global religion
type: Concept
related: world religions

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: world religions

world religions
definition: The idea of world religions became a popular way of thinking about the diversity of the world's religious traditions in the latter half of the 20th century. Religious communities were thought of as “world religions” if they were historic religious traditions with a worldwide or nearly worldwide presence/distribution, regardless of their numbers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; World Religions]
related: global religion
broader: religious traditions and groups
type: Concept

religious traditions and groups
type: Concept
narrower: world religions