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FAITH GROUPS (Religions)

Text Box: Hinduism

Hinduism guides the lives of its adherents in many different ways. The ultimate reality is understood as a principle called Brahman rather than a personal God. Devotion to this principle may be expressed in ways that appear to be monotheistic, polytheistic, henotheistic, animistic, pantheistic, and even atheistic

Buddhism

Buddhism is a tradition that evolved out of Hinduism. Buddhism guides the lives of adherents in many ways. The ultimate reality is understood as a principle called the Buddha nature. They believe everyone has the Buddha nature. Devotion to this principle is expressed in the pursuit of the liberation from suffering caused by desire. Devotion to this principle does not involve God or gods.

Judaism

Judaism is a monotheistic religion. Jews believe in a personal God that chose to have a covenant relationship with the descendants of Abraham. Judaism is understood in light of biblical Judaism and rabbinical Judaism. Biblical Judaism centered on the sacrificial system and their temple in Jerusalem, the covenant with Abraham and the law given through Moses. After the destruction of the temple by the Romans, Judaism was centered on the Law.

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion that evolved from Judaism. Christians believe in a personal God whose complexity is expressed in three persons (the Trinity: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit). They believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the incarnation of the second person of the trinity (God, the Son). His death and sacrifice at the cross pays for the sins of the world. Through devotion to Christ, any sinner can have a personal relationship with God.

Islam

Text Box: Islam is a monotheistic religion. The term used in reference to God is Allah. The transcendence of Allah is emphasized to such a degree that his essence can not be known by the finite mind of man. However, Allah requires submission from his creatures. The term for submission is Islam and the term for those who submit is Muslim. Muslims believe that God revealed the truths of Islam to the prophet Muhammad. Muhammad then succeeded in transforming his largely polytheistic Arabic world to monotheism and Islam.

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