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Taoism A Chinese religion; pronounced with an initial “d,” and therefore also spelled Daoism. Taoism teaches that by living in harmony with the Tao (pronounced…

The term New Age or New Age Thinking is a general label used since the late 20th century and after to cover a number of…

Hinduism A set of religions that arose and are especially practiced in India. Hinduism is something of an umbrella term. It includes any Indian religious…

Buddhism A religion that traces its history back to the BUDDHA, Siddhartha Gautama (c. 560–c. 480 B.C.E.). Buddhism is widely practiced throughout southeast and east…

Rastafarians are Members of a religious movement that began in Jamaica among people of African descent. They are also called Rastas. The name Rastafarian comes…

Judaism The religion centered on the covenant revealed to MOSES at Mount Sinai and preserved in the TORAH, the first five books of the Hebrew…

Christianity is a global, scripture-centred faith grounded in devotion to Jesus the Christ, believed by Christians to be the Son of God and Saviour of the world. From modest beginnings in…

Islam Arabic for “submission,” specifi cally, submission to the will of God; a religion that took fi nal form in Arabia after revelations to the…