1/ "The twelve major world religions," a polite textbook concept, drastically distorts our understanding of major world religions.
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2/ There is only one major world religion, Christianity, with 2.2bn people, found nearly everywhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations#Christians …
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3/ Islam is mostly confined to the median strip of the Old World. 1.8bn people: a major regional religion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations#Muslims …
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4/ Hinduism is a major national religion, 1bn people, basically all in India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations#Hindus …
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5/ Buddhism is minor regional religion, 375 million people. Everything else is numerically insignificant; Sikhism is #5 with 23 mn.
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6/ So in world terms, there are only two major religions, Christianity and Islam. This could change; Buddhism was dominant in 1800.
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7/ Some religions adapted to modernity successfully; others failed. Postmodernity offers different challenges; will be different winners.
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