Types of religion is an online educational resource for all the religions of the world. Throughout history, spain has been a meeting ground for muslim, jewish and christian ideas. The few centuries when people of three religions and cultures were able to live together in peace, to collaborate and the incredible achievements that resulted provide an important lesson for a world that is rushing toward religious, ideological and racial purity and fanaticism. Approximately 3% to 5% of the population practices one of these religions. Only 3 % of spaniards consider religion as one of their three most important values, even lower than the 5% european average. Spain had long hosted the three religions of the book. Minority religions in spain include islam, judaism, protestant christianity, baha i, hinduism, and buddhism, along with others in smaller numbers. Three of the worlds major religions the monotheist traditions of judaism, christianity, and islam were all born in the middle east and are all inextricably linked to one another. Judaism is the smallest of the world religions with a little over 16 million adherents. Keep in mind that the country is 94% roman catholic so that the other 2 religions are not too influential. Introduction islamic spain 711 1492 the court of the lions, alhambra, spain. Learn about christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, and more. In that year, italy was the main european destination of. What turned visitors stomachs was the way spain tolerated religious minorities.
The majority of the worlds religious and philosophical movements have religious centres or meeting places in the major cities and resort areas, including english and american churches. This book will be a very useful source for historians, sociologists, political scientists and all those interested in the influence of religion on politics. The old city of jerusalem covers less than one square kilometer and is home to jews, christians and muslims. Buddhism 376 million followers tripitaka pali canon 5. The basic beliefs and history of a religion is often found in its sacred or revered texts. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Rafael diaz salazar, professor of sociology, universidad complutense, madrid. The political tensions dividing israel and the palestinians are felt acutely here. The statistics presents the number of religion books exported from the spanish book sector to other european countries in 2018. Roman catholic, islam, and protestant are the 3 major religions in spain.
Spain of the three religions spains medieval culture explored through the rich and complex relationships between muslims, jews and christians, in a series of three lectures. Islamic spain was a multicultural mix of the people of three great monotheistic religions. Spain of the three religions a spanish cultural event. These adherents, called jews, belong to the same family of religions as christianity and islam, the abrahamic religions. What are the top ten religions and what is the holy book. Catholic christianity is the largest religion in spain, but practical secularization is strong. Until the end of the 15th century, thriving populations of jews and muslims almost 10% of the population. Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the spanish constitution, although the majority of the population is catholic. Other religions also practised in spain include islam, judaism, protestantism, and hinduism, all of which have places where to conduct their rituals. The spanish constitution of 1978 abolished catholicism as the official state religion. The holy books of world religions sacred texts in world.
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