1. Universalizing religions
The big 3
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
The attempt to be global and appeal to all people no matter where they are.

2. Ethnic religions
Appeal primarily to only one group of people living in one place.
Hinduism
Confucianism
Daoism. (Taoism)
Shintoism
Judaism
Ethnic African religions (Animism)

4. Christianity
Roman
Eastern
Protestant
Catholic
Orthodox
52%
10%
21%

5. Other Christians
22% of Christians belong to churches not affiliated with the previous three.
5% are self confessed Christians who have no church affiliation. This equals 110% because 10% have been baptized in more than one church.

6. Europe geography demographic
protestant
Roman catholic
Eastern orthodox

7. Western hemisphere About 90% of people living there are Christian.
Sharp boundaries still exist as in Europe.
Roman Catholics – 93% in Latin America
Roman Catholics - 29% in North America
Within North America RC’s clustered in south western and Northeastern U.S. and Quebec.

8. Western hemisphere Protestant churches – 28% of U. S. population.
Baptists make up the largest group 35 million.
The next three largest are:
Methodist, Pentecostal and Lutheran.
Baptists – clustered in the southeast
Lutherans – upper mid west
The rest are scattered somewhat evenly.

9. Smaller Christian branches
Isolated at the beginning of Christianity
Because of doctrine and Islamic influence.
The Coptic church of Egypt and the Ethiopian church split from the ECC in and trace roots to shipwrecked Christians in the 4th century who were enslaved in Ethiopia.
Egyptian Coptic Church – NE Africa.

10. Church of Latter-day saints
Mormons regard themselves as Christians, a separate branch of Christianity.

11. Islam
Predominantly clustered in the middle east, north Africa and Central Asia.
Half the world’s Muslims live OUTSIDE the middle east.- Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India.
Islam means – submission to the will of God.
Muslim in Arabic means “one who surrenders to God.
Follow the five pillars of faith

12. Branches of Islam Sunni and Shiite Sunni – (orthodox) 83% of Muslims
Shiite (sectarian) 16% of Muslims clustered in a handful of countries
30% Iran , 90% of the population, more than half live in Azerbaijan.
15% Pakistan
10% Iraq

13. Muslims Europe 5% France has the largest population approx. 4 million.
Germany – 3 million.
Albania, Bosnia, Serbia about 2 million each.
US and Canada have approx. 5 million
US has “Nation of Islam” Malcolm X.

14. Buddhism About 400 million people Clustered in china and SE Asia.
Follow the four noble truths

15. Buddhism BUDDHISM CHINA JAPAN KOREA CAMBODIA LAOS MYANMAR SRI LANKA
MAHANAYA
56%
CHINA
JAPAN
KOREA
THERAVADA
38%
CAMBODIA
LAOS
MYANMAR
SRI LANKA
THAILAND
TANTRAYANA
TIBET
MONGOLIA
BUDDHISM

16. Buddhism Differs from other religions in western world,
Someone can be a Buddhist and a believer in eastern religions, whereas Christianity and Islam require strict and exclusive adherence.
China and Japan are an example of places where some believe in Buddhism and an ethnic religion.

17. Other universalizing religions
Sikhism 25 million – founded by Pakistani.
First guru named Nanak God was revealed as the One Supreme Being. People can grow by taking responsibility for deeds and actions on earth. Adore and surrender to one God.
Baha'i’ 8 million – founded in Iran by Siyyid Ali Muhammad belief that a prophet” Bahaullah” established the faith to overcome disunity of religions and establish a faith that abolishes race class and religious prejudices.

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