A Very Brief Overview of the Five Major World Religions Christianity, Buddhist, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism.

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A Very Brief Overview of the Five Major World Religions Christianity, Buddhist, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism

Christianity  The world’s largest religion with about 2.2 billion followers. It is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and is 2,000 years old.

Buddhism  Buddhism was started around 2,500 years ago in India. It has about 350 million followers around the world.

Islam  Islam began in the early 600s and is the second largest religion with over 1000 million followers. It is more a way of life than a religion.

Hinduism  Hinduism has around 750 million followers around the world. Hinduism is about 4000 years old and is practiced by more than 80% of India.

Judaism  Judaism is over 3,800 years old and followers are Jewish. There are 12 million Jews and most live in the United States and Israel.

Resources  Text gathered from  junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Religion.html junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Religion.html  finder/religion/how-old-islam finder/religion/how-old-islam  Pictures from  b=wi b=wi