inspired othersCarried by the Apostles, including Paul, throughout the Roman EmpireChristianity

Christianity

IslamOriginsMuhammad, the ProphetMecca and Medina on the Arabian Peninsula: Early Muslim cities

SpreadAcross Asia and Africa and into Spain

BeliefsMonotheism: Allah (Arabic word for God)Quran (Koran): The word of GodFive Pillars of IslamAcceptance of Judeo-Christian prophets, including Moses and JesusIslam

Islam

Issue

JerusalemHoly city to all 3 western religionsSource of conflict for thousands of years

World Religions by % of total Population

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