(i.e., Catholics and Protestants) in the United States has decreased from 92% to 70.6% of the total population, whereas the number of practitioners of other religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, has increased from 1% to 5.9%. Information on the distribution of faiths of the ...
(See the Unit Atlas map on page 205.) Place • Many Christians believe Jesus was buried at the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. ᭢ Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam Less than 600 years after Christ’s death, a third monotheistic religion arose in Southwest Asia....
gion spread to other parts of the world. Today, only a small number of Christians live in Southwest Asia, the region where Christianity began. (See the Unit Atlas map on page 205.) Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam Less than 600 years after Christ’s death, a third monotheistic reli- ...