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Indian religions, also called Dharmic religions are the oldest religions of Asia. All Indian religions originated in the Indian subcontinent. These religions all have the similar concepts like dharma, karma, and reincarnation, but the interpretation of these concepts varies with each religion. Vrah Viṣṇuloka, Hindu Temple, Cambodia
Asian religious biography stubs (7 C, 117 P) Pages in category "Religion in Asia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
While the word religion is difficult to define, one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it as [a] system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations ...
Religion in South Asia (7 C, 3 P) Religion in Southeast Asia (9 C, 4 P) Religion in West Asia (13 C, 1 P) H. Religion in the Himalayas (2 C) K. Religion in Kurdistan ...
Asia's various modern cultural and religious spheres correspond roughly with the principal centers of civilization. West Asia (or Southwest Asia as Ian Morrison puts it, or sometimes referred to as the Middle East) has their cultural roots in the pioneering civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia, spawning the Persian, Arab, Ottoman empires, as well as the Abrahamic religions of ...
Religion in West Asia by country (28 C) + Christianity in Asia by country (52 C) Islam in Asia by country (53 C, 2 P) Jews and Judaism in Asia by country (48 C)
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
The Eastern religions are the religions which originated in East, South and Southeast Asia and thus have dissimilarities with Western, African and Iranian religions. [1] Eastern religions include: [2] [3] Taoic religions or East Asian religions such as Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, and Shinto