In today's world there are many religions.Conventionally, they can be divided into the following groups: global, national, tribal.Recent distributed within a community, a group of people.It is the oldest form of religion.Today it is preserved in some parts of Africa and Asia.Tribal religions ministers are priests, shamans, witches.They are endowed with some authority and power.
main religions of the world are also the world.These include Christianity, Buddhism, Islam.Their distinguishing feature - the prevalence among people living in different countries and on different continents.The most significant historical events related to the world religions.Because of them, there were conflicts, wars for centuries.
the world's oldest religion of Buddhism originated in the VI.BC.e.in India.The reason for this was the outrage has reached the limits of ordinary people existed at the time of slavery and the caste system.
Islam originated in VII.n.e.It was during the collapse of the existing society and the formation of the new.As the youngest world religion, Islam was influenced by pre-existing beliefs.
Christianity was founded in the I century.n.e.in the Roman Empire in the period of acute crisis of the slave system.
World Religions emerged as a result of the development of society, the state and the relationships between them.All of them evolved in a unique historic environment and certain socio-economic conditions.This has led to the availability of the features and differences between them: the religious rules, regulations, customs and so on.It is they who, throughout the history of mankind is the main cause of differences between peoples.
In the later period of time to form a national religion.These include Hinduism (Nepal, India, Sri Lanka), Shintoism (Japan), Confucianism (China).Their distinctive features can be called state-national character.Period tribal disunity ended and he replaced by a centralized state power.There was a class society and forms of belief gradually changed.
national religion supplanted tribal replacing only one set of deities.As an example Judaism.God is Yahweh, who has given the religious life of the tribe of Judah, fantasy, gradually became a god for all the Jewish tribes, ie national.
adapting to constantly changing conditions, the national religion, as always, have a great influence on the customs, manners, personal and family life.This is especially true of reproduction.
For example, in Protestant countries are allowed to marry at a later age, and get a divorce simply.On the one hand it does not allow young people to make rash acts.But on the other - is not conducive to the preservation of marriage.The national religion in Latin America, Spain allow women to marry at age 12 and men over 14 years old.Even 30 years ago to get a divorce Catholic was practically impossible.Today it is a normal process that does not require considerable effort and time.
In Muslim countries, religion encourages early marriage, polygamy, many children.Unlike Judaism forbids her second marriage and thus divorce.
Some time ago, most of the teenage girls in India are married before the age of 14.This tradition has been preserved to date.Age at marriage increased slightly, but as a rule, does not exceed 18 years.
national religion of China, Confucianism, judging by the current situation in the country, promotes and supports the demographic policy.
