Religions

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Religions Philosophies

• The Order of Adherents
• (notes are grouped by region)
• Christianity
• Islam
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Animism
• Sikhism
• Judaism

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First Amendment of the United States of America
Guarantees Freedom of Religion

• In the United States, the religious civil
  liberties are guaranteed by the First Amendment
  of the United States Constitution
• Copy the underlined part
• The 1st Amendment of the US Constitution
  saysCongress shall make no law respecting an
  establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
  free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom
  of speech, or of the press or the right of the
  people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
  Government for a redress of grievances.

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Christianity
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CHRISTIANITYChristians

• Monotheistic ONE God
• Sacred Figures God Jesus
• Sacred Site Jerusalem, Bethlehem
• Spread through Migration from Europe
• Holidays Easter, Christmas

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ISLAMMuslims

• Monotheistic Believe in one God (Allah)
• Sacred Figures Allah (God) the Prophet
  Muhammad
• Sacred Site Jerusalem, Mecca
• Started in Southwest Asia and spread through
  Africa.
• Important Days Ramadan, The Hajj,

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JUDAISMJews

• Believe in one God
• Sacred Figure God
• Sacred Site Jerusalem
• Holidays Hannukkah, Yom Kippur
• Rosh Hashanah

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Map of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism Concentrations
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HINDUISMHindu

• Polytheistic Belief in many (1000s) gods
• Areas of Concentration India Nepal
• Central Figure Many Gods Brahmin (highest
  caste member)
• The Caste System Can not marry outside of the
  caste you were born into.
• illegal, though many still follow the traditions
  of the caste system.
• Sacred Site Ganges River

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SikhismSikhs

• Monotheistic God
• Sacred Figures God the founder Guru Nanak
• Sacred Places The Golden Temple in Punjab, India
• Primarily located India , SE Asia, Pakistan, UK,
  Europe.

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Animismanimists

• Central Beliefs
• Spirits exist in everything, animals, plants
  people.
• Non-human entities are spiritual beings, or at
  least embody some kind of life-principle.

• Indigenous peoples including Shinto, some
  forms of Islam Hinduism, Buddhism, Pantheism,
  Christianity, Neopaganism.

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BUDDHISMBuddhists

• A philosophy, Buddhism does not believe in a
  God
• Sacred Figure Indian prince named Buddha
  (Siddhartha Guatama) AKA The Enlightened One
• Buddhism Concentrated in China, Tibet, Japan,
  Australia, Russia.
• Spread throughout Asia in various forms
  (Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism)
• The Dalai Lama - Buddhist monk, leader of the
  Tibetans (more about the Dalai Lama and the
  struggles in Tibet soon).