Religion in Mongolia

Religion in Mongolia (census 2010)[1]

  Buddhism (53%)
  Not religious (38.6%)
  Islam (3%)
  Mongolian shamanism (2.9%)
  Christianity (2.1%)
  Other (0.4%)

Mongolian Buddhist architecture
Yurt pavilions of the Dashchoilin Monastery in Ulaanbaatar, example of aboriginal Mongolian architecture.
Urjinshadduvlin Monastery in Ulaanbaatar, an example of Sino-Tibetan-influenced Mongolian architecture.
Stupa of Dambadarjaalin Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

Mongolian shamanic sacred places
An ovoo on the sacred mount above Dambadarjaalin Monastery in Ulaanbaatar
Mongol shamanic temple on Chingeltei Uul, near Ulaanbaatar.
Ovoo at the southern shore of Dörgön Lake, in Khovd, western Mongolia.

Structures of Christian and Islamic communities in Mongolia
Protestant church in Zuunmod, Töv.
Mormon meetinghouse in Sükhbaatar, Selenge.
Mosque in Bayan-Ölgii, a province inhabited predominantly by Kazakh Muslims.

Religion in Mongolia has been traditionally dominated by the schools of Mongolian Buddhism and by Mongolian shamanism, the ethnic religion of the Mongols. Historically, through their Mongol Empire the Mongols were exposed to the influences of Christianity (Nestorianism and Catholicism) and Islam, although these religions never came to dominate. During the socialist period of the Mongolian People's Republic (1924-1992) all religions were suppressed, but with the transition to the parliamentary republic in the 1990s there has been a general revival of faiths.

According to the national census of 2010, 53% of the Mongolians identify as Buddhists, 38.6% as not religious, 3% as Muslims (predominantly of Kazakh ethnicity), 2.9% as followers of the Mongol shamanic tradition, 2.1% as Christians, and 0.4% as followers of other religions.[2] Other sources estimate that a significantly higher proportion of the population follows the Mongol ethnic religion (18.6%).[3]

Demographics

Religion 2010[4]
Number %
Buddhism1,009,35753.0
Islam57,7023.0
Mongolian shamanism55,1742.9
Christianity41,1172.1
Other religion6,9330.4
Not religious735,28338.6
Total population1,905,566100

Main religions

Buddhism

Mongolian shamanism

Abrahamic religions

Christianity

Islam

Bahá'í Faith

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2010 Population and Housing Census of Mongolia. Data recorded in Brian J. Grim et al. Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2014. BRILL, 2014. p. 152
  2. ↑ 2010 Population and Housing Census of Mongolia. Data recorded in Brian J. Grim et al. Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2014. BRILL, 2014. p. 152
  3. ↑ Association of Religion Data Archives: Mongolia: Religious Adherents, 2010. Data from the World Christian Database.
  4. ↑ 2010 Population and Housing Census of Mongolia. Data recorded in Brian J. Grim et al. Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2014. BRILL, 2014. p. 152

Bibliography

  • Heissig, Walther (1980). The Religions of Mongolia, Berkeley: University of California Press
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.