As of 2012‚ Islam was the second largest religion under christianity with 1.3 billion followers.(http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/comparison_charts/islam_judaism_christianity. htm)The Islamic belief was not always this big though. It originated like most other religions as a group of a few select followers under a founding leader. After many years though‚ the religions popularity began to grow among many civilizations. The Islam religion spread very rapidly leading to many social‚ political‚ and
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Running head: ISSUES AND TRADITIONS OF JUDAISM‚ CHRISTIANITY‚ AND Issues and Traditions of Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam World Religious Traditions II REL/134 Issues and Traditions of Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam Religion takes on many different forms and there are several definitions in as many languages used to describe the practices. For the purposes of this paper‚ the following basic definition will be used. Religion is the belief in and reverence for a supernatural power
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Christianity and Buddhism are two very different religions. It’s not surprising how they diffused and spread from one place‚ class‚ or person took different turns. Christianity began covertly‚ with secret cults and meetings; while Buddhism‚ from the beginning‚ agreed with the native religion‚ allowing it to be accepted in society and spread through monasteries and schools. However‚ they both did become incredibly popular and proliferate. There are multiple arguments that can be taken on to explain
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Buddhism began with Siddharrtha Gautama‚ also known as the Buddha‚ in northern India in the fifth century B.C.E. Buddha literally means the “Awakened” or “Enlightened One”. [1] The Buddha’s intention was not to create a religion that would unite Indian society‚ but instead “His stated goal was to teach people how to break out of the endless cycle of birth‚ death‚ and rebirth.” [2] Buddha lived to be almost eighty and died at around 400 B.C.E. Ashoka’s support of Buddhism was a crucial moment in
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Rel 110-01 Sandy Pittman July 28‚ 2010 Compare and Contrast Islam‚ Christianity‚ and Judaism The Middle East is a main region where it served as the origin for many societies and religions such as Christianity and Islam. As they lengthened from this region‚ both of these religions had extensive influence on the route of times gone by. The Christians instituted new churches in cities and this made the expansion of Christianity through the first two centuries a fundamentally metropolitan occurrence
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There are multiple reasons why and how Buddhism spread in China. I feel that factors like‚ religion‚ politics‚ and social‚ played a major part in spreading Buddhism throughout China. The factors mentioned are usually a contributor in global changes and has definitely played its part in China’s adapting a new belief. Of course there were other reasons‚ like economic‚ that caused the people of China to gravitate to the Buddhist ways. People reconsidering their faith‚ due to many of life downfalls or
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Spread Of Buddhism In China Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality. It is a religion that was founded in India in the sixth century BCE and was brought to China by the first century CE. When Buddhism was brought to China and it gradually won over converts‚ expanded throughout China‚ and influenced Chinese culture as we know it. In spite of Buddhism’s dissemination throughout China there were still Chinese people who didn’t convert
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3) Describe‚ compare and contrast the salvation theories of hinduism‚ buddhism‚ taoism‚ Confucianism‚ Judaism‚ christianity and Islam. Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Taoism‚ Confucianism‚ Judaism‚ christianity and Islam. All of these religion govern the way of life for billions of people. These religions preach similar philosophies especially when it comes to life after death. Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Islam‚ are the most similar religions. In order for their followers to achieve salvation they must live
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peoples‚ and principles. Christianity started with a negative view towards merchants and trade but over time became more tolerant and even encouraging of it. Contrarily‚ Islam originally encouraged honest trade but later saw that corruption of merchants was ultimately inevitable and discouraged its practice. Early in time both Christianity and Islam had opinions towards trade based directly from their founders. In Document 1‚ the Bible says that Jesus‚ the founder of Christianity‚ said that a rich man
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African Traditional Religion‚ Islam‚ and Christianity African Traditional Religion‚ Islam‚ and Christianity are three extremely different religions that have very different belief systems. They believe different things about life after we die on earth‚ they believe that different things are and are not God‚ and they believe different types of people are and are not prophets and priests. Though these three religions have so many differences‚ they have some similarities. Let’s look at some
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