1. Major World Religions Religion Date Location Founder Sacred Text
Place of Worship
Belief
Buddhism
550BCE
Northern India
Siddhartha
Gautama
Tripitaka (Three Baskets) (thera-vada Buddhism)
Temple
Non-Theistic (belief in no God’s)
Judaism
1900BCE
Israel
Abraham and Moses
Tenakh (Hebrew Bible)
Synagogue
Monotheistic (believe in one God)
Hinduism
2000BCE
Indus Valley, India
Unknown
The Vedas
Polytheistic (believe in more than one God)
Christianity
33CE
Palestine
Jesus Christ
The Bible
Church
Monotheistic
Islam
610CE
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad
The Qur’an
Mosque