Key 22 Flashcards
Universal religions —— from specific hearths while ethnic religions tend to ——
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Remain clustered
Aryan tribes
From Central Asia invaded India 1400bc and brought indo European languages and religion
First settled in Punjab northwest India and migrated east
Intermingling with Dravidians modified their religious beliefs
Christianity and Islam place of origin
South west Asia
Buddhism place of origin
South Asia
Abdul baha
Bahaullah
Spread Bahai religion
Clustered around Punjab
Punjab origin
Fought with Muslims to retain Punjab
Sikhism
Ethnic religions have —– diffusion
Limited
Why Ethnic religions have limited diffusion
These religions lack missionaries who are devoted to converting people from other religions
Churches In Africa
So many because merging of traditional practices and Christianity
Buddhism and Shintoism
In East Asia first shintoism resistant Buddhism and then embraced and amalgamated the two religions
How ethnic religions diffuse
Adherents migrate to locations for economic reasons and are not forced to adopt a universalizing religion
Why is Judaism an exception religions and diffusion
Judaism is practiced in many countries
Diaspora
The forced diffusion of Jews by Romans
Most Jews migrate from where to where
Eastern Mediterranean to Europe
Ghetto
City Neighborhood set by law to be inhabited only by Jews