WORLD RELIGIONS

RELIGIONS

ETHNIC RELIGIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Examples of ethnic religions include
A
Daoism and Christianity.
B
Daoism, Confucianism, and Judaism.
C
Confucianism, Islam, and Buddhism.
D
Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism.
E
Hinduism and Buddhism.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Confucianism is often characterized as a system of social and ethical philosophy rather than a religion. In fact, Confucianism built on an ancient religious foundation to establish the social values, institutions, and transcendent ideals of traditional Chinese society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Judaism, Hinduism and Japanese Shintoism are ethnic religions. These are considered ethnic religions since they are connected to a certain place and group of people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Judaism is considered an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion partly because its events are held in conjunc-tion with the agricultural calendar. Universalizing religions’ calendars are based on events dealing with the founder’s life.

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