{
  "api": "world-religions",
  "title": "World Religions",
  "description": "Major world religions with their origins, regions, and approximate adherent counts.",
  "emoji": "🛐",
  "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
  "count": 20,
  "self": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/index",
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    "adherents_millions",
    "classification",
    "founded",
    "id",
    "name",
    "origin_region"
  ],
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      "id": "christianity",
      "name": "Christianity",
      "founded": "1st century CE",
      "origin_region": "Levant (Roman Judea)",
      "adherents_millions": 2400,
      "classification": "Abrahamic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/christianity"
    },
    {
      "id": "islam",
      "name": "Islam",
      "founded": "7th century CE",
      "origin_region": "Arabian Peninsula",
      "adherents_millions": 1900,
      "classification": "Abrahamic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/islam"
    },
    {
      "id": "hinduism",
      "name": "Hinduism",
      "founded": "No single founder; roots by ~2000 BCE",
      "origin_region": "Indian subcontinent",
      "adherents_millions": 1200,
      "classification": "Dharmic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/hinduism"
    },
    {
      "id": "buddhism",
      "name": "Buddhism",
      "founded": "5th-4th century BCE",
      "origin_region": "Indian subcontinent",
      "adherents_millions": 500,
      "classification": "Dharmic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/buddhism"
    },
    {
      "id": "sikhism",
      "name": "Sikhism",
      "founded": "15th century CE",
      "origin_region": "Punjab, Indian subcontinent",
      "adherents_millions": 25,
      "classification": "Dharmic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/sikhism"
    },
    {
      "id": "judaism",
      "name": "Judaism",
      "founded": "Ancient (1st-2nd millennium BCE)",
      "origin_region": "Levant",
      "adherents_millions": 15,
      "classification": "Abrahamic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/judaism"
    },
    {
      "id": "bahai-faith",
      "name": "Bahai Faith",
      "founded": "19th century CE",
      "origin_region": "Persia (Iran)",
      "adherents_millions": 8,
      "classification": "Abrahamic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/bahai-faith"
    },
    {
      "id": "jainism",
      "name": "Jainism",
      "founded": "Ancient; reformed 6th century BCE",
      "origin_region": "Indian subcontinent",
      "adherents_millions": 6,
      "classification": "Dharmic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/jainism"
    },
    {
      "id": "shinto",
      "name": "Shinto",
      "founded": "Ancient (prehistoric Japan)",
      "origin_region": "Japan",
      "adherents_millions": 100,
      "classification": "East Asian",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/shinto"
    },
    {
      "id": "taoism",
      "name": "Taoism",
      "founded": "6th-4th century BCE",
      "origin_region": "China",
      "adherents_millions": 12,
      "classification": "East Asian",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/taoism"
    },
    {
      "id": "confucianism",
      "name": "Confucianism",
      "founded": "6th-5th century BCE",
      "origin_region": "China",
      "adherents_millions": 6,
      "classification": "East Asian",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/confucianism"
    },
    {
      "id": "chinese-folk-religion",
      "name": "Chinese Folk Religion",
      "founded": "Ancient (prehistoric China)",
      "origin_region": "China",
      "adherents_millions": 400,
      "classification": "East Asian",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/chinese-folk-religion"
    },
    {
      "id": "zoroastrianism",
      "name": "Zoroastrianism",
      "founded": "2nd-1st millennium BCE",
      "origin_region": "Ancient Persia",
      "adherents_millions": null,
      "classification": "Other",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/zoroastrianism"
    },
    {
      "id": "african-traditional-religions",
      "name": "African Traditional Religions",
      "founded": "Ancient (prehistoric)",
      "origin_region": "Sub-Saharan Africa",
      "adherents_millions": 100,
      "classification": "Indigenous",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/african-traditional-religions"
    },
    {
      "id": "cao-dai",
      "name": "Cao Dai",
      "founded": "20th century CE (1926)",
      "origin_region": "Vietnam",
      "adherents_millions": 5,
      "classification": "Other",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/cao-dai"
    },
    {
      "id": "tenrikyo",
      "name": "Tenrikyo",
      "founded": "19th century CE",
      "origin_region": "Japan",
      "adherents_millions": 2,
      "classification": "East Asian",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/tenrikyo"
    },
    {
      "id": "rastafari",
      "name": "Rastafari",
      "founded": "20th century CE (1930s)",
      "origin_region": "Jamaica",
      "adherents_millions": 1,
      "classification": "Abrahamic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/rastafari"
    },
    {
      "id": "wicca",
      "name": "Wicca",
      "founded": "20th century CE (mid-1900s)",
      "origin_region": "England",
      "adherents_millions": null,
      "classification": "Other",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/wicca"
    },
    {
      "id": "druze",
      "name": "Druze",
      "founded": "11th century CE",
      "origin_region": "Levant (Egypt and Syria)",
      "adherents_millions": 1,
      "classification": "Abrahamic",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/druze"
    },
    {
      "id": "native-american-religions",
      "name": "Native American Religions",
      "founded": "Ancient (prehistoric)",
      "origin_region": "The Americas",
      "adherents_millions": null,
      "classification": "Indigenous",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/world-religions/native-american-religions"
    }
  ]
}