Five Religious Traditions

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This paper discusses the similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. The paper briefly outlines the major tenets, beliefs and practices of each of these world religions.

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"Thus one similarity all of these religions share is their diversity. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all monotheistic religions, that believe in one Creator God, although Christianity adopts in most of its strains (with the exception of Unitarianism) a three-part God, a God of the Father, Son Christ, and Holy Spirit. All three of these major traditions are further segmented, because of doctrinal quarrels, such as Judaism' s split into Orthodox (including the various sects of Hasidism and Modern Orthodoxy), Conservative, and Reform movements. Christianity is split between Protestant, Roman, and Eastern Catholic strains, and Islam into Sunni and Shiite strains. Buddhism as well, it should be noted has a Mahayana, or major and non-monastic tradition, and a Theravada, or largely monastic tradition, as well as a variety of sects, from Zen to Tantric practice, that further divide these two major breaks in Buddhist philosophy."

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