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Chapter 6.1: Where Are Religions Distributed? (44)
Explain Tibetan Buddhism.
Explain the conflict between China and Tibet.
Distribution of Religions
Universalizing Religions –
Ethnic Religions –
Nonreligious –
Atheism –
Agnosticism –
Branches of Universalizing Religions
Branch –
Denomination –
Sect –
CHRISTIANITY
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BRANCHES OF CHRISTIANITY IN EUROPE
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BRANCHES OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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OTHER CHRISTIANS
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Pause and Reflect 6.1.2: Based on what you see in Figure 6-6 or Table 6-1, what are some of the
largest Christian denominations in the United States that do not have highly clustered distributions in
Figure 6-7?
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ISLAM
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BRANCHES OF ISLAM
Sunni –
Shiite –
ISLAM IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
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BUDDHISM
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Mahayana –
Theravada –
Vajrayana –
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OTHER UNIVERSALIZING RELIGIONS
Sikhism –
Baha’i’ –
Pause and Reflect 6.1.3: Refer to the small pie charts in Figure 6-3. Which regions have enough
adherents of each of the three universalizing religions so that all three appear on the pie charts?
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Ethnic Religions
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HINDUISM
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OTHER ASIAN ETHNIC RELIGIONS
Syncretic –
CHINESE TRADITIONAL
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Confucianism –
Taoism –
Pause and Reflect 6.1.4: Referring to Table 6-1, which ethnic religions have at least 1 million adherents
in the United States?
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PRIMAL-INDIGENOUS
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Pagan –
JUCHTE
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OTHER ETHNIC RELIGIONS
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AFRICAN TRADITIONAL
Animism –
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SPIRITISM
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JUDAISM
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Monotheism –
Polytheism –
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