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Universalizing religion |
• Attempts to be global (missionary work) • Appeals across culture (American connect to an Asian religion) • Exact place of origin base on events of their new man |
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Ethnic religion |
One group in one place (not appeal to all people, no spread, and no missionary) Unknown origin (most are old religions) |
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Universalizing and ethnic religion list and % |
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism 58% Hinduism, Judaism, Chinese traditional (Confucianism & Taoism), Animistic religions 26% |
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Buddhism followers worldwide |
379 million |
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Buddhism name of deity |
No god |
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Founder of Buddhism |
The Buddha |
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Holy book of Buddhism |
Many sacred texts, including the Dhammapada |
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Leadership of Buddhism |
Buddhist monks and nuns |
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Basic beliefs of Buddhism |
• Persons achieve complete peace and happiness (nirvana) by eliminating their attachment to worldly things •Nirvana is reached by following the Noble eightfold |
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Followers worldwide on Christianity |
2.1 billion |
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Name of Deity of Christianity |
God |
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Founder of Christianity |
Jesus |
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Holy book of Christianity |
Christian bible |
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Leadership of Christianity |
Priests, ministers, monks, and nuns |
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Basic beliefs of Christianity |
• There is only one god, who watches over and watches over and cares for his people. •Jesus Christ is the son of God, he died to save humanity from sin. His death and resurrection made eternal life possible for others |
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Followers worldwide on Hinduism |
860 million |
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Name of deity of Hinduism |
Brahma |
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Founder of Hinduism |
No one founder |
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Holy book of Hinduism |
Many sacred texts, including the Upanishads |
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Leadership of Hinduism |
Brahmin priests, monks, and gurus |
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Basic beliefs of Hinduism |
•The soul never dies, but is continually reborn. •persons achieve happiness and enlightenment after they free themselves from the earthly desires. •freedom from earthly desires comes from a lifetime of worship, knowledge, and virtuous acts. |
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Islam followers worldwide |
15.1 million |
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Name of Deity of Judaism |
God |
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Founder of Judaism |
Abraham |
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Holy book of Judaism |
Hebrew bible, including the Torah |
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Leadership of Judaism |
Rabbis |
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Basic beliefs of Judaism |
•only one god who watches over and cares for his people
•God loves and protects his people, but also holds people accountable for their sins and shortcomings
•Persons serve god by studying the Torah and living by its teachings |
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Confucianism followers worldwide |
6.5 million |
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Name of Deity of Confucianism |
No god |
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Founder of Confucianism |
Confucius |
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Holy book of Confucianism |
The analects, the five classics |
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Leadership of Confucianism |
• social order harmony, and good government should be based on strong family leaderships •Respect for parents and elders is important to a well ordered society •Education is important both to the individual and to society |
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Major regions that occupy Christianity |
North and south america, south africa, Australia, europe and siberia |
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Major regions that occupy islam |
North africa and southwest and middle asia |
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Major regions that occupy Buddhism |
East, south, and southeast Asia |
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Lingua franca |
A language that's adopted as a common language whose native language are different Ex: english |
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Standard language |
Standard: language variety used by a population for public purposes or as a variety that has undergone standardization |
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Official language |
Language that is given a special legal status in particular country, state, or other jurisdiction |
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Sacred site and their importance |
•Places within the landscape that have a special meaning or significance under aboriginal tradition •Very important to Islam faith |
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Expansion diffusion |
Hierarchal contagious and stimulus |
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Relocation diffusion |
The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another People move and take their ideas with them (people with luggages move and take it with them) |
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Hirarchal |
An idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places, often with little regard to the distance between places and often influenced by social elites. |
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Contagious diffusion |
An idea or innovation that spreads based on person to person contact within a given population (disease) |
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Stimulus diffusion |
Diffusion in which one people receives a culture element from another but gives it a new unique form |
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Cultural landscape |
Landscape that people have motified |