Western religions Western religions Western religions refers to religions that originated within Western culture, and are thus historically, culturally, and theologically distinct from the Eastern religions. The term Abrahamic religions (Islam, Eastern Christianity and Judaism) is often used in lieu of using the East and West terminology. Western culture itself was significantly influenced by the emergence of Christianity and its adoption as the state church of the Roman Empire in the late 4th century and the term "Christendom" largely indicates this intertwined history. Western Christianity was significantly influenced by Hellenistic religion (notably Platonism and Gnosticism) as well as the Roman imperial cult.
Global Conferences on World's Religions after September 11 rights discourse. This more positive approach to the relationship between religion and human rights is evident in the various documents on human rights produced by the religions of the world, some of which are enumerated below. All these and similar declarations engage the issue of religion and human rights but from the perspective of only a "single" religious tradition, just as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and so on. What is unique about the three conferences mentioned above is the fact that they represent a progressive effort to formulate a joint response from the world's religions to the Universal Declaration of