PPT-Religion Key Issues Where are religions distributed? Why do religions have different distributions

Religion Key Issues Where are religions distributed Why do religions have different distributions Concerned with the regional distribution of different religions and the resulting potential for conflict. Universalizing religions. Islam. The second-largest world religion (about 1.3 billion adherents). Significant clusters in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Core of Islamic belief = the five pillars. Jainism. Jainism . is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live lives of harmlessness and renunciation.. The essence of Jainism is concern for the welfare of every being in the universe and for the health of the universe itself. Religion in China. . today…. The constitution of China states “Citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy freedom of religion. No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens because they do, or do not believe in religion." This protection is extended only to what is called "normal religious activity," generally understood to refer to religions that submit to state control via the State Administration for Religious . 6. th Grade UBD - Unit 8 - Religion and Culture in Africa. Essential Question. How did contact with other religions change life in Africa?. Preview. Traditional Religion in Africa. - . For thousands of years, the native-born people of Africa have practiced traditional religions.. Ch. 25 in Geography Textbook. Hinduism: Key Beliefs. Vedas (Holy Writing) and . Varnas. (Caste System). Hinduism = Polytheist (>3 million gods) . But they have 3 main ones). Brahma: The Creator. Vishnu: The Preserver. Pilgrimage. A journey to a sacred religious location.. Caste. The class or order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.. Animism. The belief that objects and events in nature have a discrete spirit and conscious life.. Geographers distinguish . two types . of . religions. 1.) . UNIVERSALIZING . religions. . that. . attempt . to be . GLOBAL by . appealing to all . people, not just those in a particular location. .. WHII.15. Warm-up:. How have the five world religions had a profound impact on culture and civilization?. What are some characteristics of the five major world religions?. Monotheism. Belief in only one God. Social Studies. Geography. Major World Religions. A Look At The Numbers. Pie Chart. Christianity. Islam. Hinduism. Buddhism. Sikhism. Religions by Followers. Roughly 2,120,900,550 followers. Monotheistic. Most religious people pray for peace, but religious groups may not share the same vision of how peace will be achieved.. Geographers see that the process by which one religion diffuses across the landscape may conflict with the distribution of others. . Ethnic Religions are religions that appeal to a specific group of people and are the smaller between Ethnic and Universalizing. Sometimes you must be of the ethnicity in order to be ah adherent.. The largest ethnic religion is Hinduism which claims 950 million adherents (14% of the world’s population).. . DR. . StEpHEN. A. OGDEN. RELIGIOUS STUDIES. BCIT LIBS 7023. CAUTIONS. Dealings between religions are fraught, and must be treated advisedly.. The matter must be approached at introduction (as here) from the highest degree of generality.. Reason for Studying World Religions. More contact with people of other religions. Global conflicts have religious labels. Globalizaion – more interaction with others. Religion is the main component of peoples worldviews. Religion. A set of beliefs . an explanation of the origins and purpose of humans and their role on earth. existence of a higher power, spirits or god. Which involves rituals, festivals, rites of passage and space (religious landscapes).