Sunday, September 24, 2006

Major groups of religions

The major religions of the world can be considered to fall into logical groupings, as can be be found in various articles here and elsewhere.

Abrahamic religions are by far the biggest group, and these consist primarily of the Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism religions. All the religions in this group are related by their belief in Abraham and their strict belief in a monotheistic divine entity. Today, around 3.4 billion people are followers of Abrahamic religions and are spread widely around the world apart from the regions around the Middle-East, South-East Asia and China.

Dharmic religions are a family of religions having a theology and philosophy centered on the concept of Dharma. All Dharmic religions have their roots in India, and they are of the most influence across the Indian subcontinent, East Asia and South East Asia. The main Dharmic religions are Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, and there is a close interrelationship between them.

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