WORLD RELIGIONS

What is ‘RELIGION’ ?

o a set of COMMON BELIEFS and PRACTICES

o PRAYER, RITUAL, religious law

o cultural TRADITION, writings, history, mythology

o personal FAITH and MYSTIC experience

Major world religionso Christianityo Islamo Hinduismo Buddhismo Judaismo Primal-indigenous: animists, tribal/ethnic religionistso Chinese traditional: Taoism, Confucianismo Sikhismo Jainismo Baha'io Shinto

Religion in Europe

Religious symbols

Christianity

Islam

Sikhism

Judaism

Hinduism

Shinto

Baha’i

Jainism

Buddhism

St. Peter’s BasilicaVatican City

Notre Dame CathedralParis, France

St. Mark’s Cathedral

Venice, Italy

Kölner DomCologne, Germany

Sagrada FamiliaBarcelona, Spain

St. Mary’s ChurchCracow, Poland

Westminser AbbeyLondon, England

Catedral de GuadalajaraGuadalajara, Mexico

Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília Brasília, Brasil

Salt Lake Mormon TempleSalt Lake City, United

States

St. Basil’s CathedralMoscow, Russia

The Great Synagogue Jerusalem, Israel

Blue MosqueIstanbul, Turkey

Masjid al-Haram (The Sacred Mosque)

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The Great Mosque of Djenné Djenné, Mali

Buddhist Temple ‘Lama’Beijing, China

Buddhist Temple ‘Borobudur’

Java, Indonesia

Buddhist Temple ‘Kawasaki Daishi’ Kawasaki, Japan

HinduTemple ‘Sri Mariamman’ Singapore

Lotus TempleNew Dehli, India