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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > religious traditions and groups > world religions
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world religions  

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  • 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]

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