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WORLD RELIGIONS
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RELIGION – set of beliefs in an ultimate reality and a set of practices used to express those beliefs.Key component of culture
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CHARACTERISTICS OF RELIGION THAT UNITE FOLLOWERS:Special celebrationWorship stylesSacred textsSymbolssites
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TERMS:ANIMISM – belief that spirits inhabit natural
objects and forces of natureATHEISM – disbelief in the existence of any
godMONOTHEISM – belief in one godPOLYTHEISM – belief in more than one godSECULARISM – belief that life’s questions
can be answered apart from religious beliefSECT – subdivision within a religion that has
its own distinctive beliefs and /or practices
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WHY STUDY RELIGION:Shapes how people interact with one anotherShapes how people dressShapes how people eat
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DIFFUSION OF RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD CAUSED BYMigrationMissionary workTradeWar
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PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATIONIslam – 22%Christianity – 33%Sikhism – 0.4%Buddhism – 6%Hinduism – 13%Judaism – 0.2%Confucianism – 6%Nonreligious or atheist – 15%Other religion – 7%