the spread of world religions
1. How did Buddhism, Christianity and Islam spread across the world, and why are they practiced so far away from their origins?
With many differences between all three of these religions, they all had one major thing in common; missionaries. The use of missionaries promoted the rapid spread of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam all across the world. Also these three religions are known as religions in motion. This implies that the religions are constantly evolving. The religions are able to adapt to previous ancient religions and take on ancient practices. This makes the religions suitable to be more accepted in various regions of the world. Also many of these religions grabbed the attention of peasants and other lower classes peoples because of what they promised. For example Christianity promised a life of peace and serenity after death if you followed the faith and committed no sins. They appealed the peasants making it easier to convert to Christianity They spread of religions were also caused of emperors forcing the religions upon the regions they conquered, For example Emperor Vladimir forced his people to convert to Christianity. Relics, a piece of a saint, or an object associated with someone/something of religious powers, also helped spread of Christianity. There were relics all over world that stimulated pilgrimages to these places which helped spread Christianity. The spread of Islam occurred because of the conquering and expansions of empires, but this didn’t lead to the immediate conversion of people. This was a major factor that helped these religions spread thousands of miles away from their origins.
2. How did these three major religions change and adapt to diverse cultural circumstances?
For Buddhism, they told the local peoples that their gods have converted to Buddhism. They also made it acceptable by incorporating the local gods and beliefs systems to make it easily acceptable among the communities. Translation was also another major
With many differences between all three of these religions, they all had one major thing in common; missionaries. The use of missionaries promoted the rapid spread of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam all across the world. Also these three religions are known as religions in motion. This implies that the religions are constantly evolving. The religions are able to adapt to previous ancient religions and take on ancient practices. This makes the religions suitable to be more accepted in various regions of the world. Also many of these religions grabbed the attention of peasants and other lower classes peoples because of what they promised. For example Christianity promised a life of peace and serenity after death if you followed the faith and committed no sins. They appealed the peasants making it easier to convert to Christianity They spread of religions were also caused of emperors forcing the religions upon the regions they conquered, For example Emperor Vladimir forced his people to convert to Christianity. Relics, a piece of a saint, or an object associated with someone/something of religious powers, also helped spread of Christianity. There were relics all over world that stimulated pilgrimages to these places which helped spread Christianity. The spread of Islam occurred because of the conquering and expansions of empires, but this didn’t lead to the immediate conversion of people. This was a major factor that helped these religions spread thousands of miles away from their origins.
2. How did these three major religions change and adapt to diverse cultural circumstances?
For Buddhism, they told the local peoples that their gods have converted to Buddhism. They also made it acceptable by incorporating the local gods and beliefs systems to make it easily acceptable among the communities. Translation was also another major