2. INTRODUCTION
Religion is human’s relation to that which they regard
as holy, sacred, spiritual or divine. Religion consists of
a person’s relation to God or to gods or spirit. Religion
involves various laws and prohibitions that guide
people in their day to day life. These laws or
commandments are to serve as guidance to avoid
deviations from what is known as normal
3. TYPES OF RELIGIONS
Based on the existence of the number of God or gods
religions can be classified into
MONOTHEISM This is belief in the existence of one God.3
main religions are known in this case, Christianity, Islam and
Judhaism.Amongst these,Judhaism was the first form of
monotheistic religion in 12BC.Christainity started in
1AD(Catholicism)and n 16AD protestants sprung up.Islam
started 1000years before in 6AD
4. 2 Polytheism: this is the belief in the existence of
many gods. These include hinduism,Budhaism
and African traditional religion.
3 Atheism: this is the belief in the existence of no
God. In this case, the person doesn’t have belief in
the existence of something supernatural or
supreme.
5. 4 Pantheism: this is the doctrine that there is oneness
of creation and creator. Meaning there is no difference
between God and what he created. The universe is
conceived as a whole in God. There is no God,the
substance forces and laws put the universe in order
God and nature are 2 names for the same
thing(identical reality)otherwise,the totality of God
and universe would be greater than God alone.
6. EARLY FORMS OF RELIOGION
ANIMISM: this is the belief in spiritual beings
concerned with human affairs and are capable of
intervening in them.Tylor made great contributions in
this aspect.
Totenism:this concerned with the belief in kingship or
a mystikal relationship between man and natural
object e.g plants and animals
7. Four largest Adherents[citation % of world
needed] Article
religions population
World Figures taken from individual
6.8 billion[26]
population articles:
1.9 billion – 2.1 Christianity by
Christianity 29% – 32%
billion[27] country
1.3 billion – 1.57 Islam by
Islam 19% – 21%
billion[28] country
500 million – 1.5 Buddhism by
Buddhism 7% – 21%
billion[29][30] country
950 million – 1 Hinduism by
Hinduism 14% – 20%
billion[31] country
4.65 billion – 6.17 68.38% –
Total
billion 90.73%
