|
Adherents |
15 Mio. |
850 Mio. |
375 Mio. |
2,1 Mrd. |
1,3 Mrd. |
|
Symbol |
Star of David,
Menorah,
Mezuzah |
Cow |
Lotus Flower,
Dharmacakra |
Ichthys, Crucifix |
Crescent |
|
Calender |
ha-lu'ach ha-iwri |
Hindu calendar |
Buddhist |
Gregorian |
Islamic |
| founded |
2000 bc |
1200 bc |
6th century bc |
1st century |
7th century |
| Founding event |
Exodus |
Rigveda |
Bodhi of the
Buddha |
Pentecost |
Wahy |
| Places/
Pilgrimage |
Jerusalem |
Varanasi,
Tirumala Tirupati,
Mathura |
Kapilavastu,
Bodhgaya,
Sarnath,
Tibet,
Shaolin |
Bethlehem,
Nazareth,
Jerusalem |
Mecca,
Medina |
| Prevalence |
Israel,
Diaspora |
India |
India,
East Asia |
Europe,
Americas |
Middle East,
North Africa |
|
Language |
Hebrew,
Yiddish |
Sanskrit |
Pali |
Aramaic,
Latin, |
Arabic |
|
Mantra |
|
Om |
|
Lord's Prayer,
Amen |
Basmala |
|
Creed |
Shema Yisrael |
|
|
|
Shahadah |
|
Creation |
Genesis |
|
|
Genesis |
Sura 11,7 |
|
God |
JHWH |
Brahma
- Vishnu -
Shiva |
Atheism |
God |
Allah |
|
Devil |
Lucifer |
Asura |
Asura,
Mara |
Satan |
Iblis |
|
Monotheism |
2nd Commandment |
Tat Tvam Asi |
|
Trinity |
Tawhid |
|
Afterlife |
Eden
-
Gehinnom |
Reincarnation |
Reincarnation,
Nirvana |
Heaven
&
Hell |
|
|
Miracles |
Moses, |
Siddhis, |
|
immacul.
Conception,
Jesus,
Resurrection |
|
|
Incarnation |
Adam |
Krishna |
Siddhartha Gautama
|
Jesus |
Mohammed |
|
Apostles |
|
|
Disciples |
12 |
|
|
Prophets |
Noah,
Abraham,
Moses,
Elijah,
Isaiah |
Vyasa,
|
Ananda,
Amitabha
|
|
|
|
Saints |
|
Hindu |
|
Christian |
|
|
Angels |
|
Deva |
|
Angels,
Archangels |
Malak |
|
Second Coming |
Messiah |
Kalki |
Maitreya |
Parousia |
Mahdi |
|
Redemption |
|
Moksha
|
Samadhi
|
Confession,
Repentance,
Rebirth |
|
|
Meaning of life |
Test |
Purusharthas |
Escape from Samsrara |
Test |
Test |
|
Praxis |
Prayer |
Yoga |
Meditation,
Mandalas |
Mercy,
Prayer,
Sacraments |
Prayer |
|
Values |
|
Bhakti |
three Jewels |
Charity |
Zakat |
|
Sins |
Ten commandments,
Original sin |
Karma,
Niyamas |
Ten unwholesome actions
|
Ten commandments,
Original sin |
|
|
Pacifism |
|
|
Ahimsa |
Turning the
other cheek |
|
|
Principles |
Ten commandments |
|
Noble
eightfold path |
|
Five
pillars |
|
Law |
Talmud,
Halakha,
Mishna |
Dharma |
Dharma |
|
Scharia,
Sunnah,
Hadith |
|
Sacred texts |
Tanakh,
Torah,
Zohar |
Vedas,
Upanishads,
Puranas |
Sutras,
Tripitaka |
Bible |
Qur'an |
|
Exegesis |
PaRDeS |
Vedanga |
|
|
Tafsir |
|
House of worship |
Synagogue
|
Temple
|
Temple,
Stupas,
Pagodas
|
Church,
Cathedral,
Basilica,
Chapel |
Mosque
|
|
Sacred art |
|
|
Buddhist |
Christian |
Muslim |
| |
Rabbi
|
Guru,
Brahmin,
Swami
|
|
Priest,
Pastor
|
Imam,
Muezzin,
Khatib,
Mullah,
Mufti |
|
Service,
Worship |
|
Darshan |
|
Mass |
Ibada |
| |
|
|
Dalai Lama |
Pope |
Ayatollah,
Sultan,
Caliph |
| |
Solomon's Temple,
Wailing Wall
|
|
Potala-Palace |
St. Peter's |
Kaaba,
Dome of the Rock |
|
Rites |
Brit milah |
bathing in the
Ganges |
|
Baptism |
|
|
Initiation |
Bar Mitzvah |
|
|
Communion,
Confirmation |
|
|
Holidays |
Hanukkah,
Yom Kippur,
Passover,
Rosh Hashanah |
Holi,
Diwali
|
|
Christmas,
Easter,
Pentecost
|
Hajj,
Ramadan,
Eid al-Adha
|
| |
Saturday |
|
|
Sunday |
Friday |
|
Denomination |
Orthodox -
Reform |
Vaishnavism
-
Shaivism |
Mahayana
- Hinayana |
Catholics
- Protestants |
Sunnis
- Shiites |
|
Mysticism |
Kabbalah |
Yoga,
Tantra |
Zen |
mysticism |
Sufism |
| |
Pharisees,
Sadducees |
Sikhism,
Jainism |
Shinto |
Orthodox,
Anglicanism |
|
|
Sects |
Essenes,
Hasidism,
Maccabees |
Neo-Sannyas,
Hare Krishna |
Schools |
Anabaptist,
Jehovah's
Witnesses,
Mormons |
Alevi,
Alawism
|
|
Theologians |
Moses de Leon,
|
Patanjali,
Ramanuja,
Gandhi
|
Nagarjuna,
|
Augustine,
Aquinas,
Luther,
Calvin |
Rumi,
Bahá'u'lláh
|
|
Enlightenment |
Haskalah |
|
|
Enlightenment |
|
|
Philosophy |
Jewish |
Hindu |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Falsafa |
| |
Abrahamic God |
Caste Systems,
Sati |
|
Crusades,
Inquisition |
Role of women,
Jihad |
|
Fundamentalism |
Jewish- |
|
|
Christian- |
Islamism |
| |
Zionism |
Hindutva |
|
|
|
|
Persecution |
Captivity,
Antisemitism,
Inquisition,
Pogroms,
Holocaust |
|
|
Persecution
|
war on terror
|
|
Synods |
Synod of Jamnia |
|
Councils |
Councils |
|
|
Heresy |
in Judaism |
|
|
in Christianity |
in Islam |
|
Eschatology |
Mashiach
|
|
|
Apocalypse,
Antichrist,
Last Judgment,
Kingdom of God |
Dajjal
|
|
Monasticism |
Kibbutz |
Ashram |
Sangha |
Monastery |
|
|
Monks |
|
Sadhu |
Bhikkhu |
Monks |
|
|
Mission |
|
|
|
Mission |
Jihad |
|
Dietery laws |
Kashrut,
kosher |
|
Vegetarianism |
|
Halal |
|
Alcohol |
|
|
|
|
Haram |
|
Sacrifice |
|
|
Puja |
|
|
|
Prayer beads |
|
|
Mala |
Rosary |
Tasbih |