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African Folk Religions (animism): basic beliefs: all living thing(s) have feelings
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aninism: belief in spirits focus on nature; all living things have feelings
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bab: founder of Babism
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Baha'i: 8 million
founder: Baha'u'llah
Hearth/distribution:
purpose: show that humans have 2 sides spiritual and physical
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Buddhism: 350 million
founder:Siddhartha Gautama
hearth:india
%
Theravada%
Tantraya%
Major distribution:
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Chinese Folk Religions: COnfucianiam: founder: (551-497BC) Basic Beleifs:
Daoism: FOunder: (604-531 BC) Basic Beleifs:
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Christianity: 2 billion
founder: Christ
Heart: Isreal
Branches: Roman Catholic (1+ billion)
East Orthodox: (240 million)
Protestant: (500,000,000)
major distribution:southern europe north america austrialia
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dao: The proper way Chinese kings were expected to rule under the mandate of heaven.
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Define the following: * after this
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denomination: a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
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ethnic religion: A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated.
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guru: a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
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Hinduism: 900 million
Hearth:india
Distribution:
Basic Beliefs: everything matters we must take care of everything
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Islam: Billion
founder:
hearth:
suuni%83
shiite%16
major distribution:
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islam: the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life
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Judaism: about 14 million
Hearth:cannan
distribution:
Basic Beleifs: purpose is to relate to the divine human "other"
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monotheism: belief in a single God
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polytheism: belief in multiple Gods
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Religion chart: * the following
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religous branch: a certain branch from a family of religion
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sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group
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shiite: a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
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Shinto: Hearth:japan
Basic Beliefs: your supposed to maintain a pure and natural state of exisistance
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Sikhism: 23 million
founder:Guru Nanak
hearth/distribution:India
Scripture: Shri Guru Granth Sahib
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sunni: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
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universalizing religion: A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
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what are teh 5 spatial connections geogrpahers study in relation to religion?: A-orgin B-diffusion C-process D-distributions E-traditions
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what are the three main universalizing religions?: Christain, Islam & Buddism (I don't know the order from least to greatest or vise versa)