Back Abrahamitiese gelowe Afrikaans أديان إبراهيمية Arabic دين إبراهيمي ARY ديانات ابراهيميه ARZ আব্ৰাহামিক ধৰ্ম Assamese İbrahimi dinlər Azerbaijani ابراهیمی دینلر AZB Ибраһими диндәр Bashkir Abrahamikong relihiyon BCL Авраамически религии Bulgarian
The Abrahamic religions are a grouping of several religions that revere Abraham in their scripture, with the three largest and most influential being Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The religions share doctrinal, historical, and geographic overlap that naturally contrasts them with the Dharmic religions of India, Iranian religions, or traditions such as Chinese folk religion.[1][2]
Abrahamic religions make up the largest major division in the study of comparative religion.[3] By total number of adherents, Christianity and Islam comprise the largest and second-largest religious movements in the world, respectively.[4][page needed] There are several smaller religious movements that are regarded as Abrahamic, the smallest being Samaritanism, with fewer than 1,000 adherents. The Baháʼí Faith (5-8 million) and Druze Faith (1 million) are the largest Abrahamic religions outside of the three major ones.[5]
- ^ Brague, Rémi, 'The Concept of the Abrahamic Religions, Problems and Pitfalls', in Adam J. Silverstein, and Guy G. Stroumsa (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions (2015; online edn, Oxford Academic, 12 Nov. 2015), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697762.013.5, accessed 12 Feb. 2024
- ^ Goshen-Gottstein, Alon. "Abraham and ‘Abrahamic Religions’ in Contemporary Interreligious Discourse." Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 12.2 (2002): 165-183.
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- ^ "Druze in Syria". Harvard University.
The Druze are an ethnoreligious group concentrated in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel with around one million adherents worldwide. The Druze follow a millenarian offshoot of Isma'ili Shi'ism. Followers emphasize Abrahamic monotheism but consider the religion as separate from Islam.