2024-2025 World Religions flashcard

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Monotheism is the belief in many gods

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False

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Universalizing religions tend to only be a certain ethnicity or race since they generally consist of beliefs, superstitions and rituals handed down from generation to generation within a culture.

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False

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This religion is the most prevalent religion in the world with about 2 billion adherants (members).

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Christianity

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This is the oldest major religion. its origins can trace back to around 1500 b.c.e.

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Hinduism

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This religion was founded/first spread by the prophet Muhammad around 632 c.e.

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Islam

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This is a monotheistic religion that has the least amount of followers of all the 5 major religions, with around 14 million followers worldwide.

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Judaism

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This major religion believes in the idea of reincarnation (reborn after dying). The major goal in this religion is to attain "Nirvana".

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Buddhism

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Judaism is an example of a “universalizing” religion

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False

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In the Western hemisphere, there is the largest amount of secular societies. (Secular means "no religion")

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False

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what word is used to describe how religions are spread around to different places.

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diffusion