List of religions
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The following is a list of religions.
- Note: A discussion of the ways in which "major religions" have historically been separated from the list of all religions can be found in the article Major world religions.
- Note: As there are countless small religions, many of which cannot be verified to be real or legitimate, only those religions with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.
- Note: The classification below is only one of several possible, using a filter system for categorization. A group will be listed in a category as close to the top of the page as the definitions for the category allow. Even if multiple definitions are applicable a religion will, ideally, only be listed once. The definition of religion for this page is inclusive.
[edit] Abrahamic religions
A group of monotheistic traditions sometimes grouped with one another for comparative purposes, because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.
[edit] Bábism
[edit] Bahá'í
[edit] Christianity
(see List of Christian denominations for greater detail)
- Arianists
- Eastern Christianity
- Assyrian Church of the East
- Armenian Apostolic Church
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Oriental Orthodoxy (Miaphysitism doctrine, related to Monophysitism)
- Messianic Judaism (Only identified as Judaism by adherents and Christian missionaries; actually Jewish-rite Christianity)
- Western Christianity
- Catholicism
- Eastern Rite
- Latin Rite (Roman Catholicism)
- Catholics not in communion with Rome
- American Catholic Church in the United States
- Catholic Apostolic National Church of Brazil
- Catholic Apostolic Church
- Celtic Catholic Church
- Charismatic Episcopal Church
- Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
- Free Catholic Church
- Liberal Catholic Church
- Mariavite Church
- Old Catholic Church
- Palmarian Catholic Church
- Philippine Independent Church
- Polish National Catholic Church
- Sedevacantism
- Society of Saint Pius X
- true Catholic Church
- Protestantism
- Early Protestantism
- High Protestantism
- Low Protestantism
- Baptists (from the Calvinists)
- Methodists (from the Anglicans)
- Radical Low Protestantism
- Restorationism
- Adventism
- Christadelphians
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Latter Day Saints or Mormons
- Aaronic Order
- Apostolic United Brethren
- Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
- Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
- Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
- Church of Christ with the Elijah Message
- Community of Christ
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Restoration Church of Jesus Christ
- Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Restored Church of Jesus Christ
- Sons Aumen Israel
- True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days
- Millerites
- Restoration movement (Campbell)
- Swedenborgianism
- Catholicism
[edit] Gnosticism
- Christian Gnosticism
- Ebionites
- Cerdonians
- Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic)
- Colorbasians
- Simonians
- Early Gnosticism
- Hermeticism
- Medieval Gnosticism
- Persian Gnosticism
- Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism
[edit] Islam
(see Divisions of Islam)
- Ghulat including
- Ahl-e Haqq (Yarsan)
- Ahmadi
- Druze
- Yazidi
- Kalam Schools
- Kharijite
- Shi'a
- Sufism
- Sunni
- Zikri
[edit] Judaism
(see also: Jew; Hebrews; Jewish Denominations; Jewish ethnic divisions)
- Contemporary divisions
- Conservative Judaism (Masorti/Conservadox)
- Humanistic Judaism (atheistic, not always identified as a religion)
- Karaite Judaism
- Orthodox Judaism
- Reconstructionist Judaism (claims Judaism is a culture, not always identified as a religion)
- Reform Judaism
- Historical groups
[edit] Samaritanism
[edit] Dharmic religions
Religions with a concept of Dharma, including major religions of historical India and religions descended from them.
[edit] Ayyavazhi
[edit] Buddhism
(see Schools of Buddhism)
- Mahayana
- Nikaya schools (which have historically been called Hinayana in the West)
- Vajrayana
[edit] Hinduism
(see also Contemporary Hindu movements)
- Agama Hindu Dharma (Javanese Hinduism)
- Lingayatism
- Reform movements
- Shaivism
- Shaktism
- Six major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
- Smartism
- Vaishnavism
[edit] Jainism
[edit] Sikhism
Is the religion created by the Ten Sikh Gurus and whose current Guru (spiritual leader) is Guru Granth Sahib
- Khalsa
- Namdhari or Kuka Sikhs
- Sahajdhari Sikh
[edit] Other Dharmic religions
[edit] Other revealed religions
Religions with one God, also called classical monotheism
[edit] Atenism
[edit] Zoroastrianism
- Zurvanism
- Magus (see Three Wise Men)
[edit] Mithraism
[edit] Manichaeism
[edit] Yazdânism
[edit] Indigenous religions
The orally transmitted canon of indigenous peoples, many involving some variant of animism and many defunct
[edit] African Traditional Religion
- Akamba mythology
- Akan mythology
- Ashanti mythology
- Bambuti mythology
- Bushongo mythology
- Dahomey mythology
- Dinka mythology
- Efik mythology
- Igbo mythology
- Isoko mythology
- Khoikhoi mythology
- Lotuko mythology
- Lozi mythology
- Lugbara mythology
- Masai mythology
- Pygmy mythology
- Tumbuka mythology
- Yoruba mythology
- Zulu mythology
[edit] European Religion
- Baltic mythology
- Celtic mythology
- Etruscan mythology
- English mythology
- Finnish mythology
- French mythology
- Germanic paganism
- Greek religion
- Lusitanian mythology
- Slavic mythology
- Spanish mythology
[edit] Middle Eastern religions
- Ancient Near Eastern religions
- Ancient Semitic religions
- Egyptian mythology
- Mesopotamian mythology
- Arabian mythology (pre-Islamic)
- Babylonian and Assyrian religion
- Canaanite mythology
- Hittite mythology
- Persian mythology
- Yezidis (Modified indigenous Kurdish belief)
- Sumerian mythology
- Turkic mythology
- Tatar mythology
- Tengriism (Indigenous Mongol, Tartar & Kazakh belief)
[edit] Native American religions
- Abenaki mythology
- Blackfoot mythology
- Chickasaw mythology
- Choctaw mythology
- Chippewa mythology
- Creek mythology
- Crow mythology
- Guarani mythology
- Haida mythology
- Ho-Chunk mythology
- Hopi mythology
- Huron mythology
- Inca mythology
- Inuit mythology
- Iroquois mythology
- Kwakiutl mythology
- Lakota mythology
- Leni Lenape mythology
- Mesoamerican mythology
- Navaho mythology
- Nootka mythology
- Pawnee mythology
- Salish mythology
- Seneca mythology
- Tsimshian mythology
- Urarina ayahuasca shamanism and animism
- Ute mythology
- Zuni mythology
[edit] Pacific religions
- Australian Aboriginal mythology
- Austronesian beliefs
- Chinese mythology
- Japanese mythology
- Korean mythology
[edit] Neopagan religions
[edit] Reconstructionist Pagan religions
Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices
- Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism
- Dievturiba
- Germanic neopaganism
- Hellenic polytheism (modern revivalist forms)
- Judeo-Paganism
- Kemetic polytheism (modern revivalist forms)
- Romuva
- Stregheria
[edit] Syncretic and eclectic Pagan religions
- Church of All Worlds
- Neo-druidism (some eclectic, some reconstructionist)
[edit] Left-Hand Path religions
Faiths teaching that the ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it
- Dragon Rouge
- Luciferianism
- Satanism
- Setianism also spelled Sethianism
[edit] African diasporic religions
Religions originating but not entirely located in Africa
- African Initiated Church
- Anago
- Batuque
- Candomblé
- Kumina
- Macumba
- Obeah
- Oyotunji
- Quimbanda
- Rastafari Movement
- Santería (Lukumi)
- Umbanda
- Vodou (Haitian mythology)
[edit] Non-revealed religions
Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet
- Carvaka
- Confucianism
- Deism
- Ethical Culture
- Fellowship of Reason (This organization does not consider itself religious.)
- Kejawen
- Mohism
- Pantheism
- Spiritual Humanism
- Selk'nam religion
- Taoism
[edit] Syncretic religions
Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same
- Arès Pilgrim Movement
- Bwiti
- Cao Dai
- Church Universal and Triumphant
- Huna
- Konkokyo
- Manichaeism
- Modekngei
- Santo Daime
- Seicho-No-Ie
- Tenrikyo
- Universal Life Church
- Unitarian Universalism
[edit] Entheogen religions
Religions based around divinely inspiring substances
- Ayahuasca-based beliefs
- Church of the Universe
- Peyotism
- THC Ministry
[edit] New religious movements
Religions founded since 1850 with small followings
See list of new religious movements for a list based on other sources
[edit] Monotheistic NRMs
[edit] Indigenous NRMs
- Burkhanism
- Cargo cults
- Ghost Dance
- Johnson cult
- Longhouse religion
- Mungiki
- Native American Church
- União do Vegetal
- Vailala Madness
[edit] Buddhist-oriented NRMs
- Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
- Hoa Hao
- Jewish Buddhists
- Share International
- Soka Gakkai
- Won Buddhism
[edit] Christian-oriented NRMs
- Aaronic Order
- Church of the Lord (Aladura)
- Branch Davidians
- Branhamism
- Body of Christ
- Calvary Chapel
- Christian City Church ("CCC" or "C3i")
- Christian Conventions (aka Two by Twos, The Truth, The Way) and its offshoot Cooneyites
- Catholic Mariavite Church
- Children of God
- Christian and Missionary Alliance
- Christian and Missionary Alliance - Began around 1887, but was not a denomination until 1965.
- Christian Coalition - A movement of right-wing Christians rather than a specific Christian denomination.
- Christian Identity
- Christian Reconstructionism
- Christian Science
- Church of Christ, Instrumental (Kelleyites)
- Church of the Last Testament
- Concerned Christians
- Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen
- Destiny Church, New Zealand
- Divine Science
- Doukhobor
- Endeavor Academy
- Eternal Grace
- Evangelical Covenant Church of America ("Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant")
- Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA)
- Exclusive Brethren
- Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches
- Foundation for A Course In Miracles
- Grail Movement
- Grace Movement Churches
- Great Commission Association
- Greater Grace World Outreach
- Holiness movement
- Holy Spirit Movement
- House of David
- Indian Shakers
- International Churches of Christ
- Jesus Fellowship Church
- Jesus is Lord Movement
- Jesus Miracle Crusade
- Jesus Movement
- Kardecist Spiritism
- Legio Maria
- Love Holy Trinity Blessed Mission
- Love Israel
- Lumpa Church
- Mama Tata
- Members Church of God International
- Metropolitan Community Churches
- Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
- New Frontiers (formerly New Frontiers International)
- Peoples Temple
- Process Church of the Final Judgement
- Schwenkfelder Church
- Spirit-Spirit Sect
- The Way International
- Understanding Principles for Better Living Church
- Unification Church
- Westboro Baptist Church
[edit] Hindu-oriented NRMs
- Ananda Marga
- Brahma Kumaris
- Divine Light Mission
- Eckankar
- Osho/Rajneeshism
- Oneness University
- Sahaja Yoga
- Sai Baba/Sathya Sai Organisation
- Sant Mat
- Savitri Era
- Self-Realization Fellowship
- Swaminarayan
- Transcendental Meditation
- Vedanta Society
[edit] Islam-rooted NRMs
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Ha-Mim's religion
- Fourth Way
- Moorish Science Temple of America
- Nation of Islam (Black Muslims)
- Subud
- Universal Sufism
[edit] Judaism-oriented NRMs
[edit] Chinese-oriented NRMs
- Falun Gong ("Dharma Wheel Work," a qigong meditation group)
- Way of Former Heaven sects, including
- Daoyuan ("Sanctuary of the Tao"),
- I-Kuan Tao ("Way of Unity"),
- T'ung-shan She ("Society of Goodness"),
- Tien-te Sheng-chiao ("Sacred Religion of Celestial Virtue"),
- Tz'u-hui Tang ("Compassion Society").
[edit] Filipino-oriented NRMs
[edit] Japanese-rooted NRMs
- Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)
- Church of World Messianity
- Ho No Hana
- Johrei (Johrei Movement - Sekai Kyusei Kyo Izunome Kyodan)
- Kofuku no Kagaku
- Makuya
- Pana Wave
- Reiki
- Seicho no Ie
- Shinreikyo
- Soka Gakkai
- Sukyo Mahikari
- Tenrikyo
[edit] Korean-oriented NRMs
[edit] Malaysian-oriented NRMs
[edit] Indonesian-oriented NRMs
[edit] Vietnamese-oriented NRMs
[edit] Western magical / esoteric groups
- Agni Yoga
- Association for Research and Enlightenment
- Church Universal and Triumphant
- Eckankar
- Gurdjieff Work
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
- Kardecist Spiritism
- Order of the Solar Temple
- Process Church of the Final Judgement
- Ramtha's School of Enlightenment
- Spiritualism
- Thelema
- Theosophy
[edit] White-supremacist religions
- Church of Jesus Christ Christian (Aryan Nations)
- Kingdom Identity Ministries
- Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
- LaPorte Church of Christ
- World Church of the Creator (Creativity Movement)
[edit] Black-supremacist religions
- Nation of Yahweh
- Nuwaubianism
- Nation of Islam (Black Muslims)
- Subud
[edit] Alien-based religions
- Aetherius Society
- Chen Tao
- Heaven's Gate
- Raelism
- Scientology
- Universe people
- Unarius Academy of Science
[edit] Other NRMs
- Antoinism
- Breatharianism (Air cult)
- Dievturība
- Digitalism
- Elan Vital
- Faithists of Kosmon
- Join Me/Karma Army
- Kenja
- Koreshanity
- Process Church of the Final Judgment
- Silva Mind Control
- Summum
- Church of Synanon
- The Brethren
- World Pantheist Movement
- Zendik farm
[edit] Parody or mock religions
Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general
- Church of Emacs
- Church of Jesus Christ Elvis
- Church of the SubGenius (The cult of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs)
- Church of Last Thursday of Queen Maeve
- Fictional religions turned Parody
- Bokononism
- Jedi census movement
- Iglesia Maradoniana (The cult of former Argentinian soccer player Diego Maradona)
- Flying Spaghetti Monster (Pastafarianism)
- Invisible Pink Unicorn
- Kibology
- Landover Baptist Church
- McMahonism
[edit] Other religions or belief systems
- Ancestor worship
- Animism
- Discordianism
- Ditheism (Dualism)
- Legalism
- Maltheism
- Monism
- Monotheism
- Mystery religion
- Non-theistic belief system
- Omnism
- Pandeism
- Panendeism
- Panentheism
- Pantheism
- Polytheism
- Psychonautics
- Shamanism
- Suitheism
- Totemism
[edit] Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious or spiritual movements and practices
[edit] Esotericism
- Alchemy
- Anthroposophy
- Astrology
- Divination
- Esoteric Christianity
- Numerology
- Occultism
- Rosicrucian
- Surat Shabda Yoga
[edit] Mysticism
- Christian mysticism
- Dark Spirituality
- Hindu mysticism
- Kabbalah (also part of Judaism)
- Martinism
- Merkabah (also part of Judaism)
- Meher Baba
[edit] Magic (religion)
- Feng Shui
- Hoodoo (Rootwork)
- Kulam - Filipino witchcraft
- Magick
- Pow-wow
- Seid (shamanic magic)
- Tarot
- Vaastu Shastra (Hinduism)
- Witchcraft
[edit] Organizations promoting Ecumenism
[edit] Non-belief systems (lack of religion)
[edit] Systems claiming not to be religions, but which have characteristics of religion
- Aesthetic Realism
- Esoteric Hitlerism-A primarily post-World War II branch of Nazi mysticism
- Fascism
- Fellowship of Reason
- Juche
- Nazism
[edit] See also
- Major world religions
- List of religious organizations
- New religious movements
- List of purported cults
- List of fictional religions
- List of people by belief
- Sacred text
- Mythology
- Civil religion
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