Major World Religions Practice

One of the oldest religions in the modern world, dating back over 4000 years, and originating in the Indus River Valley

A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.

A religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama which teaches that the most important thing in life is to reach peace by ending suffering.

A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as written about in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.

A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims.

A 14th Century religion founded by a Hindu guru, monotheists that follow a religion that has elements of both Hinduism and Islam. Most are found in India.

In Hinduism, the ancient books of sacred songs on which much of its religious beliefs are based.

Judaism's most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible

collection of the teachings of the Buddha

The holy book of Christianity made of 2 parts, The Old Testament (history and ideas of the Hebrew and Jewish people) and the New Testament (life and teachings of Jesus and early history of Christianity and letters written by followers of Jesus)

Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam

Sacred book of Sikhism that is also the final guru

Hindu holy leader

Hebrew word for a Jewish master or teacher of the Torah

a person who conducts Christian religious worship; serves by helping