Five
major Religions:
1. Christianity
- number of adherents: around 2.2
billion (largest in the world)
- call them: Christians
- geographic location: Europe. the
Americas, Southern Africa
- denominations: catholic church,
Eastern Orthodox church, protestants (Lutherans, methodists, baptists,
Anglicans, presbyterians, Episcopalians, etc)
- founder: Jesus Christ
- holy book: The bible
- beliefs: Jesus is both human and
divine - the son of God, led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died,
buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns w/ God
the father
- clergy: the pope is head of the
Catholic church priest are local authorities
2. Islam
- number of adherents: 1.5 billion (
second largest)
- call them: Muslims
- Geographic location: Indonesia,
Middle east, North Africa
- Denominations: Sunnis (75- 90%),
Shiites (10-20%)
- founder: Muhammad (570- 652)
- holy book- Qur'an (Koran)
- beliefs: monotheistic, Abrahamic
- five
plans (testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage)
-muslims
see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allan (God), and
observing Islamic law
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