What do most world religions have in common?

Something that
the five major world religions (Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam) have in
common is a sense of community. A sense of community provides group cohesion and identity, as
well as a way for rituals and traditions to be passed down from generation to generation. For
Christians, this community most often centers around a church. For members of the Jewish faith,
the synagogue and yeshiva (Jewish school for the study of the Talmud and Torah) serve as focal
points for the community. The sangha, which refers to a monastic community of monks or nuns and
the lay community that supports them, is the central cohesive force in Buddhism. For Hindus,
communities can form among devotees of a specific guru or deity, or among those who attend a
specific shrine or temple. In Islam, a community can form within a local mosque or among
followers of a particular imam. In addition, all Muslims consider themselves to be part of the
worldwide community of Islam which is referred to as the ummah.