Major world religions

Major world religions have been distinguished from minor religions using a variety of methods, though any such division naturally reflects a particular bias, since many adherents of a religion are likely to consider their own faith "major". Two methods are mentioned in this article, number of adherents and the definitions used by classical scholars of religions.

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For a list of all religions, please see the article list of religions.

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For a discussion of the relationships between religions, see Religious pluralism

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