Religion NotesReligion Notes

Ms. PattenMs. Patten

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Religion WorldwideReligion Worldwidehttp://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

Religion Worldwide Religion Worldwide pg pg

188188

Religion Worldwide Religion Worldwide pg pg 188-89188-89

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Religion: US Religion: US pg 191pg 191

MinnesotaMinnesota

http://www.religionatlas.org/religion_region/MIDWEST/MinnAd.htm

Judaism and the Judaism and the HolocaustHolocaust

Austria 50,000 -- 27.0%Italy 7,680 -- 17.3%Belgium 28,900 -- 44.0%Latvia 71,500 -- 78.1%Bohemia/Moravia 78,150 -- 66.1%Lithuania 143,000 -- 85.1%Luxembourg 1,950 -- 55.7%Netherlands 100,000 -- 71.4%Estonia 2,000 -- 44.4%Norway 762 -- 44.8%Poland 3,000,000 -- 90.9%France 77,320 -- 22.1%Romania 287,000 -- 47.1%Germany 141,500 -- 25.0%Slovakia 71,000 -- 79.8%Greece 67,000 -- 86.6%Soviet Union 1,100,000 -- 36.4%Hungary 569,000 -- 69.0%Yugoslavia 63,300 -- 81.2%

6 million Jews

5 million others

Gypsies, Serbs, Polish intelligentsia, resistance fighters from all the nations, German opponents of Nazism, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, habitual criminals, and the "anti-social," e.g. beggars, vagrants, and hawkers

ReligionReligion

Belief in and Belief in and reverence for a reverence for a supernatural supernatural power or powers power or powers regarded as regarded as creator and creator and governor of the governor of the universe.universe.

American Heritage, 2007American Heritage, 2007

Branch A large and

fundamental division within a religion

Denomination A division of a

branch Sect

Relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination

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ChristianityChristianity

33%...2 Billion33%...2 Billion Israel/JordanIsrael/Jordan Roman Catholic/Protestant/Eastern Roman Catholic/Protestant/Eastern

OrthodoxOrthodox Most widely dispersedMost widely dispersed

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Christianity in Europe Christianity in Europe pg 190pg 190

ChristianityChristianity

Christianity: Diffusion Christianity: Diffusion pg 198pg 198

IslamIslam

21%...1.3Billion21%...1.3Billion Arabia (Israel/Jordan)Arabia (Israel/Jordan) Shiite (sectarian, 16%) /Sunni (orthodox, Shiite (sectarian, 16%) /Sunni (orthodox,

83%)83%) In Iraq, 60-65% of the population was In Iraq, 60-65% of the population was

Shiite, but were ruled by a Sunni leader Shiite, but were ruled by a Sunni leader representing 32-37% of the populationrepresenting 32-37% of the population

Fastest growing…IndonesiaFastest growing…Indonesia

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Islam Islam pg 199pg 199

IslamIslam http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/africa_islam_87.jpg

HinduismHinduism

13%...820 million13%...820 million Pakistan along the Pakistan along the

Indus RiverIndus River ……India todayIndia today Regional religionRegional religion World’s oldest World’s oldest

organized religionorganized religion

CIHBJ

HinduismHinduismhttp://www.pluralism.org/resources/statistics/distribution.php

BuddhismBuddhism

6%...365 million6%...365 million N India origins but E/SE Asia todayN India origins but E/SE Asia today 3 branches3 branches

CIHBJ

BuddhismBuddhismhttp://www.pluralism.org/resources/statistics/distribution.php

Buddhism Buddhism pg 200pg 200

JudaismJudaism

.2%...18 million.2%...18 million Israel/JordanIsrael/Jordan Orthodox/Reform/ConservativeOrthodox/Reform/Conservative

CIHBJ

The Power InfluenceThe Power Influence

Secular StatesSecular States Indifference to Indifference to

religionreligion Industrialization Industrialization

and urbanizationand urbanization United States, United States,

EuropeEurope

Non Secular StatesNon Secular States Religion Religion

embedded in embedded in governmentgovernment

Rural and Rural and conservative conservative societiessocieties

Muslim world: Muslim world: Afghanistan/IranAfghanistan/Iran

The Reach of the The Reach of the ReligionReligion

Global/UniversalizingGlobal/Universalizing

ChristianityChristianity IslamIslam BuddhismBuddhism aka aka

universaluniversal actively actively

seek seek converts converts

TraditionalTraditional AfricaAfrica S. AmericaS. America Local and Local and

of limited of limited extentextent

CulturalCultural HinduismHinduism ConfucianisConfucianis

mm TaoismTaoism Dominate Dominate

a single a single cultureculture

regional or regional or ethnicethnic

The Reach of the The Reach of the ReligionReligion

The Central FocusThe Central Focus

MonotheisticMonotheistic Single Single

deity or deity or godgod

IslamIslam ChristianityChristianity

PolytheisticPolytheistic Multiple Multiple

godsgods HinduismHinduism

AnimisticAnimistic Inanimate Inanimate

objects objects possess possess spirits and spirits and are are reveredrevered