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Major World Religions Buddhism, Christianity,
Hinduism, Islam, Judaism
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Dominate World Religion by Location
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Judaism
Hinduism

• 1st monotheistic (one god) faith
• Abraham is the earthly founder
• Sacred text is the Torah
• Old Testament
• 5 books of Moses

• Oldest organized polytheistic faith
• No 1 founder, Aryan people as a whole
• Sacred text are the Vedas
• Hymns, prayers, and moral stories

• Believes that the messiah is still to come
• Believes Jesus was a great prophet, but not of a
  miracle birth
• Beginning dawn of time
• 10 Commandments core laws of behavior

• Born into the faith system
• Believes in reincarnation karma
• Trinity
• Brahma Creator
• Vishnu Preserver
• Shiva Destroyer

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Buddhism
Buddhism

• Nontheistic no god
• Founded by Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal around
  2,500 years ago

• Sacred text Tripitaka Three Baskets
• Believe in reincarnation, goal is to achieve
  enlightenment to get to Nirvana (heaven)
• 8-Fold Path is their laws/rules
• Peaceful
• Theravada Very traditional
• Mahayana Modern, less strict

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Christianity
Christianity

• Monotheistic
• Founded by Jesus of Nazareth in 33 A.D.
• Believe Jesus was the son of God sent as the
  savior to the people

• Jesus was raised as Jewish
• Christianity is considered to be the next stage
  of the Jewish faith
• Open to anyone, no class requirements, or
  financial requirements
• Part of the reason it spread so rapidly

• Sacred text Bible (Old Testament, and New
  Testament)
• Symbol Cross to represent the death of Christ

• 10 Commandments core laws as are the teachings of
  the New Testament

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Islam
Islam

• Monotheistic
• Founded by Muhammad 632 A.D
• Muhammad is believed to be a great prophet who
  God revealed that he has 4 functions creation,
  sustenance, guidance, and judgment

• Sacred text Quran
• Core laws 5 Pillars of Islam

• Can trace origins back to Abraham, controversy is
  the role of Ishmael and Isaac

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Islam
Islam

• Two branches of Islam
• Sunni Caliph (leaders) devout followers of
  Muhammad
• Shia Caliph (leaders) must be a direct
  descendent of Muhammad
• Shiite enact jihad to an extreme

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Timeline of Major Events in Judaism

• 1812 BC Abrahams teaching begins
• 1428 BC Israelites enslaved in Egypt
• 1392 BC Moses born (raised by Egyptian princess)
• 1312 BC Exodus from Egypt
• 877 BC King David establishes kingdom of Israel
• 836 BC King Solomon takes over
• 796 BC Israel splits into 2 kingdoms
• King Rehoboam leads Kingdom of Judea
• 10 Northern tribes establish Kingdom of Israel
• 555 BC Assyrians conquer Israel
• 547 BC Sennacherib (Babylonian) attacks
  Jerusalem
• 442 BC Babylonians take over, Jews kicked out of
  Israel
• 370 BC Jewish return
• 347 245 BC Greek overrun and persecute Jewish
• 139 BC Revolt of Maccabee
• 1st religious war

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Timeline of Major Events in Judaism

• 37 BC King Herod takes over Israel
• Mentally unstable, has children and wife killed
• But good with the political end of things, has
  strong ties to Rome with Octavian so as Rome
  prospers, Israel does as well

• 638 AD Islam conquers Jerusalem
• 1096 Crusades begin
• Primarily between Muslims and Christians, but
  Jewish are a secondary target for both groups