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There are several different religions claimed to be the “fastest growing religion”. Such claims vary due to different definitions of “fastest growing”, and whether the claim is worldwide or regional. There are also many unreliable claims and rumours, especially for conversion rates, that often spread as urban legends. Hard data is difficult to come by. In general, conversion is the transformation of one thing into another. ...
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Different definitions of “fastest growing”
Religions can grow in numbers due to conversion or due to population growth (assuming that children take on the religion of their parents). Religions in particular countries can grow due to immigration. So the fastest growing religion could refer to: Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ...
- The religion whose absolute number of adherents is growing the fastest (by whatever means).
- The religion which is growing fastest in terms of percentage growth per year (by whatever means).
- The religion which is gaining the greatest number of converts.
Measures counting absolute numbers tend to favour the larger religions, measures counting percentage growth the smaller ones. For example if a religion had only 10 followers, a single addition would be a 10% increase, and would therefore dwarf the percentage growth rates of the larger religions. Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ...
The difficulty of gathering data Statistics on religious adherence are difficult to gather and often contradictory; statistics for the change of religious adherence are even more so, requiring multiple surveys separated by many years using the same data gathering rules. This has only be achieved in rare cases, and then only for a particular country (such as the American Religious Identification Survey[1] in the USA). Worldwide data is more difficult to gather than data on a particular country.
Statistics for rates of conversion are the most difficult to gather and the least reliable: they are often distorted by social taboos such as the ban on apostasy in Islam, or the reporting of commitments where the individual does not persist. This means that a lot of the data on growth of religions is derived from birth and immigration rates. Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ...
Apostasy in Islam (Arabic: ارتداد, irtidÄd or ridda) is commonly defined as the rejection of Islam in word or deed by a person who has been a Muslim. ...
There are a large number of people who self-identify themselves as associated to a specific religion, but who are not religiously active. If, for example, asked to choose between Christianity and other religions they would say they were Christians; if asked to choose between Christianity, other religions and "Not religious", they would say "Not religious". This may make categorisation difficult.
In countries with mandatory religions, official statistics will only reflect the official position of the government. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen guarantees freedom of religion, as long as religious activities do not infringe on public order in ways detrimental to society. ...
Claims to the fastest growing religion Note that it would be an argumentum ad populum to claim that being the “fastest growing religion” has any logical consequences about the truth of that religion. An argumentum ad populum (Latin: appeal to the people), in logic, is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that In ethics this argument is stated, This type of argument is known by several names[1], including appeal...
A selection of the more credible claims are given below, but even these are often contradictory.
Buddhism The Australian Bureau of statistics claims Buddhism to be the fastest growing religion in Australia in terms of percentage gain with a growth of 79.1% for the period 1996 to 2001 (200,000→358,000).[2] Buddhism is a dharmic, non-theistic religion and a philosophy. ...
Falun Gong No reliable data is available for the number of adherents of Falun Gong but as this religion was only established in 1992 most of the growth must have been by conversion. Estimates for the number of adherents for 1999 range from 2 million[3] to 100 million.[4] Falun Gong, (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Practice of the Wheel of Law) also known as Falun Dafa, (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; lit. ...
Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ...
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Islam Data for Islam reveal that the growing number of Muslims is due primarily to the higher than average birth-rates and consequent population growths of Muslim countries and communities. Islam (Arabic: ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ...
- In 2006, countries with a Muslim majority had an average population growth rate of 1.8% per year (when weighted by percentage Muslim and population size).[9] This compares with a world population growth rate of 1.12% per year.[10]
- According to the World Christian Encyclopaedia, between 1990 and 2000, Islam received around 865,558 converts each year.[6]
- According to the "Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life", Islam is already the fastest-growing religion in Europe. Driven by immigration and high birthrates, the number of Muslims on the continent has tripled in the last 30 years. Most demographers forecast a similar or even higher rate of growth in the coming decades.[11]
- The World Almanac Book of Facts 1935 estimated 209,020,000 Muslims in the World. The Readers Digest Almanac 1983, estimated 700,000,000, Comparing these two estimates gives an average annual growth of 5% or 10,228,750 for Islam over these 48 years.[12] But note that this value is as unreliable as these rates are calculated from two separate sources, which may have used different counting rules.
Non-Religious - The American Religious Identification Survey gave Non-Religious groups the largest gain in terms of absolute numbers - 14,300,000 (8.4% of the population) to 29,400,000 (14.1% of the population) for the period 1990 to 2001 in the USA.[1][13].
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Wicca - The American Religious Identification Survey gives Wicca an average annual growth of 143% / 11,454 for the period 1990 to 2001 (8,000→134,000 - U.S. data / similar for Canada & Australia).[1][13]
- The validity of this figure may be in question, due to general misuse and misunderstanding of the term Wicca. Neo-paganism may be a better term to use in this case. See the topic on Wicca for further information.
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