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මෙම ලිපිය වැඩිදියුණු කළයුතුව ඇත. ඔබ මෙම මාතෘකාව පිලිබඳව දැනුවත්නම්, නව කරුණු එක්කිරීමට දායකවන්න. |
වර්ගීකරණය
සංස්කරණයReligious traditions fall into super-groups in comparative religion, arranged by historical origin and mutual influence. Abrahamic religions originate in the Middle East, Indian religions in the Indian subcontinent and East Asian religions in East Asia. Another group with supra-regional influence are Afro-American religion, which have their origins in Central and West Africa.
- මැදපෙරදිග ආගම්:[2] හෙවත් ඒබ්රහමීය ආගම් are the largest group, and these consist mainly of Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith. They are named for the patriarch Abraham, and are unified by the practice of monotheism. Today, around 3.4 billion people are followers of Abrahamic religions and are spread widely around the world apart from the regions around East and Southeast Asia. Several Abrahamic organizations are vigorous proselytizers.[3]
- ඉරාන ආගම් (not listed below due to overlaps), partly of Indo-European origins,[4][5] includes Zoroastrianism, Yazdânism, Ahl-e Haqq and historical traditions of Gnosticism (Mandaeism, Manichaeism). It has significant overlaps with Abrahamic traditions, e.g. in Sufism and in recent movements such as Bábism and the Bahá'í Faith.
- ඉන්දීය ආගම්, originated in Greater India and partly of Indo-European origins, they tend to share a number of key concepts, such as dharma, karma, reincarnation among others. They are of the most influence across the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, Southeast Asia, as well as isolated parts of Russia. The main Indian religions are Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
- නැගෙනහිර ආසියානු ආගම් consist of several East Asian religions which make use of the concept of Tao (in Chinese) or Dō (in Japanese or Korean). They include many Chinese folk religions, Taoism and Confucianism, as well as Korean and Japanese religion influenced by Chinese thought.
- අප්රිකානු ආගම්:[2]
- The religions of the tribal peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa, but excluding ancient Egyptian religion, which is considered to belong to the ancient Middle East;[2]
- African diasporic religions practiced in the Americas, imported as a result of the Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 18th centuries, building on traditional religions of Central and West Africa.
- කුඩා ප්රදේශයකට අවේනික ජාතීන්ගේ ආගම්, found on every continent, now marginalized by the major organized faiths in many parts of the world or persisting as undercurrents (folk religions) of major religions. Includes සාම්ප්රදායික අප්රිකානු ආගම්s, Asian shamanism, Native American religions, Austronesian and Australian Aboriginal traditions, Chinese folk religion, ලක්දිව ජන ආගම, and postwar ශින්ටෝ. Under more traditional listings, this has been referred to as "paganism" along with historical polytheism.
- New religious movement is the term applied to any religious faith which has emerged since the 19th century, often syncretizing, re-interpreting or reviving aspects of older traditions such as Ayyavazhi, Mormonism, අහමදියා, Pentecostalism, polytheistic reconstructionism, and so forth.
මූලාශ්ර
සංස්කරණය- ^ "The Global Religious Landscape". The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Pew Research center. 18 December 2012. සම්ප්රවේශය 18 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Charles Joseph Adams, Classification of religions: geographical, Encyclopedia Britannica
- ^ Brodd, Jefferey (2003). World Religions. Winona, Minnesota: Saint Mary's Press. ISBN 978-0-88489-725-5.
- ^ Samuel 2010.
- ^ Anthony 2007.