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Orthodox Church. The followers of the Orthodox Churches are an almost worldwide branch of Christianity. The total number of Orthodox is estimated at about 300 million members. The main groupings of the individual Orthodox churches are: The basis of the original Orthodox community is the Creed of Constantinople, written in 381. It is a ...
Feb 11, 2022 · Pew Research Center organizes the world’s religions into seven major categories, which includes five major religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism), one category that broadly includes all Folk/Traditional religions, and an unaffiliated category.
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Protestant 23.1% (Anglican 13.3%, Uniting Church 3.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%, Baptist 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.1%, Lutheran .7%, other Protestant .5%), Roman Catholic 22.6%, other Christian 4.2%, Muslim 2.6%, Buddhist 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3% (Eastern Orthodox 2.1%, Oriental Orthodox .2%), Hindu 1.9%, other 1.3%, none 30.1%, unspecified 9.6% ...
Feb 20, 2020 · Nevertheless, the role and place of Orthodox Christianity is still understudied, in particular compared to other major world religions. With the intention of filling the gap, this volume seeks to highlight three intertwined aspects – religion, politics, and human rights, − related to the global context of Orthodox Christianity.
- Giuseppe Giordan, Siniša Zrinščak
- 2020
Jan 12, 2024 · Half of Christians identify as Catholic, 37 percent Protestant, 12 percent Orthodox and 1 percent “Other”. The United States is home to the largest Christian population (11.3% of the world total), followed by Brazil (8%), and Mexico (5%).
Feb 23, 2024 · Abstract. In the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans, the Orthodox Church rooted in Greek tradition constitutes perhaps the most basic feature of people’s cultural identity. That is to say, religion is the connecting link uniting populations to this very day, binding them into a single milieu (the Byzantine commonwealth).
