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Christians in Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশী খৃষ্টধর্মী) account for 0.30% (roughly 500,000) of the nation's population as of the 2022 census. [1] [2] Together with Buddhism (plus other minority groups such as Atheism, Sikhism, the Bahá'í Faith and others), Christianity accounts for 1% of the population.
There are inherent and fundamental differences between Buddhism and Christianity, one significant element being that while Christianity is at its core monotheistic and relies on a God as a Creator, Buddhism is generally non-theistic and rejects the notion of a Creator God which provides divine values for the world. [3]
Lutheranism – major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. See the list of Lutheran denominations. Methodism – movement of Anglican Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to religion: . Religion – organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence.
Most scholars believe there is no historical evidence of any influence by Buddhism on Christianity. [verification needed] Leslie Houlden states that although modern parallels between the teachings of Jesus and Buddha have been drawn, these comparisons emerged after missionary contacts in the 19th century and there is no historically reliable evidence of contacts between Buddhism and Jesus. [28]
A statue of Siddartha Gautama preaching. Since the arrival of Christian missionaries in India in the 1st century (traces of Christians in Kerala from 1st-century Saint Thomas Christians), followed by the arrival of Buddhism in Western Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries, similarities have been perceived between the practices of Buddhism and Christianity.
Schools of Buddhism in contemporary Asia See also Christianity by country , Islam by country , Judaism by country , Hinduism by country , Commons:Category:Religion maps of the world Related portals
Buddhism in Germany looks back to a history of over 150 years. Arthur Schopenhauer was one of the earliest Germans who were influenced by Buddhism . Schopenhauer got his knowledge of Buddhism from authors like Isaac Jacob Schmidt (1779–1847).