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    The Role of Religious Group

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    The document summarizes the five largest religious groups in the world by population: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and traditional folk religions. It provides details on the origins and beliefs of each religion. Christianity is based on the life of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Islam is based on revelations to the prophet Muhammad and accepts prior Abrahamic faiths. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama and aims to end suffering through enlightenment. Hinduism encompasses diverse philosophies practiced in India. Traditional folk religions are indigenous beliefs centered around shamanism, animism, and ancestors.

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    The document summarizes the five largest religious groups in the world by population: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and traditional folk religions. It provides details on the origins and beliefs of each religion. Christianity is based on the life of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Islam is based on revelations to the prophet Muhammad and accepts prior Abrahamic faiths. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama and aims to end suffering through enlightenment. Hinduism encompasses diverse philosophies practiced in India. Traditional folk religions are indigenous beliefs centered around shamanism, animism, and ancestors.

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    THE ROLE

    OF
    RELIGIOUS GROUP
    Religion

    is a social-cultural system of designated


    behaviors and practices, morals ,world
    views, texts, sanctified places , prophecies,
    ethics or organizations, that relates
    humanity to supernatural, transcendental
    or spiritual elements.
    The five largest religious
    groups by world population

     Christianity
     Islam
     Buddhism
     Hinduism (with the relative numbers for
    Buddhism and Hinduism dependent on the
    extent of syncretism)
     Traditional Folk religion
    CHRISTIANIT
    Y
    is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of
    Nazareth (1st Century) as presented in the New
    Testament. The Christian faith is essentially faith
    in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, and as a
    Savior and Lord . Almost all Christians believe in
    the Trinity, which teaches the unity of Father , Son
    (Jesus Christ) and Holy Spirit as three persons in
    one Godhead.
    Christianity has been propagated throughout the
    world.
    The main divisions of Christianity are, according to
    the number of adherents :

    The Catholic Church


    Eastern Christianity
    Protestantism
    Restorationism
    Latter-day Saint movement
    Jehovah’s Witnesses
    Islam
    is one of the holy books considered by Muslims to
    be revealed by God, and on the teachings of the
    Islamic prophet Muhammad, a major political and
    religious figure of the 7th century of CE. Islam is
    based on the unity of all religious philosophies and
    accepts all the Abrahamic prophets of Judaism,
    Christianity and other Abrahamic religions before
    Muhammad.
    Adherents of Islam

     Sunni Islam – is the largest denomination within Islam and


    follows the Quran, the hadiths which record the Sunnah , whilst
    placing emphasis on the sahabah.
     Shia Islam – is the second largest denomination of Islam and its
    adherents believe that Ali succeeded Muhammad and further
    places emphasis on Muhammad’s family.
     Ahmadiyya – adherents believe that the awaited Imam Mahdi
    and the promised Messiah has arrived, believed to be Mirza
    Ghulam Ahmad by Ahmadis
     Muwahhidism – muslim revivalist movements
     Salafism
    Buddhism

    was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in the 6 th


    century BCE. Buddhists generally agree that
    Gotama aimed to help sentient beings end their
    suffering (dukkha) by understanding the true
    nature of phenomena, thereby escaping the cycle
    of suffering and rebirth , that is achieving nirvana.
     Theravada Buddhism – is practiced mainly in Sri
    Lanka and Southeast Asia alongside folk religion
     Mahayana Buddhism – multitude of doctrines
    that became prominent in China
     Vajrayana Buddhism – most prominent in the
    Himalaya regions and extends across all of Asia
     Hoa Hao and the Navayana – which were
    developed separately in the 20th century
    Hinduism
     is preferentially self-designated by the Term Vaidika Dharma. It
    is a synecdoche describing the similar philosophies of
    Vaishnavism , Shaivism and related groups practiced or
    founded in the Indian subcontinent.
     is one of the most ancient of still active religions with origins
    perhaps as far back as prehistoric times.
     Is not a monolithic religion but a religious category containing
    dozens of separate philosophies amalgamated as Sanatana
    Dharma , which is the name by which Hinduism has been
    known throughout history by its followers.
    Traditional Folk
    Religion

    refers to a broad category of traditional religions that cam


    be characterized by shamanism, animism and ancestor
    worship , where traditional means “indigenous , that
    which is aboriginal or foundational , handed down from
    generation to generation. These are religions that are
    closely associated with a particular group of people ,
    ethnicity or tribe ; they often have no formal creeds or
    sacred texts.
    THANK YOU!

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