This resource includes a list of over 40 world religions and their major features, such as brief summaries of their origins and history, beliefs in god and an afterlife, practices, foundational texts, etc.  The document also includes an introduction explaining decisions that went into how the chart was formulated.

Concepts

the afterlife, world religions

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Additional Tags

world religions, afterlife, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners review the religions and choose one to further study, research, and present
• Continually have class members refer back to this resource throughout a world religions course

Pros

• Incorporates wide range of world religions
• Many religion titles link to secondary source articles

Cons

• None