Why uo 8ellglons Pave ulfferenL ulsLrlbuLlons?

O rlgln of 8ellglon
O ulffuslon of 8ellglons
O Poly laces
O @he calendar

rlgln of 8ellglons

O Dnlversallzlng rellglons have preclse places of orlgln
O Lhnlc rellglons have unknown or unclear orlglns

rlgln of Dnlversallzlng 8ellglons

O 8ellglons began ln
1 8uddhlsm 2300 years ago
2 ChrlsLlanlLy 2000 years ago
3 lslam 1300 years ago

rlgln of ChrlsLlanlLy

O lL was founded upon Lhe Leachlngs of !esus ChrlsL
O 8oman CaLhollcs belleve ln Lhe Leachlngs of Lhe blble Lhe ope Lhe lnLerpreLaLlons of
Lhe Leachlngs ln church and Lhe seven sacramenLs
O asLern rLhodox belleves ln all Lhe same Lhlngs as Lhe 8oman CaLhollcs buL re[ecLed
docLrlnes of Lhe 8oman CaLhollc Church

rlgln of lslam

O lshmael had a son name Muhammad who sLarLed lslam

rlgln of 8uddhlsm

O LarLed by lddharLha CauLama buL laLer became known as 8uddha

ulffuslon of 8ellglons

O Dnlversallzlng rellglons dlffused from speclflc hearLhs or places of orlgln Lo oLher reglons of Lhe
world
O Lhnlc rellglons Lyplcally remaln clusLered ln one locaLlon

ulffuslon of Dnlversallzlng 8ellglons

O ChrlsLlanlLy and lslam are ln ouLhwesL Asla
O 8uddhlsm ls ln ouLh Asla

ulffuslon of ChrlsLlanlLy

O 8elocaLlon dlffuslon by mlsslonarles
O ConLaglous dlffuslon by conLacL beLween bellever and nonbellevers
O Plerarchlcal dlffuslon accepLance by Lhe emperor

ulffuslon of lslam

O ulffused Lhrough relocaLlon dlffuslon