World Religions Exam 1 U Toledo

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Over __% of the world's population is identified with some religion.

1. Christianity 2. Islam 3. Hinduism 4. Buddhism 5. Judaism

five religions raked in order by number of adherents (adherents = people who practice or identify with a religion) from greatest to least:

Judaism

is a religion with a relatively small number of adherents.

Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

these are the most widely practiced religions in the world today. Approximately 77% of the world's population practices one of these five religions:

1. Judaism has strong historical connections with christianity ( the two largest religions in the world) 2. Judaism is the largest non christian religious group in the united states (1.7% of the US population is Jewish)

two reasons why we are studying Judaism even though it's a small religion are: