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The Three World Religions
Three World Religions
MAIN IDEA: Three major world religions began in Southwest Asia.
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have become major world faiths. All three religions are examples of Monotheism, or the belief in one God.
Judaism-Patriarch/Founder
Patriarch (Father) and Founder Abraham
Judaism The oldest of the three
religions is Judaism.
Judaism is a monotheistic religion.
The followers of Judaism today are knows as Jews.
According to Jewish belief, the Jews are descended from Abraham.
Judaism The Torah is the most important
Jewish scripture.
It contains the basic laws of Judaism.
Followers of Judaism pray in a synagogue.
Judaism
Today there are over 15 million followers of Judaism scattered throughout the world.
A large number of those people live in the Jewish nation of Israel. Over six million live in the United States.
Judaism
The Wailing Wall
Christianity
Judaism gave rise to another monotheistic religion-Christianity.
Founded in Southwest Asia
Founder-Jesus Followers are called Christians
Christianity
Stories about Jesus and the writings of early Christians became part of the Christian holy book-the Bible.
Place of worship is called a church.
Patriarch-Abraham
Founder- Jesus
Christianity
In time, Christianity spread to Europe, where it became the dominant religion.
Name of Followers- Christians
Place of Worship-Church
Today, it is the world’s largest religion, with over 2.1 billion followers.
Islam
ISLAM is the name given to the monotheisticreligion founded by the prophet Muhammad.
Patriarch- Abraham
Founded in Southwest Asia (Saudi Arabia)
Followers are called Muslims.
Islam The holy book of
Islam is the Koranor Quran.
Allah, is the Islamic God.
Place of worship is called a Mosque.
Islam
Over several centuries, Islam expanded into areas of Asia, North Africa, and parts of Europe.
It has about 1.3 billion followers, most of them in the region north and east of the Mediterranean Sea.
Islam
Islam
The Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem, holy to all three
religions…
Spread of the 3 Religions
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