There are many closely related denominations comprised within western Christianity. Catholic, Protestant, and Anglican are three denominations favored by many worldwide. With 1.1 billion members, the catholic denomination is the largest denomination of any religion making Christianity the world’s largest religion. Judaism, derived from the Greek Judah has approximately 14,500,000 members, which is roughly 0.2% of the world’s population. Religion is the belief in worship or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or to have control of human destiny.
Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world .the caste system evolved from Hinduism. Hindus people worshiped many gods for example Braham –the creator of the universe which has no form, Vishnu-the preserver of the universe and shiva-0the destroyer of evil or the changer. Being there is no bible there is a book called Rig Veda. it includes about one hundred hymns that praise the ancient gods and goddesses .one belief in Hinduism is life after death .people who had a good life are rewarded in life after death other are born in life after death as a outcast. Buddhism is the fourth largest religion in the world.
The Caste System in India was created over three thousand years ago and is a set of religious laws Hindus follow as well as a system to separate the classes of the society. [1] There are four main divisions in the caste system and they are the Brahmin, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudra. The Brahmin are priests and are also part of the highest caste and are considered to been reborn twice. The Kshatriyas are the warrior class who protect the people, they are considered to be reborn once. The Vaishyas are the merchant and peasant caste.
In Islam, all individuals are created in the likeness of Allah, thus all humans are depicted to be equal (Husain, 2002). In contrast, Hinduism believes in a multifaceted concept of God, where God is categorized as monism, henotheism, monotheism or polytheism. Hindus tend to worship one God, but under different forms. With many deities, Hinduism believes the creator of the world to be Brahma, while Vishnu is regarded as the preserver of the universe. Shiva, the most highly regarded God is believed to be the destroyer.
Running headed: The Caste System THE CASTE SYSTEM Larry Middleton Faulkner State Community College Abstract This paper is about the caste system in India. The caste system was divided into four different class’s, was heavily influenced by Hinduism, and had a sub class of “untouchables”. The Caste System in Ancient India In 1500 B.C., a group of “powerful nomadic warriors known as Aryans appeared in northern India” (Dowling, 2005) bringing along with them a new social order known as the caste system. Societies under the Aryans were divided into four distinct social orders too establish a social order and stability. The three main points of the caste system were the four groups of the system, the influence of Hinduism, and the class of the “untouchables”.
Comparing with all religious sects, I-Kuan Tao is the third most popular faith in Taiwan, which is after Buddhism and Taoism. The name of I-Kuan Tao was originated from the 16th Patriarch of I-Kuan Tao, called Liu Qingxu (刘清虚), since 1886. With the effort of 17th Patriarch and 18th Patriarch of I-Kuan Tao, called Lu Zhongyi (路中一) and Zhang Tianran (张天然), I-Kuan Tao was widely spread all over China. Since Zhang Tianran cooperated with Japanese during Anti-Japanese War, the National government controlled by Kuomintang (KMT) outlawed I-Kuan Tao in January 1946. After the founding of new China in 1949, I-Kuan Tao was defined as heresy and eliminated in mainland China before 1955.
Goal of Hinduism India is the home to the polytheistic religion of Hinduism. They have major beliefs that must be followed in order to reach the ultimate goal of Hinduism. The ultimate goal of Hinduism is to break free of the cycle of re-birth. The goal is to break free of the cycle of re-birth and reach Moksha. Moksha is a union with Brahman.
The religion has billions of members, about 1/6 of the world's population. It is also because of the Holy Wars or Crusades in which the Christians attempted to take the Holy Land back from the Muslims. 3. Hinduism is the dominant religion, or way of life, in South Asia, most especially India. It includes Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktis and a wide spectrum of laws and prescriptions of "daily morality" based on karma, dharma, and societal norms.
Hindu and Hinduism are terms that can be difficult to define not only accurately but also universally. These terms can define one’s religious beliefs, one’s place within the caste system, one’s language or one’s region within India. According to the 2001 census, India’s population has reached over one billion and of those counted, Hindus make up over 80% (Narayanan, 2003). The Hindu belief system can be as simple or complex, as its follower chooses to make it because Hinduism itself is very diverse in its components. Hindus believe that their belief system has existed forever and many aspects within their belief system are cyclic in character instead of possessing a beginning, middle and an end, as is common among other belief systems.
Introduction To begin with, the caste system in India is a social stratification system and it was developed during the ancient times. The origin of this system lie in Hinduism but it was used to divide people into separate communities. This system in its religious form is not more than a simple division of society where four castes are placed in a hierarchy and the untouchables or the outcasts are not a part of this hierarchy. Socially, the caste system is a very complicated concept due to addition of new castes, and sub-castes. The caste system has also been adopted by the South Asian Muslims due to the Hindu converts and close contact with the Hindu culture.