The Globalization of Religions

Act 4

Name at least 3 different Religious Organization/Sect and describe each on the following.
Belief Population Short history
(as of of the religion
2019)

1. Roman ∙ a belief in the 17.7 % of ∙ Begins with Jesus Christ

Catholic Church divinity of Jesus world’s and his teachings at Judea.
Christ, the son population and
of God made man who A continuation of the
came to earth to early Christian
redeem community established by
humanity's sins through the Disciples of Jesus
His death and ∙ The Church considers its
resurrection. They bishops to be
follow the successors to Jesus's
His teachings as set out apostles and the Church's
in the New Testament leader, the Bishop of
and place their trust in Rome (Pope), to be the sole
God's promise of successor to Saint Peter who
eternal ministered in Rome in the
life with Him. first century AD after his
∙ The core beliefs of appointment by Jesus as
the Catholic faith head of the Church.
are found ∙ Christianity
in the Nicene spread throughout the
Creed. early Roman
∙ believe that the Bible Empire, with all persecutions
is the inspired due to conflicts with the
word of pagan state religion.
God. From the
beginning
of Christianity, the
Catholic Church defined
the canon of Scripture –
the books you find in
every Christian Bible –
and defined what it
meant to be a follower
of
Jesus Christ. Through
the
centuries, it’s the
 Catholic Church that
preserved the Bible, as
well as many other
written works, through
its monasteries and
libraries.
2. Iglesia ni ∙ One god, the Father 2.89 % of ∙ Founded by Felix Manalo
believe that the one world’s on July 27,1914 at Sta.
Cristo and Ana,
population
only true God is the Manila, Philippines.
Father, the ∙ Manalo, disillusioned
Creator. with both Catholicism
∙ believes that the and
Lord Jesus Christ, Protestantism, started the
the Son of group with his own
God revelations and
∙ Bible is the sole basis interpretations of Scripture.
of faith and service He became the INC’s first
to God. executive minister.
∙ Iglesia ni Cristo ∙ does not believe in
believes that it is the Trinity or in Jesus’
the true church divine
established by Jesus nature, and it considers
Christ believes that the itself
dead will be the only church that offers
resurrected. salvation. It considers Félix
∙ does not follow Manalo to be the “angel of
religious things that the East”, whom God
are not in the appointed for the last
Bible as that would be times.
unscriptural. (Birth of
Christ)
 3. Born ∙ the phrase "born 17 % ∙ The Born again
again" does not (protestants) Movement traces its
Again, Christian refer to a literal origin early in the
physical rebirth, but a 19th century. In reaction to
spiritual one. Protestant Liberalism a
∙ emphasize the group of Protestant
necessity of theologians from various
baptism and denominations (Baptist,
acceptance of the Holy Methodist, Episcopalian,
Spirit in order to spend Presbyterian, and
eternal life in Evangelicals etc.) wrote a
heaven. 12
∙ believe in one God volume book entitled The
that is divided into Fundamentals.
three ∙ In the year 2000 Born
persons, the Father, the Again Churches from
Son, and the Holy Spirit. the United
So essentially, Jesus States sent their
himself is God. They missionaries in the
believe Jesus was born Philippines to re-
of established
a virgin, died on a cross, the Born Again Movement
and was resurrected and this time their primary
after three days. mission is no longer to
∙ believe an individual infiltrate Protestant and
is saved by faith Catholic Churches but
alone, not targeted the youth in
by good works. schools
∙ Transforming particularly college
Power of God: students.
Born again
Christians believe in
"the
resurrection power
of
God."
 ∙ The ritual of baptism is used to
symbolically
identify with being
buried with Christ and
being reborn into a
transformed
existence. Physical
baptism must be
preceded by a spiritual
one, where the person is
"taken out of the devil's
realm and baptized into
Christ by the Holy Spirit
himself..”

4. Muslims have six main beliefs: 1. 2.5 % of ∙ founded by the

Belief in Allah as the one and only world’s prophet Mohammed, who
Islam God was born
population
2. Belief in angels. in Mecca around A.D. 570
3. Belief in the holy books 4. and settled in Medina
Belief in the Prophets. around 622. Muslims believe
∙ Adam, Abraham, Mohammed was the last and
Moses, David, Jesus. most important in a series of
∙ Muhammad (peace be upon prophets, including
him) is the final Abraham, Moses and Jesus.
prophet. The holy book of Islam is the
Koran, which means "the
5. Belief in the Day of timeless words of God."
Judgement.
∙ The day when the life of every
human being will
be assessed to decide
whether they go to
heaven or hell.

6. Belief in
Predestination...
∙ That Allah has the
knowlege of all that will
happen.
∙ Muslims believe that this doesn't
stop human
beings making free
choices.