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World Religion
Name as many
religions as you can,
you have two
minutes.
How many religions are there?
o According to theologicalstudies.org:
The exact number of religions in the world is unknown.
Best estimates place the number around 4,200. Of this
number, a dozen have been classified as “major world
religions.”
The following list mentions the twelve major world
religions in alphabetical order:
•Baha’I (7 million adherents) •Jainism (4 million)
•Buddhism (360 million) •Judaism (14 million)
•Christianity (2 billion) •Shinto (4 million)
•Confucianism (6 million) •Sikhism (23 million)
•Hinduism (900 million) •Daoism (2.7 million)
•Islam (1.3 billion) • Zoroastrianism (150,000)
What is religion?
(cont.)
Polytheism:
Poly = Many
Theism = God or Deity
Monotheistic Religions
Christianity
God, The Trinity
Islam
Allah
Judaism
Jehovah, Yahweh
Sikhism
God, many names
Polytheistic/Other Religions
Hinduism
Over 2,000 gods, but many worship Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesh,
and Lakshimi
Buddhism
No one god or major emphasis on a Deity, however, Buddha is
a highly revered figure.
Group Project
Prophets
Clergy
Funeral
Practices
Sects
Confucianism
Holy Sites
Holy
Book(s)
Group Project (cont.)
Your web must include all of these areas! (This may mean writing:
This religion does not have ______.)
You will have two class periods to do your research and complete
your web.
Each group member will share the information they found during
group presentations.