1. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. W1/4/12 Distribution of Religions Ch. 6.1 (pp. 168-178)

2. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Intro Universalizing religions –Seek to appeal to all people –role of missionaries Ethnic religions –Appeal to a smaller group of people living in one place monotheism vs. polytheism

3. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. World Distribution of Religions Figure 6-3

4. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Universalizing Religions A. Christianity –The largest world religion (about 2 billion adherents) Many adherents in Europe, the Americas –Three major branches Roman Catholicism (51 percent) Eastern Orthodox (11 percent) (c. 1054) Protestant Christianity (24 percent) (c. 1517) Other, smaller branches of Christianity comprise 14 percent of all Christians

5. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Distribution of Christians in the United States Figure 6-2

6. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Universalizing Religions (cont.) B. 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 –Two significant branches Sunnis (83 percent) (“followers of Mohammed’s example”) Shias or Shiites (16 percent) (descendants of Mohammed’s family)

7. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Universalizing Religions (cont.) C. Buddhism –About 400 million adherents (difficult to quantify) Significant clusters in China, Southeast Asia –The Four Noble Truths –Three branches Mahayana (China, Japan, Korea) Theravada (Southeast Asia) Tantrayana (Tibet, Mongolia)

8. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Universalizing Religions (cont.) D. Other Universal Religions –Sikhism – Nanak (guru) Began in Pakistan, largest in Punjab, India c. late 16 th Century About 23 million followers –Baha’i – Bab & Bah’a’ullah (founder & prophet) Iran (c. 1844) About 7 million followers

9. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. II. Ethnic Religions A. Hinduism –The third-largest religion in the world (900 million adherents) –97 percent of Hindus are found in India –Many paths to spirituality

10. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. II. Ethnic religions (cont.) B. Other ethnic religions –Confucianism (China) –Daoism (China) –Shinto (Japan) –Judaism (today: the United States, Israel) The first monotheistic religion Influence on Christianity & Islam –Ethnic African religions Animism

11. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 6-4 Figure 6-5 BuddhismHinduism

12. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Religions of the United States