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Religions that consist of the traditional customs and beliefs of particular ethnic groups, refined and expanded upon for thousands of years, often lacking formal doctrine. Some adherents do not consider their ways to be "religion", preferring other cultural terms.
The 10 Largest Religions in the World. After millennia of passing down knowledge through rich oral and written traditions, each of the world’s major religions has carried ambitious philosophies through countless eras.
Lists of the populations of the world’s religions as of 2020 reveal a varied collection of religious traditions old and new, big and small, centrally organized and diffuse. The data is presented first without and then with specific sects of the most populous religions, and a broad analysis follows.
Compare founding dates and details, religious holy texts, belief in the afterlife, in one table.
This entry is an ordered listing of religions by adherents, starting with the largest group, and sometimes includes the percentage of the total population. The core characteristics and beliefs of the world's major religions are described below.
List of religions - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is a list of religions and spiritual traditions. Some entries are written more than once. Abrahamic religions. A group of monotheistic traditions often grouped together because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham. Baha'i Faith. Christianity.
World religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate at least five—and in some cases more—religions that are deemed to have been especially large, internationally widespread, or influential in the development of Western society. Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism are always