Religion in Asia in Global Context

Todd M. Johnson

Religious communitiesCensuses

Surveys Informants

Religion 1910

Religion 2010

Religion 1910 & 2010

Percentage religious 1910

Percentage religious 2010

Asians were over half Chinese folk or Buddhist in 1910

Chinese folk religion was eclipsed by atheism and agnosticism because of the rise of communism.

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Religious diversity, 2010

Religions over 0.5%, 2010

Religions over 5%, 2010

Religions over 10%, 2010

Religious Diversity Index

Religious diversity in China

Global Percentage Christian 1900–2025

Yang Liu design

Punctuality

Handling of problems

Queue when waiting

Opinion

Contacts

Way of Life

Todd M. Johnson

Religion in Asia in Global Context

1. Asia has the vast majority of atheists/agnostics

2. Global religious resurgence is based in Asia

1. Asia is the most religiously diverse continent

1. Christianity is returning to Asia