World Religions Flashcards
Largest Religions - Christian 31% Islam 25% Hinduism 15.2% Buddhism 6.6%
Folk religions - 6%
atheism - belief that God does not exist
agnosticism- belief that God cannot be proven or disproven empirically
Universalizing religion- attempt to be global - C, I, B
ethnic religion - primarily to an ethnic group or region - H, folk
congregation is a gathering of worshipping people
denomination - local congregations into one body
branch - large and fundamental division of a religion
Roman Catholic, Protestant, orthodox
Sunni muslim is more prominent
Chinese religions are syncretic - combines from many
Confucianism - ethical principles for daily life
Taoism - the way or the path - studying nature, finding place in the world
animism - giving discrete spirits and concious life to inanimate things
Judaism - first monotheistic religion
