GLOBALIZATION
OF RELIGIONS
RELIGION
the belief in and worship of a
superhuman controlling power
especially personal God or God’s
a particular system of faith and
worship
RELIGION
is a range of social-cultural systems,
including designated behaviors and
practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts,
sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or
organizations, that generally relate
humanity to supernatural, transcendental,
and spiritual elements
PURPOSES OF
RELIGION:
To achieve the goals of salvation for
oneself and others.
To render due worship and obedience to
God
FIVE MOST
INFLUENTIAL
RELIGIONS OF THE
WORLD
BUDDHISM
The world’s 4th largest religion with over 520
million followers or 7% of the Global
population.
Most Buddhists do not believe in God.
Although they respect and look up to the
Buddha. They do not believe he was a God
but they worship him as a form of respect
BUDDHISM
Buddhists believe that human life is a
cycle of suffering and rebirth, but that if
one achieves a state of enlightenment
(nirvana), it is possible to escape this
cycle forever.
BUDDHISM
, Founded in the late 6th
century B.C.E. by
Siddhartha Gautama (the
"Buddha"), is an important
religion in most of the
countries of Asia.
BUDDHISM
Buddhism is a non-theistic
religion (no belief in a
creator god), also
considered a philosophy
and a moral discipline,
originating in India in the
6th and 5th centuries BCE.
CHRISTIANITY
An Abrahamic monotheistic religion based
on the life and Teachings of Jesus Nazareth
Believe that God created the heavens and
the earth.
Belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ as the
Son of God, and the Holy Spirit.
Has 2.1 billion believers.
HINDUISM
An Indian Religion.
The world’s 3rd largest religion with over 1.25
billion followers or 15-16% of the Global
population, known as HINDUS.
HINDU practices include rituals such as
worship and recitations, meditation, family
oriented rites of passage, annual festivals
and occasional pilgrimages
HINDUISM
Hinduism has no one founder but is instead
a fusion of various beliefs. Around 1500 B.C.
a belief in many gods, which are seen as
manifestations of a single unity.
a preference for one deity while not
excluding or disbelieving others
a belief in the universal law of cause and
effect (karma) and reincarnation
ISLAM
A monotheistic religion that teaches that
there is only one God and that Muhammad
is a messenger of God.
Reach the Philippines in the 13th century
The world’s 2nd largest religion with over 1.8
billion followers or 24.1% of the world’s
population known as MUSLIMS.
ISLAM
The word “Islam” means “submission to the
will of God.” Followers of Islam are called
Muslims.
Worship one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic
is known as Allah.
Followers of Islam aim to live a life of
complete submission to Allah
THE RELIGIOUS
PRACTICES OF MUSLIMS
Declaration of faith
Daily prayers
Fasting during the month of Ramadan
Almsgiving
Pilgrimage to Mecca
JUDAISM
JUDAISM
An ethnic religion comprising the
collective religious, cultural and legal
tradition and civilization of the
JEWISH people.
They are also a monotheistic religion
Has 14 million followers
JUDAISM
Religious expressions of Judaism believe
that God is one, has no form, created the
world, is eternal and is still actively
involved in world affairs.
Yahweh—that is, the god of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, and the national god of
the Israelites.
JUDAISM
Abraham (Avraham) was the first Jew,
the founder of Judaism, the physical and
spiritual ancestor of the Jewish people,
OTHER MAJOR
RELIGIONS OF THE
WORLD (EXISTING)
BAHA’I
The youngest major
world religion
founded in 1863 by the
Prophet Baha’u’llah
Monotheistic religion
BAHA’I
The youngest major world religion
founded in 1863 by the Prophet
Baha’u’llah
Monotheistic religion
BASIC BELIEFS OF BAHA’I
The oneness of God
The essential unity of religion
The unity of mankind
Equality of men and women
BASIC BELIEFS OF BAHA’I
Elimination of all forms of prejudice
World peace
Harmony of religion and science
Independent investigation of truth
CONFUCIANISM
A folk religion of
China founded by the
Chinese Philosopher
Kong Qiu
a philosophy and
belief system
CONFUCIANISM
CONFUCIUS – was
a Chinese
Philosopher and
politician of the
Spring and Autumn
period.
CONFUCIANISM
The core beliefs include harmony
between humans, justice, respect for
one's elders, and loyalty to one's family
and friends.
CONFUCIANISM
They believe that human beings are
fundamentally good and teachable,
improvable and perfectible through
personal and communal endeavor
especially self- cultivation and self-
creation.
CONFUCIANISM
The ROLE of CONFUCIANISM in Chinese
Culture is the teachings of Confucius
during 500 BC and has played an
important role in forming Chinese
character, Behavior, and way of living.
CONFUCIANISM
“Do not do unto others what you
would not want others to do unto
you”.
JAINISM
An ancient religious
tradition from India.
Concern for the welfare
of every being in the
Universe and for the
health of the Universe
itself.
JAINISM
Teaches that the path to
enlightenment is through
nonviolence and reducing harm
to living things (including plants
and animals) as much as possible.
JAINISM
Like Hindus and Buddhists, Jains
believe in reincarnation. This
cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
is determined by one's karma.
SHINTO
The traditional religion
of Japan which
incorporates local
beliefs and customs
across the nation.
SHINTO
Shinto (literally “the way of the
gods”) is Japan's native belief
system and predates historical
records.
SHINTO
A polytheistic and animistic
religion, Shinto revolves around
supernatural entities called the
kami (神).
SHINTO
The kami are believed to inhabit all
things, including forces of nature
and prominent landscape locations.
The kami are worshipped at
kamidana household shrines, family
shrines, and jinja public shrines.
SHINTO
FOUR BASIC BELIEFS OF SHINTO:
Tradition and the Family
Love of Nature
Ritual Purity
Matsuri
SIKHISM
A young religion
founded in the early
1500’s CE in Punjab
They believe in God and
they believe that human
beings spend their time
in a cycle of birth, life,
and rebirth.
SIKHISM
Sikhism is the world's fifth-largest
religion. The word 'Sikh' means
'learner' or 'seeker of truth'. Sikhism
advocates equality, social justice,
service to humanity, and tolerance for
other religions.
TAOISM
A philosophy and
religion originating in
China.
Founded in Zhou dynasty
China sometime
between 500 to 400 BCE by
Laozi (Lao Tzu)
TAOISM
TAOISM
TAOISTS – believes that people can
become deities or live forever through
practicing certain rituals and
austerities.
TAOISM
One of the main ideas of Taoism is the
belief in balancing forces of yin and
yang. These ideas represent matching
pairs -- light and dark, hot and cold,
action and inaction
TAOISM
which work together toward a universal
whole. Yin and yang show that
everything in the universe is connected
and that nothing makes sense by itself.
ZOROASTRIANISM
The world’s oldest
monotheistic religion
founded by the person
Prophet named
ZOROASTER.
A multi-tendency faith
centered or a dualistic
cosmology of good and evil.
ZOROASTRIANISM
Originated in ancient Persia. It contains
both monotheistic and dualistic
elements, and many scholars believe
Zoroastrianism influenced the belief
systems of Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam.
ZOROASTRIANISM
Zoroastrians believe that one knows what
is good through the divine help of Vohu
Manah (Good Mind), divinely-inspired
conscience (Daena) and God's hearkener
to humans (Sraosha). By thinking good
thoughts, one is moved to speak good
words, and this leads to good deeds.
RELIGIONS OF THE
PHILIPPINES
Christian
Catholic Church
Protestantism, Orthodoxy, Restorationist,
and Independent Catholism
Iglesia Filipina Independiente
Iglesia ni Cristo
Seventh-day Adventist
United church of Christ in the Philippines
Members Church of God International
Evengilicals
Islam
Buddhism
Taoism
Hinduism
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