Happiness research Our findings suggest that Protestants, Buddhists and Roman Catholics are happier and more satisfied with their lives, compared with other groups.
Studies have often credited religion with making people healthier, happier and more engaged in their communities.
Islam-The Most Beautiful Religion.
After being seen as the world's most religious country in the 2021 Best Countries rankings, Israel falls to No. 2 in 2022, while Iran is No. 3 in terms of perceived religiosity. Across the world, the United States sits at No.
Religious affiliation in 2021
In 2021, the number of people who answered the religion question was 93.1% of the population, an increase from 90.9% in 2016. In 2021 the most common religions were: Christianity (43.9%) No religion (38.9%)
Islam is a beautiful religion which talks about equality, about peace and compassion.
Islam is the religion that follows strict monotheism and the word used to denote it is Tawhid.
Global. According to a study from 2015, Christians hold the largest amount of wealth (55% of the total world wealth), followed by Muslims (5.8%), Hindus (3.3%), and Jews (1.1%).
A Pew Center study about religion and education around the world in 2016, found that Jews are most educated religious group around in the world with an average of 13.4 years of schooling; Jews also have the highest number of post-secondary degrees per capita (61%).
Research has repeatedly shown that people of faith report feeling better and healthier. One of the most striking findings in social epidemiology, Luhrmann notes, is that religious involvement with God is better for your body in terms of immune functions and reducing loneliness.
Religious beliefs, practices, and coping may increase the prevalence of anxiety through the induction of guilt and fear. On the other hand, religious beliefs may provide solace to those who are fearful and anxious.
Hinduism. Hinduism is one of the more broad-minded religions when it comes to religious freedom. It respects the right of everyone to reach God in their own way.
Hinduism is the fastest growing religion in Australia mostly through immigration. Hinduism is also one of the most youthful religions in Australia, with 34% and 66% of Hindus being under the age of 14 and 34 respectively. Hindu Temple in Melbourne.
Nonviolence is a tenet of most religions, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
Nontheism has been applied and plays significant roles in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. While many approaches to religion exclude nontheism by definition, some inclusive definitions of religion show how religious practice and belief do not depend on the presence of a god or gods.
To avoid bad karma, Jains must practice ahimsa, a strict code of nonviolence. Jains believe plants, animals, and even some nonliving things (like air and water) have souls, just as humans do.
In an optional question in the 2021 Australian National Census, 43.9% of respondents declared some variety of Christianity, with the Christian denominational distribution as follows: Catholicism 20.0%, Anglican 9.8%, Uniting Church 2.7%, Orthodox 2.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 1.6%, Baptist 1.4%, Pentecostal 1.0%, ...
The most common category for Australians' belief in God is that they are believers, who believe now and always have (47%) and second are non-believers who don't believe in God and never have (26%).
Steady declines:
The proportion of Australians identifying Christianity as their religion has been declining over the last century – from 96% in 1911 to 61.1% in the 2011 Census. Over the last decade, Christianity in Australia has declined from 68% to 61.1%.
Religious trauma can cause, contribute to, or otherwise worsen mental health disorders. Commonly associated mental illnesses include: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Depression.
According to new research, intrinsic religiosity has a protective effect against depression symptoms. Religion was only a pipeline, however—a sense of meaning mattered most. With increasing rates of depression globally, religion could be a "natural antidepressant" for some.
Namely, different religions activate brain regions differently. The researcher, who literally “wrote the book” on neurotheology, draws from his numerous studies to show that both meditating Buddhists and praying Catholic nuns, for instance, have increased activity in the frontal lobes of the brain.
For all of these reasons – psychological, neurological, historical, cultural and logistical – experts guess that religion will probably never go away. Religion, whether it's maintained through fear or love, is highly successful at perpetuating itself. If not, it would no longer be with us.