Chapter 6 Key Issues Flashcards
4 largest religions
christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism
unaffliated
lack belief in god
atheism
god doesn’t exist
agnosticism
god cannot be proven/disproven
universalizing
global, appeal to all people
ethnic
appeal to 1 ethnic/cultural group
christianity distribution
western hemisphere, europe, sub-saharan africa,
islam distribution
southwest asia & north africa, central asia, indonesia
buddhism/hinduism distribution
asia
judaism distribution
israel
religion that isn’t predominate
minority religions
east asia diversity
50% unaffliated, 50% divided w/ buddhism & folk
south asia diversity
2/3 hindu, 1/3 muslim
southeast asia diversity
40% muslim, 23% buddhist, 23% christian
sub-saharan africa diversity
2/3 christian, 1/3 muslim
congregation
local assembly for common worship
denomination
unite congregations
branch
large/fundamental division
distribution of branches in europe
- roman catholic 47%
- protestant 18%
- orthodox 35%
remains of war, colonies
distribution of branches in western hemisphere
- roman catholic 32%
- protestant 63%
segregation of blacks
distribution of buddhists
- mahayana 56%
- theravada 38%
- vajrayana 6%
distribution of muslims
southwest asia, north africa, central asia