Religion and the religions -- Religions originating in South Asia (India). Hinduism : the religion of divine immanence and an hereditary graded social structure ; Jainism : the religion of asceticism ; Buddhism : the religion of peaceful, ethical self-culture ; Sikhism : the religion of disciples of the one true God -- Religions originating in East Asia (China, Japan). Confucianism : the religion of social propriety ; Taoism : the religion of the divine way ; Shinto : the religion of nature-worship, emperor-worship, and purity -- Religions originating in West Asia (Palestine, Persia, Arabia). Judaism : the religion of obedience to the righteous God ; Zoroastrianism : the religion of struggle along with a good but limited god against the evil forces inherent in the world ; Islam, or Mohammedanism : the religion of submission to the world-potentate ; Christianity : the religion of the love of God and love of man as revealed in Jesus Christ ; A summary comparison of the living religions.
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