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Distribution of Religions
Universalizing and Ethnic Religions
Universalizing Religions
• Attempts to be global, to appeal to all people,
wherever they may live in the world, not just
to those of one culture or location
• Three main universalizing religions
– Christianity
– Islam
– Buddhism
Christianity
• Branches of Christianity
– Roman Catholic (52%), Protestant (21%), and Eastern Orthodox
(10%)
• In Europe, where are the majority of Roman Catholics located?
Protestants?
• Where are the Eastern Orthodox Christians located?
• 90% of people in the Western Hemisphere are Christian
– How are Catholics distributed in the Western Hemisphere?
– How are Protestant churches distributed in the US?
Islam
• 1.3 billion Muslims in the world
– SW Asia and North Africa
– Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India
• Five Pillars of Islam
• Branches of Islam:
– Sunni 83%
– Shiite/Shia 16%
• Islam in Europe
– France and Germany
• Islam in North America
– Nation of Islam
Buddhism
• China and SE Asia
• Four Noble Truths
• Main Branches:
Mahayana, Theravada,
and Tantrayana
• Buddhists can also belong
to other religions
– Especially in China and
Japan
World Distribution of Religions
Fig. 6-1: World religions by continent.
World Population by Religion
Fig. 6-1a: Over two-thirds of the world’s population belong to Christianity, Islam,
Hinduism, or Buddhism. Christianity is the single largest world religion.
Christian Branches in the U.S.
Fig. 6-3: Distribution of Christians in the U.S. Shaded areas are counties with more than 50% of
church membership concentrated in Roman Catholicism or one of the Protestant
denominations.
Christian Branches in Europe
Fig. 6-2: Protestant denominations, Catholicism, and Eastern Orthodoxy are dominant
in different regions of Europe—a result of many historic interactions.
Ethnic Religions
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Appeals primarily to one group of people living in one place
24% of people belong to ethnic religions
Most ethnic religions are located in Asia and Africa
Clustered distribution
Major Ethnic Religions:
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Hinduism
Confucianism
Daoism
Shintoism
Judaism
animism