- To finish up last Wednesdays notes,,
- Political alliances
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) **
- Commonwealth of Nations.
- Organization of American States.
- Five Major Religions
- Now to Yesterdays notes...
- Christianity- 2.2 billion people.
- Locations- Europe; Americas
- Denominations= Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Church, Protestants ( Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans...)
- Jesus Christ is the founder.
- Bible is obviously the holy book.
- Jesus is both human and divine - son of God; he led a vicious life, he was crucified, died, and buried, resurrected. Hes in heaven with God.
- Clergy- the pope is head of the church, priest are local.
- Islam- 15 million
- Called Muslims
- Locations- Indonesia, Middle East, North Africa.
- Denominations= Sumis ( 75%-90%), Shiites (10%-20%).
- Muhammad is the founder.
- Holy book is the Qur'an.
- Beliefs- Monotheistic, Abrahamic, Five Pillars (Testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage.)
- Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah (God), and observing Islamic Law.
- Hinduism- 1.1 billion
- Called Hindu's.
- Locations- India and Napal
- Holy book; The Vedas- Eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; Composed in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized).
- No founder- (points of view (wisdom) is the founder.
- Probably the oldest religion.
- Less a religion, more like a way of life.
- reincarnation- A new soul enters a new body and leaves the old one.
- Buddhism- 500 million to 1.5 billion
- Called Buddhists.
- Locations- Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan. There are 1.2 million Buddhists in the U.S.
- Founder- Siddhartha Gautama.
- Denominations- Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidist.
That's all i have so far!
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