1. Questions Religion Cornell Notes
1. Types of Religions
A. Universalizing Religions (62%) –
i. Christianity –
ii. Islam –
iii. Buddhism -
iv. Sikh –
v. Baha’i –
B. Ethnic Religions (24%) –
i. Shamanism –
ii. Animism –
iii. Syncretic Religions – mixture of different religions
iv. Hinduism - 860 million followers –
v. Confucianism –
vi. Daoism (Taoism) –
vii. Shintoism –
viii. Judaism – 14 million followers, 6 million USA, 5 million in Israel
ix. Ethnic African Religions – 100 million Africans follow animism –most of
Africa is Christian (46%) or Muslim (40%)
2. Religious Distribution within the USA
A. Christian Branches
i. Baptist –
ii. Roman Catholic –
iii. Mormonism –
iv. Lutheranism –
B. Judaism
i. large population in New York. Mostly came from Eastern Europe and
Russia during the late 19th century.
C. Islam
i. traditionally a small population within USA. However, since the 1990s,
many have immigrated. Michigan has a large population. 7 million today.
D. Ethnic Religions
i. Native American –
ii. other ethnic religions brought to the USA by immigrants (relocation
diffusion), but none make up a majority anywhere
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2. Questions 3. Religious Conflict Around the World
A. Fundamentalism – literal and strict interpretation of religious texts
B. Secularism – emphasis on nonreligious life (eg. separation of church and
state). Some countries have very large atheist (belief that there is no god)
and agnostic (believe that the existence of god cannot be known) populations
– USA 10%, Sweden 85%, Vietnam 81%, Denmark 80%, Japan 64-64%, Russia
24-48%.
C. Religion Versus Government Policies
i. Taliban versus Western influences in Afghanistan.
ii. Hinduism versus social equality.
iii. Communist countries conflict with religions (like Russia, China, etc.)
iv. Fundamentalist Christians within the USA who want greater religious
emphasis in the country, and extreme groups who bomb family planning
clinics and kill doctors who perform abortions
D. Interfaith Conflict (conflict between religious groups)
i. Conflict over
ii. Nigeria –
iii. India –
iv. India and Pakistan
v. Former Yugoslavia (in the Balkan Peninsula)
E. Intrafaith Conflict (within the same religion)
i. Iraq –
ii. USA –
iii. Northern Ireland –
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