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1. Using the PEW Research Religion & Public Life Project, write a news article
from the perspective of a world news journalist attempting to describe the
religious patterns in the world.
Religious Patterns of the World
The spread of religions across the world can tell a lot about them. The more global
they are the more diverse they can be. With religions that all reside in close
quarters and high population density usually do not. Also with a large majority of
the human population in the Asian pacific area this is the region that most religions
have their strongest foothold. With religions living in close concentration it also
allows the spreading of ideas.
This map shows the spread of religions around the world in a visual layout. You can
see how religions dont overlap very much and this is because people usually tend
to live in areas they feel most comfortable and at home. People like to be with
people that are similar to them in thinking and this includes religion. It also shows
the spread of these religions as they have grown over the years. A religions ability
to move between continents shows its strength.
The younger the age group of the religion provides knowledge into the momentum
of the future. It also depends on the religion and how many children they are having
as that can tilt the scale. When people get involved in religion at a younger age
they help spread it to their social groups which can strengthen and grow the
religion.
This map shows the spread of Christianity throughout the world. Christianity is the
biggest religion in the world and one of the only to spread across oceans and
continents. It proves the strength of the religion and also its diversity. It also shows
where the religion is not and why it is not. Many middle eastern religions despise of
Christianity for one reason or another and as shown above Christians stay out of
that part of the world.
Another growing ideology in this world is unaffiliated which includes atheist and
agnostic. Throughout the whole world this is one of the ideas that has grown with
globalization. Even though they classify with unaffiliated approximately thirty
percent of these people believe in a god or greater power just dont affiliate with a
religion.
Isaiah Kent-Schneider