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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

Ethnic religion

One group in one place (not appeal to all people, no spread, and no missionary)


Unknown origin (most are old religions)

Universalizing and ethnic religion list and %

Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism 58%



Hinduism, Judaism, Chinese traditional (Confucianism & Taoism), Animistic religions 26%

Buddhism followers worldwide

379 million

Buddhism name of deity

No god

Founder of Buddhism

The Buddha

Holy book of Buddhism

Many sacred texts, including the Dhammapada

Leadership of Buddhism

Buddhist monks and nuns

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

Followers worldwide on Christianity

2.1 billion

Name of Deity of Christianity

God

Founder of Christianity

Jesus

Holy book of Christianity

Christian bible

Leadership of Christianity

Priests, ministers, monks, and nuns

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

Followers worldwide on Hinduism

860 million

Name of deity of Hinduism

Brahma

Founder of Hinduism

No one founder

Holy book of Hinduism

Many sacred texts, including the Upanishads

Leadership of Hinduism

Brahmin priests, monks, and gurus

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.

Islam followers worldwide

15.1 million

Name of Deity of Judaism

God

Founder of Judaism

Abraham

Holy book of Judaism

Hebrew bible, including the Torah

Leadership of Judaism

Rabbis

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

Confucianism followers worldwide

6.5 million

Name of Deity of Confucianism

No god

Founder of Confucianism

Confucius

Holy book of Confucianism

The analects, the five classics

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

Major regions that occupy Christianity

North and south america, south africa, Australia, europe and siberia

Major regions that occupy islam

North africa and southwest and middle asia

Major regions that occupy Buddhism

East, south, and southeast Asia

Lingua franca

A language that's adopted as a common language whose native language are different


Ex: english

Standard language

Standard: language variety used by a population for public purposes or as a variety that has undergone standardization

Official language

Language that is given a special legal status in particular country, state, or other jurisdiction

Sacred site and their importance

Places within the landscape that have a special meaning or significance under aboriginal tradition


•Very important to Islam faith

Expansion diffusion

Hierarchal contagious and stimulus

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)

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.

Contagious diffusion

An idea or innovation that spreads based on person to person contact within a given population (disease)

Stimulus diffusion

Diffusion in which one people receives a culture element from another but gives it a new unique form

Cultural landscape

Landscape that people have motified