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1 day ago · They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws, or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, or ultimate concerns. [2]
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2 days ago · In the three main Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), the individual, God, and the universe are highly separate from each other. The Abrahamic religions believe in a judging, paternal, fully external god to which the individual and nature are both subordinate.
2 days ago · Most religious specialists now see it as an independent religion, with its religious background in Shiʻa Islam being seen as analogous to the Jewish context in which Christianity was established. Baháʼís describe their faith as an independent world religion, differing from the other traditions in its relative age and modern context.
2 days ago · Hinduism is a major world religion originating on the Indian subcontinent and comprising several and varied systems of philosophy, belief, and ritual. If the Indus valley civilization (3rd–2nd millennium BCE) was the earliest source of Hindu traditions, then Hinduism is the oldest living religion on Earth.
5 days ago · Sima_ha/Getty Images. 00:00. Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad! Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God; the Lord is One! There are two meanings hidden in this message of Oneness — two...
5 days ago · Although Manichaeism was long considered a Christian heresy, it was a religion in its own right that, because of the coherence of its doctrines and the rigidness of its structure and institutions, preserved throughout its history a unity and unique character. Mani was born in southern Babylonia (now in Iraq).
6 days ago · Introduction. The purpose of this guide is to introduce the five major religions of the world, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism. Using the links provided, you will discover the background of each religion, whom they serve, their practices, books used for study, and much more. Living Religions by Mary Pat Fisher.
