The Western religions are the religions that originated within Western culture, which are thus historically, culturally, and theologically distinct from...
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Abrahamic religions and Iranian religions), Indian religions, East Asian religions, African religions, American religions, Oceanic religions, and classical...
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religions, Indigenous religions, and new religious movements (NRMs), which are also used by scholars in this field of research. The world religions paradigm...
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The Eastern religions are the religions which originated in East, South and Southeast Asia and thus have dissimilarities with Western, African and Iranian...
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The Abrahamic religions or Abrahamism are a grouping of three of the major religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) together due to their historical...
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Good (redirect from Good (religion))
spiritual world should be embraced. Gnostic ideas influenced many ancient religions, which teach that gnosis (variously interpreted as enlightenment, salvation...
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term Semitic religions most commonly refers to religions that were founded in Western Asia, such as Mandaeism (a pre-Abrahamic religion) and the Abrahamic...
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Major religious groups (redirect from World Religions)
influence are Afro-American religion, which have their origins in Central and West Africa. Middle Eastern religions: Abrahamic religions are the largest group...
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religions, African traditional religions are not idealisations; they seek to come to terms with reality as it is. Adherents of traditional religions in...
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and other religions and creeds which constitute an inseparable part of the historical heritage of Russia's peoples", including ethnic religions or paganism...
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estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, though nearly all of them have regionally based, relatively small followings. Four religions—Christianity, Islam...
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religions, sometimes also termed Dharmic religions or Indic religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent. These religions,...
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divided religions into three broad categories: world religions, a term which refers to transcultural, international faiths; Indigenous religions, which...
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studies, an ethnic religion is a religion or belief associated with notions of heredity and a particular ethnicity. Ethnic religions are often distinguished...
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Chinese folk religion. The People's Republic of China is officially an atheist state, but the government formally recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Taoism...
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American religions, Baltic and Slavic religions, Confucianism, and the religions of Africa and Oceania. Eliade, Mircea ed. Encyclopedia of Religion (16 vol...
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Publications. p. 127. "General Essay on Western Christianity", Overview Of World Religions. Division of Religion and Philosophy, University of Cumbria....
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Kingdoms adopted foreign religions such as Buddhism and Confucianism, which coexisted alongside native Korean traditional religions. Buddhism was introduced...
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specific religions as religions, arguing that they are instead heresies, even if they are widely viewed as a religion in the academic world. Religion is a...
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by religion: Abrahamic religions (West Asian religions or Western religions) Eastern religions Dharmic religions (Indian religions) Taoic religions (East...
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Abrahamic religions. Abrahamic religions are widespread throughout Africa. They have both spread and replaced indigenous African religions, but are often...
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Karma (redirect from Karma: Western Interpretation)
of major Indian religions is not significant, or at least is of a different nature than in Western religions. Many Indian religions place greater emphasis...
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Ethnic religions (also "indigenous religions" or "ethnoreligions") are generally defined as religions which are related to a particular ethnic group (ethnoreligious...
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The Punic religion, Carthaginian religion, or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety...
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religions also provided cohesion through a unified doctrine and practice shared by the nationwide community. The officially recognized new religions number...
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Frisian and Saxon religions became extinct, and elements of the extinguished pagan religions were incorporated into the Christian religion even after conversion...
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major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian religions or Dharmic religions and represent...
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our own (Western) civilization and at the same time in key respects a deeply alien phenomenon. Sharon, Moshe (2004). Studies in Modern Religions, Religious...
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respective religions are of recent pedigree. The formation of ancient religions as objects of study coincided with the formation of religion itself as...
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Determinism (section Western tradition)
will of fate or destiny has been articulated in both Eastern and Western religions, philosophy, music, and literature. The ancient Arabs that inhabited...
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