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  2. Eastern culture - Wikipedia

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    Eastern culture, also known as Eastern civilization and historically as Oriental culture, is an umbrella term for the diverse cultural heritages of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies of the Eastern world.

  3. Eastern religions - Wikipedia

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    Encountering Religion: an introduction to the religions of the world. Blackwell Publishing (2001). ISBN 0-631-20674-4. Maspero, Henri. Translated by Frank A. Kierman Jr. Taoism and Chinese Religion. University of Massachusetts (1981). Morgan, Diane. The Best Guide to Eastern Philosophy and Religion. St. Martin's Griffin (2001). ISBN 1-58063-197-5.

  4. Eastern philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Hinduism, with about one billion followers [14] is the world's third-largest religion, after Christianity and Islam. Hinduism has been called the "oldest religion" in the world and is traditionally called Sanātana Dharma, "the eternal law" or the "eternal way"; [15] [16] [17] beyond human origins. [17]

  5. Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...

  6. Eastern world - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern world in a 1796 map, which included the continents of Asia and Australia (then known as New Holland).. The Eastern world, also known as the East or historically the Orient, is an umbrella term for various cultures or social structures, nations and philosophical systems, which vary depending on the context.

  7. Eastern Catholic Churches - Wikipedia

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    With the exception of the Maronite Church, the Eastern Catholic Churches are groups that, at different points in the past, used to belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox churches, or the Church of the East; these churches underwent various schisms through history. Eastern Catholic Churches that were formerly part of other ...

  8. Eastern Orthodoxy - Wikipedia

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    The religion is also heavily concentrated in the rest of Eastern Europe, where it is the majority religion in Ukraine (65.4% [77] –77%), [78] Romania (81%), [79] Belarus (48% [80] –73% [81]), Greece (98%), [79] Serbia (86%), [79] Bulgaria (86%), [79] Moldova (90%), [79] Georgia (83%), [79] North Macedonia (70%), [79] Cyprus (80%) [79] and ...

  9. Spirituality - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.