Give the percentage of the worlds Christian population belonging to each of Christianity's three major branches
50% Roman Catholics25% Protestants10% Eastern Orthodox
Regarding Eastern Orthodox churches how many separate churches are there, and which has the largest membership?
14 churches with the Russian Orthodox Church being the largest.
What percentage of Latin Americans are Roman Catholic?
95%
Protestants compromise 28% of North Americans. List the five largest denominations.
Baptist, Methodist, Pentecost, Lutheran, presbyterian
What is the location concentration for the Coptic church of Egypt?
NE Africa
What is the location concentration of the Ethiopian church?
NE Africa
What is the location concentration of the Armenian church?
Antioch, Syria, Azerbaijan
What is the location concentration of the Church if Jesus Christ?
USA
What is the location concentration of the Maronites?
Lebanon
Half of the worlds Muslims live in the Middle East. The other half live in 4 countries outside the Middle East. Name them.
Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, india
Give the percentage of each of Islam's 2 greatest branches: Sunni and Shiite.
Sunni- 83%Shiite- 27%
Only in 5 countries do Shiite Muslims number more than Sunni. What are they?
Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, oman
Buddhism is built around "4 noble truths" as taught by the Buddha. Summarize them.
All beings have to suffer.Suffering leads to reincarnation.The goal of life is to end suffering and reach Nirvana.And eightfold path to reach nirvana.
What are Buddhism's three main branches?
MahayanaTheravadaTantraya
Why are Buddhists difficult to count?
Only a few people participate in Buddhist institutions.
Where are Hindus concentrated and what percent of Hindus live there?
In India with 97% living there.
Where are the other Hindus not living in India?
The US and the UK
What are some notes on Confusianism?
Follow confucious' teachings and believe in correct behavior and service.
what are some notes on Daoism?
Focuses more on the mystical and magical elements of life.
What are some notes on Shintoism?
The ethnic religion of Japan. Forces if nature are divine and in their ancestors spirits.
Notes on Judaism?
Roots of Christianity and Islam.
Monotheistic.
Notes on Animism?
10% of Africans with monotheistic concepts.
What is the origin of Christianity?
The person who founded it was Jesus. The major belief for Christianity is that God conveys his grave to humanity through the 7 sacraments.In Orthodox they accept the seven sacraments but reject the pope and his doctrines. In protest ism salvation is achieved through direct communication with God and faith.
What is the origin and beliefs of Islam?
Muhammad in. The 6 century.In Sunni and Shiite they believe in the Quran. The major difference is the disagreement over the line of the succession of Islamic leadership.
What is the origin of Buddhism and it's major beliefs?
Siddharta Guatama in the 5 century BCTheravada believes that in order to become good they must renounce wordly good and become a monk.In mayahana they emphasize teaching compassion and helping others.
In Hinduism, how is it's origin different than others?
Didn't start with a specific founder.
When did Hinduism originate?
2000 BC
Where did Hinduism originate?
Indus River valley in the upper N part of India.
What two ancient peoples blended to form Hinduism?
Aryans and dravidians
Give three explanations for the diffusion of Christianity.
Relocation diffusionContagious diffusionHierarchal diffusion
Three ways Islam spread?
Expansion diffusion
Two reasons for the expansion of Buddism
Asoka and Mahinda.
What are three cases in which religions blended.
Shintoism and Buddhism in JapanAfrican practices and Christianity in Africa, Namibia, equatorial gineaHinduism, Islam and Christianity on the island of mairitaus
How is Judaism distribution different then other ethnic religions?
Practiced in many countries
What was the diaspora?
When the Romans forced the Jews to move around the world
How were Jews treated as they lived among other nationalities?
They were persecuted
Where are Buddhist holy places located?
Located near the 8 events that Buddha had done that were important.
What are some Islamic holy places?
Mecca and Al- Kaba
Where are the Hindu holy places located?
They are dispersed in places that commemorate gods, on riverbanks, and on coastlines
What is the most prominent feature of the calendar in an ethnic religion?
The celebration of the seasons.
What is the principle purpose of the calendar in a universalizing religion?
They commemorate events in the founders life.
How is the Jewish calendar typical of the ethnic use of a calendar?
Related to the agricultural cycle