Taoism also spelled Daoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy and religion usually considered part of the blended Chinese religion that includes Confucianism and Buddhism. Confucianism is a philosophy of life with roots in ancient China. It developed from the teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius BC — Buddhism is a philosophy of life and religion. Generally speaking, Buddhists seek enlightenment as the ultimate goal in life. The overwhelming majority dwell in the Asia-Pacific region.
Folk religions consist of those closely associated with a particular people group, ethnicity, or tribe. World religions is an expansive topic worthy of a lifetime of study. Admittedly, the faiths assembled here only scratch the surface of the total number of religions practiced by the people of our planet. Nonetheless, the vast majority of the global population of religious adherents conforms to one of these classifications or subgroups. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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They can also produce philosophical innovation, ethical reform, and the advancement of social justice. Taken together, these brief and sometimes overlapping histories offer a window into human history itself. Each of these entries is a surface-level look at the religion in question.
Try capturing everything about Buddhism in just words! We also scratch the surface when it comes to the number of actual religions and denominations, both current and ancient. This is merely an introduction. Use it to get started on your religious studies essay, to brush up before an exam on religion and world history, or just to learn more about the world around you.
Below are some of the leading spiritual and religious traditions in the world, both past and present:. Atheism refers to either the absence of a belief in the existence of deities or to an active belief that deities do not exist. This belief system rejects theology as well as the constructs of organized religion. Use of the term originated in the ancient world and was meant to degrade those who rejected commonly accepted religious precepts.
It was first self-applied during the Age of Enlightenment in 18th century France. The French Revolution was driven by the prioritization of human reason over the abstract authority of religion. This prompted a period of skeptical inquiry, one in which atheism became an important cultural, philosophical, and political entity. Many who characterize themselves as atheists argue that a lack of proof or scientific process prevents the belief in a deity.
Some who refer to themselves as secular humanists have developed a code of ethics that exists separate from the worship of a deity. Polling around the world has produced an extremely wide variance, with the largest rates of atheism generally seen in Europe and East Asia.
Instead, agnosticism argues that the limits of human reasoning and understanding make the existence of god s , the origins of the universe, and the possibility of an afterlife all unknowable. Like atheism, the term emerged around the fifth century BCE and was contemplated with particular interest in Indian cultures. It gained more popular modern visibility when coined by English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley , who in recognized that incapacity of humans to truly answer questions regarding the divine.
To Huxley, and the agnostic and athiest thinkers who followed, theistic or gnostic religions lack scientific basis, and therefore, should be rejected. Today, Babism exists with a few thousand adherents, concentrated largely in Iran, and standing separately from the Islamic ideologies that surround it. Buddhism is both a religion and philosophy. The traditions and beliefs surrounding Buddhism can be traced to the original teachings of Gautama Buddha, a sagely thinker who is believed to have lived between the fourth and sixth centuries BCE.
The Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of ancient India, providing the template for a faith based on the ideas of moral rectitude, freedom from material attachment or desire, the achievement of peace and illumination through meditation, and a life dedicated to wisdom, kindness, and compassion.
Though its scriptures and traditions inform countless subsequent sects and ideologies, Buddhism is largely divided into two branches: Theravada — the goal of which is to achieve freedom from ignorance, material attachment, and anger by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path, all in pursuit of a sublime state called Nirvana; and Mahayana — the goal of which is aspire to Buddhahood by practicing the Zen principles of self-control, meditation, and expression of the insight of Buddha in your daily life, especially for the benefit of others, all to the end of achieving bodhisattva, or an ongoing cycle of rebirth by which you can continue to enlighten others.
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. Christianity teaches that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah the savior of humanity foretold in the Torah, the primary scriptural doctrine of the Jewish faith. Christian scripture incorporates both the Torah referred to by Christians as the Old Testament with the story of Jesus, his teachings, and those of his contemporaneous disciples the New Testament.
These form the Bible , the central text of the Christian faith. This idea and its adherents spread rapidly through ancient Judea around the first century CE, then throughout the ancient world. Christians believe Jesus successfully met and completed all the requirements of the Old Testament laws, took upon himself the sins of the world during his crucifixion, died, and rose to life again so that those who place their faith in him are forgiven their sins, reconciled to God, and granted grace for daily living.
Christians maintain that heaven with God awaits them after bodily death, whereas eternal separation from God in hell awaits those who neither received forgiveness for their sins nor acknowledged Jesus as Lord.
Christianity has seen countless reformation movements, which spawned innumerable sects and offshoot denominations. Combined, Christianity is the largest religion in the world, with roughly 2.
Its impact on the shape of world history and on present-day world culture is incalculable. Confucianism was a dominant form of philosophy and religious orientation in ancient China, one that emerged from the teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius, who lived — BCE.
Confucius viewed himself as a channel for the theological ideas emerging from the imperial dynasties that came before him. With an emphasis on family and social harmony, Confucianism was a distinctly humanist and even secularist religious ideology. Confucianism had a profound impact on the development of Eastern legal customs and the emergence of a scholar class and with it, a meritocratic way of governing.
The question, "Why so many religions to reach one God? But that assumption is dubious at best. More than 1 billion Hindus certainly would reject the assumption that there is just one God. Muslims believe there is only one creator of this universe. The only true God who is worthy of worship. The one who has been sending messengers, with the same message, to guide his creation to him [Quran ]. However, God, in his infinite wisdom, allowed Satan to try to drive mankind away from the straight path as a test for man's free will [Quran ].
Satan vowed to do his best to mislead the people except those who are God's close servants [Quran ]. Thus, over time, some men changed or created new religions to suit their own agendas, ideologies or political advancements. Even among Muslims, political motives or various differences were the original causes of split between some factions of the Muslims, for example Sunnis and Shias. God chose only one path for his creation to follow to reach him.
All others will lead to nowhere. This old adage speaks to me of the deep and humanly unfathomable mystery of God. It is no small wonder that humankind has tried many, many paths to a relationship with the creator of us all. Religions form through the effort of human beings seeking some understanding of and relationship with God. Yet, as many faceted as human beings are, God is infinitely more faceted. Thus, many different attempts and practices develop reflective of people's imagination and the call of God deep within the human soul.
Augustine wrote, "Our hearts are restless, O God, until they find their rest in you. Often enough it is also disagreements within the community that bring forth different denominations or religions. God constantly calls out to us. Hopefully, religion answers. Buddhists don't rely on "one God. Gautama, however, interacted with multiple Hindu gods ruled by Indra. Forced unity under one entity is contrary to Buddhism.
You can learn more about religion in the United States on our main religion page, as well as information about atheism, agnostic people, and the religiously unaffiliated. Judaism is a strictly monotheistic religion practiced by the Jewish people, an ethnic and religious nation descended from the historic peoples of Israel and Judah.
Judaism as it would be recognized today originated in the Middle East in at least the s BCE, although certain religious traditions or beliefs can be traced back much further. Its adherents have long faced persecution fromdominant religious groups around them. Through to the modern day, Jews have been the victims of intense violence and discrimination.
All the same, Judaism has persisted and remains one of the most visible and widely practiced religions in the world. Learn more. Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered around the personage of Jesus of Nazareth, or Jesus Christ.
Christianity arose in the 30s? Early Christianity rejected many of the social, cultural, and religious institutions of Judaism and pursued radically different strains of spiritual thought.
Within a centurya recognizableChurch was founded. The texts of the faith and its most important creeds were codified in the s CE. Despite persecution, Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire and all of its inheritors, and in the timesince the different Christian denominations have collectively become the largest faith in the world by a wide margin.
Islam is a strictly monotheistic faith founded by the prophet Muhammad in the year in present-day Saudi Arabia. His teachings, collected in the Quran, claim common descent with many Jewish and Christian beliefs. Muhammad preached monotheism in the city of Mecca despite opposition from local polytheists, and quickly built a religious community of early Muslims. The Islamic community was forced to relocate to Medina in , after which the group codified and began their expansion across the Arabian peninsula.
Nearly all of Arabia converted to Islam by , the year of Muhammad's death, and in the years since it has grown to become the world's second largest religion, mostly concentrated in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Baha'i is the youngest major world religion, founded in by the prophet Bah'u'llh. Baha'i grew out of the earlier religion of Babism, whose founder the Bab presaged the coming of another great prophet like the coming of Muhammad.
Baha'i originated in Iran, although its current center is in Haifa, Israel. Baha'i is a monotheistic religion, but it teaches that religious truth is manifested and revealed by the founders of all the major world religions, including Jesus Christ and the Buddha.
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