Religions of the world nonreligious 20 animists 2 2 sikhs, jews, bahais, jains, shamanic animists 2 new religionists 3 other christain 3 eastern orthodox 3 chinese folk 4 buddhist 6 protestant 8 hindu muslim 18 catholic 19 % world population religion. Pdf introduction to world religions for senior high school. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe. A brief summary of the major world religions prepared by the ecumenical and multifaith unit, diocese of new westminster bahai faith. Introduction to world religions and belief system senior. These become a basis for how a people understand god. For the formative period of the world religions paradigm i have been using scholarly material. Introducing human rights education approaches to human rights education in compass. Pdf on jan 1, 2005, terje oestigaard and others published water and world. Introducing world religions download ebook pdf, epub. Jesus christ is nothing more than a prophet of god. The eight rival religions that run the worldand why their differences matter stephen prothero. Summary table of world religions v20091015 monotheist panentheist nontheist1 zoroastrianism judaism christianity islam sikhism bahai native spirituality hinduism buddhism pictogram the golden rule happiness unto him through whom happiness comes to others.
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