ප්‍රධාන අගම්

ප්‍රධාන අගම් වර්ගවල ජන සංඛ්‍යාවන්, ක්‍රි.ව. 2012
Religion			Percent
ක්‍රිස්තියානි			31.5%
ඉස්ලාම්			25.2%
Unaffiliated			16.3%
හින්දු			15.0%
බුද්ධාගම			7.1%
			5.9%
Other			0.8%
Sikhism			0.36%
, 2012

වර්ගීකරණය

Religious traditions fall into super-groups in , arranged by historical origin and mutual influence. Abrahamic religions originate in the Middle East, in the Indian subcontinent and in East Asia. Another group with supra-regional influence are , which have their origins in Central and West Africa.

• මැදපෙරදිග ආගම්: හෙවත් ඒබ්‍රහමීය ආගම් are the largest group, and these consist mainly of Christianity, Islam, and the . They are named for the patriarch , and are unified by the practice of monotheism. Today, around 3.4 billion people are followers of Abrahamic religions and are spread widely around the world apart from the regions around East and Southeast Asia. Several Abrahamic organizations are vigorous .
• (not listed below due to overlaps), partly of origins, includes , , and historical traditions of (, ). It has significant overlaps with Abrahamic traditions, e.g. in and in recent movements such as and the .
• , originated in and partly of origins, they tend to share a number of key concepts, such as , , among others. They are of the most influence across the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, Southeast Asia, as well as isolated parts of Russia. The main Indian religions are Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
• consist of several East Asian religions which make use of the concept of (in Chinese) or (in Japanese or Korean). They include many , and , as well as Korean and Japanese religion influenced by Chinese thought.
• අප්‍රිකානු ආගම්:
  • The religions of the tribal peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa, but excluding , which is considered to belong to the ancient Middle East;
  • practiced in the Americas, imported as a result of the of the 16th to 18th centuries, building on of Central and West Africa.
• කුඩා ප්‍රදේශයකට අවේනික , found on every continent, now marginalized by the major organized faiths in many parts of the world or persisting as undercurrents () of major religions. Includes , Asian , , and traditions, , , and postwar ශින්ටෝ. Under more traditional listings, this has been referred to as "" along with (historical polytheism).
• is the term applied to any religious faith which has emerged since the 19th century, often , re-interpreting or reviving aspects of older traditions such as , , අහමදියා, , , and so forth.

මූලාශ්‍ර

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2. Charles Joseph Adams, Classification of religions: geographical, Encyclopedia Britannica
3. Brodd, Jefferey (2003). World Religions. Winona, Minnesota: Saint Mary's Press. ISBN .
4. Samuel 2010.
5. Anthony 2007.