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Student response: create list on board distinguishing between eastern and western religions (distribute handouts: chart & "what, where, when, who")
World map locating the various major religions of the world

Ethnic and Universal (World) religions:

Ethnic: a religion of a particular people (e.g., Judaism, Hinduism, Shinto)

Universal: a religion which sees its message as applicable to all people (e.g., Christianity, Islam, Buddhism)

Theistic (mono-, poly-) and Non-Theistic (atheistic, monistic) religions

Eastern and Western religions: Philosophical generalities (transparency)

Essay to read: Interfaith Relations and the Unity(?) of Religions

How to learn more about the world's religions

Just for fun: World Religions Word Search game

Contact the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington

Assignment: Religious Scavenger Hunt

Recommended Web sites:

Adherents.com contains statistics of religions throughout the world

ReligiousTolerance.org check out their descriptions of various Christian denominations and dozens of non-Christian religions

ReligiousMovements.org profiles over 200 small, little known often misunderstood religions and sects
The Major World Religions provides a short introduction to the major world religions.
A Timeline of the origin of the major ("classic") religions of the world

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Created by Laura Ellen Shulman

Last updated: May 2002