List of religions

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Part of the Thelema & Religion series

The following is a list of religions. Note that the classification hereunder is only one of several possible. This system uses 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 only be listed once. The definition of religion for this page is fairly liberal.

Table of contents

1 Magical / Esoteric

2 Abrahamic religions

2.1 Christianity
2.2 Gnosticism
2.3 Islam
2.4 Judaism

3 Dharmic religions

3.1 Hinduism
3.2 Buddhism
3.3 Jainism

4 Other revealed religions

5 Indigenous religions

5.1 African religions
5.2 European religions
5.3 Asian religions
5.4 Native American religions
5.5 Northern indigenous religions
5.6 Oceanic religions

6 Neopaganism

6.1 Wicca

7 Non-revealed religions

8 Left-Hand Path religions

9 Syncretic religions

10 Entheogen religions

11 New religious movements

11.1 Indigenous NRM's
11.2 African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's
11.3 Hindu-oriented NRM's
11.4 NRM's with Islamic Roots
11.5 Christian-oriented NRM's
11.6 Buddhist-oriented NRM's
11.7 Chinese-oriented NRM's
11.8 Japanese-oriented NRM's
11.9 Korean-oriented NRM's
11.10 Vietnamese-oriented NRM's
11.11 White Supremacist Religions
11.12 Alien-based religions
11.13 Other NRM's

12 Parody or mock religions

13 Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices

-== Religions, sects and denominations ==
+{{religion}}
-:Note that the classification hereunder is only one of several possible.
-===[[Abrahamic religions]]===
+The following is a '''list of religions'''. Note that the classification hereunder is only one of several possible. This system uses 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 only be listed once. The definition of religion for this page is fairly liberal.
-''Believers in the One God, [[Yahweh]]''
-*'''[[Babism]]'''
+==Magical / Esoteric ==
-**[[Bahá'í Faith]]
+* [[Thelema]]
-**[[Orthodox Bahá'í Faith]]
+* [[Gnosticism]]
-*'''[[Christianity]]''' (see [[List of Christian denominations]])
+* [[Theosophy]]
-**[[Catholicism]]
+* [[Spiritualism]]
-**[[Eastern Orthodoxy]]
+* [[Hermeticism]]
-**[[Monophysitism|Monophysite]] [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]
+* [[Wicca]]
-**[[Nestorianism]]
+* [[Voudun]]
-**[[Protestantism]]
+* [[Shamanism]]
-***[[Anabaptists]]
-***[[Anglicans]]
+==Abrahamic religions==
-***[[Baptists]]
+''Believers in One God also called classical [[monotheism]].''
-***[[Lutherans]]
+*''' Babism '''
-***[[Methodists]]
+*''' [[Bahá'í]]'''
-***[[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]]
+** Bahá'í Faith
-***[[Reformed churches|Reformed]]
+*'''Druzism'''
-****[[Presbyterian]]
+** Orthodox Bahá'í Faith
-***[[Society of Friends]] (Quakers)
+*''' Samaritanism''' (Samaritans)
-**[[Restorationism]]
+*''' Mandaeanism'''
-***[[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
+*''' Rastafarianism '''
-***[[Mormonism]]
+*''' Black Hebrews '''
-***[[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]]
-*'''[[Druze|Druzism]]'''
+===[[Christianity]]===
-*'''[[Gnosticism]]'''
+* Eastern Orthodoxy
-**[[Valentinians]] (see: [[Valentinius]])
+* Roman Catholicism
-**[[Basilidians]]
+* Oriental Orthodoxy  (Monophysitism)
-**[[Ophites]]
+* Nestorianism
-**[[Cainites]]
+* Protestantism
-**[[Carpocratians]]
+** Anabaptists
-**[[Borborites]]
+** Anglicans
-**[[Bogomils]]
+** Baptists
-**[[Cathars]]
+** Lutherans
-*'''[[Islam]]'''
+** Methodists
-**[[Ahmadiyya]]
+** Pentecostalism|Pentecostals
-**[[Kharijites]]
+** Reformed
-***[[Ibadis]]
+*** Presbyterian
-***[[Sufris]]
+** Society of Friends (Quakers)
-**[[Nation of Islam]]
+** Waldensians
-**[[Shi'a Islam|Shiite]]
+* Restorationism
-***[[Alawites]]
+** Jehovah's Witnesses
-***[[Ismailis]]
+** Mormonism
-***[[Jafari]]
+** Seventh-day Adventist
-***[[Zaiddiyah]]
+===[[Gnosticism]]===
-**[[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]
+* Basilidians
-***[[Berailvi]]
+* Bogomils
-***[[Deobandi]]
+* Borborites
-***[[Hanafi]]
+* Cainites
-***[[Hanbali]]
+* Carpocratians
-***[[Maliki]]
+* [[Cathars]]
-***[[Mu'tazili]]
+* Marcionism  (not entirely Gnostic)
-***[[Shafi'i]]
+* Ophites
-***[[Wahhabi]]
+* Valentinians
-**[[Sufism]]
+===[[Islam]]===
-**[[Zikri]]
+* Ahmadiyya
-*'''[[Judaism]]''' (see also: [[Hebrews|Hebrew religion]])
+* Kharijites
-**Pre-Rabbinic sects
+** Ibadis
-***[[Essenes]]
+** Sufris
-***[[Pharisees|Pharisaism]]
+* Nation of Islam
-***[[Sadducees]]
+* Shi'a Islam (Shiite)
-**Sects that believed in [[Jesus]]'s [[prophet|prophethood]]
+** Alawites
-***[[Ebionites]]
+** Ismailis
-***[[Elkasite|Elkasites]]
+** Jafari
-***[[Nazarene|The Nazarene Sects]]
+** Zaiddiyah
-***The revival movement, [[Talmidaism]]
+* Sunni Islam
+** Berailvi
+** Deobandi
+** Hanafi
+** Hanbali
+** Maliki
+** Mu'tazili
+** Shafi'i
+** Wahhabi
+* [[Sufism]]
+* Zikri
+===[[Judaism]]===
+*Contemporary divisions
+** Karaite Judaism
 **Rabbinic Judaism
-***[[Conservative Judaism]]
+*** Orthodox Judaism
-***[[Orthodox Judaism]]
+**** Haredi Judaism
-****[[Haredi Judaism]]
+**** Hassidic Judaism
-****[[Modern Orthodox Judaism]]
+**** Modern Orthodox Judaism
-****[[Hasidic Judaism]]
+*** Reform Judaism
-***[[Reconstructionist Judaism]]
+*** Conservative Judaism  ( Masorti )
-***[[Reform Judaism]]
+*** Reconstructionist Judaism
-**[[Falasha]] Judaism
+** Humanistic Judaism
-**[[Karaite]] Judaism
+*Historical Sects
-*'''[[Mandaeanism]]'''
+** Hasmoneans
-*'''[[Rastafarianism]]'''
+** Essenes
-*'''[[Samaritanism]]'''
+** Pharisees
+** Sadducees
+** Zealots
+*** Sicarii
+*Heretical sects that believed  Jesus  was a prophet
+** Ebionites
+** Elkasites
+** Nazarenes
+** Talmidaism
+* Crypto-Jews
+** Marranos
+** Conversos
+*Jewish messianic movements
+** Jacob Frank (Frankists)
+** Sabbatai Zevi (Sabbatians)
+*** Donmeh
+==Dharmic religions==
+''Religions with a concept of [[Dharma]], also major religions of historical India ''
-===Dharmic religions===
-''Religions with a concept of [[Dharma]], also major religions of historical [[India]]''
-*'''[[Hinduism]]''' (see also [[Contemporary Hindu movements]])
-** [[Vaishnavism]]
-***[[Swaminarayan]] sect
-***[[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]
-****[[ISKCON]] (Hare Krishna)
-**[[Shaivism]]
-**[[Shaktism]]
-**[[Bhakti]] (devotional Hinduism)
-**[[Smartism]]
-**Hindu [[Tantra]]
-**[[Agama Hindu Dharma]] (Javanese Hinduism)
-**Six major schools and movements of [[Hindu philosophy]]
-***[[Samkhya]]
-***[[Nyaya]]
-***[[Vaisheshika]]
-***[[Purva mimamsa]]
-***[[Vedanta]] (Uttar Mimamsa)
-****[[Advaita Vedanta]]
-****[[Aurobindo|Integral Yoga]]
-***[[Yoga]]
-****[[Hatha yoga]]
-****[[Siddha Yoga]]
-****[[Ashtanga Yoga]]
-*'''[[Buddhism]]''' (see [[Schools of Buddhism]])
-**[[Mahayana]]
-**[[Nikaya Buddhism|Nikaya schools]] (which have historically been called [[Hinayana]] in the West)
-***[[Theravada]]
-**[[Vajrayana]] ([[Tantra|Tantric]] Buddhism)
-*'''[[Jainism]]'''
-**[[Digambara]]
-**[[Shvetambara]]
 *'''[[Sikhism]]'''
-===[[Orisha|Orisha religions]]===
+===[[Hinduism]]===
-''Beliefs of the former African slaves''
+* Agama Hindu Dharma  (Javanese Hinduism)
-*[[Candomblé]]
+* [[Shaivism]]
-*[[Macumba]]
+* [[Shaktism]]
-*[[Santería]]
+* [[Smartism]]
-*[[Umbanda]]
+*  [[Vaishnavism]]
-*[[Voudun]]
+**Swaminarayan Religion
+**Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday
+** Gaudiya Vaishnavism
+*** ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
+*Six major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
+** Samkhya
+** Nyaya
+** Vaisheshika
+** Purva mimamsa
+** Vedanta  (Uttar Mimamsa)
+*** Advaita Vedanta
+*** Aurobindo|Integral Yoga
+** [[Yoga]]
+*** [[Ashtanga Yoga]]
+*** [[Hatha yoga]]
+*** [[Siddha Yoga]]
+*** [[Tantric Yoga]]
+===[[Buddhism]]===
+* Mahayana
+* Nikaya Buddhism  (which have historically been called  Hinayana  in the West)
+** Theravada
+* Vajrayana
+===[[Jainism]]===
+* Digambara
+* Shvetambara
-=== Indigenous and/or tribal religions ===
+==Other revealed religions==
-''The orally transmitted cannon of the [[indigenous]] peoples''
+''These are broadly similar to Abrahamic religions in scope and nature, but follow a separate history of prophesy and belief''
-*African religions
-**[[Akamba mythology]]
-**[[Akan mythology]]
-**[[Ashanti mythology]]
-**[[Bushongo mythology]]
-**[[Dahomey mythology]]
-**[[Dinka mythology]]
-**[[Efik mythology]]
-**[[Egyptian mythology]]
-**[[Isoko mythology]]
-**[[Khoikhoi mythology]]
-**[[Lotuko mythology]]
-**[[Lugbara mythology]]
-**[[Pygmy mythology]]
-**[[Tumbuka mythology]]
-**[[Voudun]] (Voodoo)
-**[[Yoruba mythology]]
-**[[Zulu mythology]]
-*European religions
-**[[Anglo-Saxon mythology]]
-**[[Basque mythology]]
-**[[Chukchi mythology]]
-**[[Druidry]]
-**[[Finnish mythology]]
-**[[Greek religion]]
-***[[Greek mythology]]
-***[[Hellênismos]]
-***[[Roman religion]]
-****[[Roman mythology]]
-**[[Norse mythology]]
-**[[Slavic mythology]]
-*[[Native American]] religions
-**[[Abenaki mythology]]
-**[[Aztec mythology]]
-**[[Blackfoot mythology]]
-**[[Chippewa mythology]]
-**[[Creek mythology]]
-**[[Crow mythology]]
-**[[Guarani mythology]]
-**[[Haida mythology]]
-**[[Ho-Chunk mythology]]
-**[[Huron mythology]]
-**[[Ibo mythology]]
-**[[Iroquois mythology]]
-**[[Kwakiutl mythology]]
-**[[Lakota mythology]]
-**[[Lenape mythology]]
-**[[Navaho mythology]]
-**[[Nootka mythology]]
-**[[Pawnee mythology]]
-**[[Salish mythology]]
-**[[Seneca mythology]]
-**[[Tsimshian mythology]]
-**[[Ute mythology]]
-**[[Zuni mythology]]
-*Northern indigenous religions
-**[[Aleut mythology]]
-**[[Evenk mythology]]
-**[[Inuit mythology]]
-**[[Yukaghir mythology]]
-*Oceanic religions
-**[[Australian Aboriginal mythology]]
-**[[Micronesian mythology]]
-**[[Maori mythology]]
-**[[Modekngei]] (Republic of [[Palau]])
-**[[Nauruan indigenous religion]]
-**[[Polynesian mythology]]
-**[[Tuvaluan mythology]]
-===[[Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path|Left-hand path religions]]===
+* [[Zoroastrianism]]
-''Religions which value the spiritual advancement of the self over other goals''
-*[[Demonolatry]]
-*[[Dragon Rouge]]
-*[[Order of the Solar Temple]]
-*[[Satanism]]
-**[[Church of Satan]]
-**[[Order of Nine Angles]]
-*[[Setianism]] ''also spelled Sethianism''
-**[[Temple of Set]]
-**[[The Storm]]
-*[[Thelema]]
-**[[Ordo Templi Orientis]]
-**[[Fraternitas Saturni]]
-===[[Neopaganism|Neopagan Religions]]===
+==Indigenous religions ==
-''Revival religions''
+''The orally transmitted canon of  indigenous  peoples, many involving some variant of  animism  and most defunct''
-*[[Asatru]]
+===African religions===
-*[[Church of All Worlds]]
+* Akamba mythology
-*[[Dievturiba]]
+* Akan mythology
-*[[Neo-druidism]]
+* Ashanti mythology
-*[[Judeo-Paganism]]
+* Bushongo mythology
-*[[Summum]]
+* Dahomey mythology
-*[[Wicca]]
+* Dinka mythology
-**[[Alexandrian Wicca]]
+* Efik mythology
-**[[Dianic Wicca]] ([[Feminist Wicca]])
+* Egyptian mythology
-**[[Gardnerian Wicca]]
+* Isoko mythology
-**[[Seax-Wica]]
+* Khoikhoi mythology
-**[[Faery Wicca]]
+* Lotuko mythology
-**[[Feri Tradition]]
+* Lugbara mythology
+* Pygmy mythology
+* Tumbuka mythology
+* Yoruba mythology
+* Zulu mythology
+===European religions===
+* Anglo-Saxon mythology
+* Basque mythology
+* Chukchi mythology
+* Druidry (Celtic Religion )
+* Finnish mythology
+* Greek religion
+** [[Greek mythology]]
+** Mystery religions
+*** [[Eleusinian Mysteries]]
+*** [[Mithraism]]
+*** [[Pythagoreanism]]
+* Norse mythology
+* Roman religion
+** Roman mythology
+* Slavic mythology
+===Asian religions===
+* Babylonian and Assyrian religion
+** Assyrian mythology
+** Babylonian mythology
+** Chaldean mythology
+** Sumerian mythology
+* Bön  (Indigenous Tibetan belief)
+* Chinese mythology
+* [[Shinto]]
+** Oomoto
+* Tengrism  (Indigenous Mongol, Tartar & Kazakh belief)
+* Yezidis  (Modified indigenous Kurdish belief)
+===Native American religions===
+* Abenaki mythology
+* Aztec mythology
+* Blackfoot mythology
+* Chippewa mythology
+* Creek mythology
+* Crow mythology
+* Guarani mythology
+* Haida mythology
+* Ho-Chunk mythology
+* Huron mythology
+* Ibo mythology
+* Iroquois mythology
+* Kwakiutl mythology
+* Lakota mythology
+* Lenape mythology
+* Navaho mythology
+* Nootka mythology
+* Pawnee mythology
+* Salish mythology
+* Seneca mythology
+* Tsimshian mythology
+* Ute mythology
+* Zuni mythology
+===Northern indigenous religions===
+* Aleut mythology
+* Evenk mythology
+* Inuit mythology
+* Yukaghir mythology
+===Oceanic religions===
+* Australian Aboriginal mythology
+* Balinese mythology
+* Micronesian mythology
+* Maori mythology
+* Modekngei  (Republic of  Palau )
+* Nauruan indigenous religion
+* Polynesian mythology
+* Tuvaluan mythology
-===Alien-based religions===
+==Neopaganism==
-''Belivers in the [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] seeding of Earth''
+''Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices''
-*[[Raelism]]
+* Ásatrú
-*[[Scientology]]
+* Church of All Worlds
-**[[Church of Scientology]]
+* Dievturiba
-**[[Free Zone]]
+* Ghost Dance
-*[[Urantia]], Book of
+* Neo-druidism
+* Judeo-Paganism
+* Hellênismos
+* Orisha (beliefs of the former West African slaves in the New World)
+** Kumina
+** Obeah
+** [[Santeria]]  (''Lukumi'')
+** [[Voudun]]
+*** Beninese Vodun
+*** La Regla Arara
+*** Jeje Vodun
+*** Sèvis Gine
+* Kongo (beliefs of the former South and Central African (Bantu) slaves in the New World
+** Candomblé
+** Macumba
+** Palo
+*** Mayombe
+**** Kimbisa
+**** Briyumba
+**** Malongo
+** Umbanda  and  Quimbanda
+** Xango
+* Rodoverie  (Slavic paganism)
+* Summum
+===[[Wicca]]===
+*Alexandrian Wicca
+* Dianic Wicca  ( Feminist Wicca )
+* Gardnerian Wicca
+* Seax-Wica
+* Faery Wicca
+* Feri Tradition
-===Spirit religions===
+==Non-revealed religions==
-''Faiths that are primarily concerned with the existence of [[Spiritual being|spirits]]''
+''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet''
-*[[Shinto]]
+* [[Taoism]]
-**[[Oomoto]]
+* [[Confucianism]]
-*[[Spiritualism]] ([[Spiritism]])
+* Carvaka
-**[[Kardecist Spiritism]]
+* Fellowship of Reason
+* Spiritual Humanism
+* Mohism
+* Prometheism  [http://www.prometheism.net/]
-===[[Syncretism|Syncretic unification religions]]===
+==Left-Hand Path religions==
-''Faiths that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same''
-*[[Revelation of Arès|Arès Pilgrim Movement]]
-*[[Cao Dai]]
-*[[Falun Dafa]] ([[Falun Gong]])
-*[[Huna]]
-*[[Konkokyo]]
-*[[Law of One]]
-*[[Manichaeism]]
-*[[Unitarian Universalism]]
-*[[Universal Life Church]]
-*[[Tenrikyo]]
-*[[Theosophy]]
-*[[Seicho-No-Ie]]
-=== [[Parody religion|Parody or mock religions]] ===
+''The ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it''
-''Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general''
+* Demonolatry
-*[[Church of God the Utterly Indifferent]]
+* Dragon Rouge
-*[[Church of the SubGenius]] (The cult of [[Bob Dobbs]])
+* [[Satanism]]
-*[[Discordianism]] (some Discordians maintain that their religion is not wholly without an element of seriousness)
+** LaVeyan Satanism
-*'''Elvis religions'''
+*** Church of Satan
-**[[Church of Jesus Christ Elvis]]
+*** First Satanic Church
-**[[The First Preslyterian Church of Elvis the Divine]] [http://www.geocities.com/presleyterian_church/home.html]
+** Order of Nine Angles
-*'''Fictional religions turned Parody'''
+* [[Setianism]]  ''also spelled Sethianism''
-**[[Bokononism]]
+** Temple of Set
-**[[Jedi_(census)|Jedi]] (The 2001 Census reported more Jedi in England than [[Sikhism|Sikhs]])
+** The Storm
-*[[The First Church of the Last Laugh]] [http://www.saintstupid.com/]
+* Quimbanda
-*[[Invisible Pink Unicorn]]
-*[[Kibology]]
-*[[Landover Baptist Church]]
-*[[Universal Church of Google]]
-*[[Roshambo (religion)|Roshambo]]
-*[[Shatnerology]]
-*'''Text editor religions'''
-**[[Church of Emacs]]
-**[[Cult of Vi]]
-===Utilitarian religions===
+==Syncretic religions==
-''Groups formed for sole benefit of religious status''
+''Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same''
-*[[THC Ministry]]
+* Revelation of Arès
+* Cao Dai
+* Falun Dafa  ( Falun Gong )
+* Huna
+* Konkokyo
+* Law of One
+* Mahikari  [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/mahik.html]
+* Manichaeism
+* [[Unitarian Universalism]]
+* Universal Life Church
+* Tenrikyo
+* [[Theosophy]]
+* Seicho-No-Ie
-=== Non-revealed religions ===
+==Entheogen religions==
-''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet''
+''Religions based around divinely inspiring substances''
-*[[Confucianism]]
+* Ayahuasca-based beliefs
-*[[Deism]]
+** Santo Daime  [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/latam/santo.html]
-*[[Fellowship of Reason]]
+** União do Vegetal
-*[[Religious Humanism|Spiritual Humanism]]
+* Church of the Universe  (marijuana sacrament)
-*[[Juche]]
+* Peyotism
-*[[Mohism]]
+* THC Ministry
-*[[Taoism]]
-*[[Church of Virus|Virus, The Church of]]
-===Various [[new religious movements]]===
+==New religious movements==
 ''Religions founded since 1850 with small followings''
-*[[Ananda Marga]]
+==='''Indigenous NRM's'''===
-*[[Anthroposophy]]
+* Burkhanism
-*[[Brianism]]
+* Cargo cults
-*[[Cargo cult|Cargo cults]] (e.g. [[Jon Frum]])
+* Ghost Dance
-*[[Church Universal and Triumphant]]
+* Native American Church
-*[[Eckankar]]
-*[[Elan Vital]]
-*[[Faithists of Kosmon]]
-*[[Process Church|Process Church of the Final Judgement]]
-*[[Rajneesh|Rajneeshism]]
-*[[Sathya Sai Organisation]]
-*The [[Unification Church]] (Moonies)
+==='''African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's'''===
+*  Rastafarianism
+*  Umbanda
+*  Candomble
-===Uncategorized religions===
+==='''Hindu-oriented NRM's'''===
-''These religions fail to be easily classified in the above categories''
+*  Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba
+*  Hare Krishna
+*  Transcendental Meditation
+*  Sant Mat
+*  Swaminarayan
+*  Vedanta Society
+*  Rajneeshism
+*  Meher Baba  (actually a Zoroastrian)
-*[[Peyotism]]
+==='''NRM's with Islamic Roots'''===
-*[[Yezidis]]
+*  Subud
-*[[Zoroastrianism]]
+*  Ahmadi
-*[[Bön]] (Bön was completely independant until [[776]] [[CE]])
+*  [[Baha'i]]
+*  Dances of Universal Peace
+*  Said Nursi
+*  Nation of Islam  (Black Muslims)
-== Fictional religions ==
+==='''Christian-oriented NRM's'''===
-*[[Alvianism]] (''[[Sealab 2021]]'')
+*  Unification Church
-*[[Amalgamated Church]] (''[[Futurama (animated series)|Futurama]]'')
+*  Jehovah's Witnesses
-*[[Appliantology]] (the [[Frank Zappa]] album ''[[Joe's Garage]]'')
+*  Adventism
-*[[Avantism]] (the ''Harvest of Stars'' novels by [[Poul Anderson]])
+*  Mormonism
-*[[Bajor|Bajoran religion]] (The Way of the Prophets) (''[[Star Trek]]'')
+*  Jesus People
-*[[Bokononism]] (''[[Cat's Cradle]]'' by [[Kurt Vonnegut]])
+*  Children of God
-*[[Children of the Son]] (''[[Star Trek]]'')
+*  People's Temple
-*[[Church of All Worlds]] (''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]])
+*  Pentecostalism
-*[[Church of Artificial Intelligence]] (''[[Otherworld]]'')
+*  Holiness movement
-*[[The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent]] (''[[The Sirens of Titan]]'' by [[Kurt Vonnegut]])
-*[[Church of the New Revelation]] (aka [[Fosterite Church]]) (''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]])
-*[[Church of the Second Coming of the Great Prophet Zarquon]] (''[[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]])
-*[[Church of the Shrike]] (''Hyperion'' by Dan Simmons)
-*Church of [[Star Trek|Trek]] (''[[Futurama (animated series)|Futurama]]'')
-*[[Cthulhu Mythos]] ([[H. P. Lovecraft]])
-*[[Feeders of Vaal]] (''[[Star Trek]]'')
-*The First Church of the Flaming Sword [[Las Vegas]]  (''[[Waiting for God]]'')
-*[[Foundationism]] (''[[Babylon 5]]'')
-*[[Global Standard Deity]] (the ''[[Thursday Next]]'' books by [[Jasper Fforde]])
-*[[Jedi]] (''[[Star Wars]]'')
-*[[Klingon|Klingon religion]] (''[[Star Trek]]'')
-*[[Mechanoid religion]], advocating life after deactivation, in [[Silicon Heaven]] (''[[Red Dwarf]]'')
-*[[Mercerism]] (''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'' by Philip K. Dick)
-*[[Mind Head]] (the [[Steve Martin]] movie ''[[Bowfinger]]'')
-*Movementarianism ("The Joy of Sect" episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'')
-*"The Necromonger Way" (''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]'')
-*[[Nuggan]]ism ([[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Discworld]])
-*[[Omnian]]ism ([[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Discworld]])
-*[[Oprah Winfrey|Oprahism]] (''[[Futurama (animated series)|Futurama]]'')
-*[[History Monks|Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised]] (''[[Discworld]]'')
-*[[Robotology]] (''[[Futurama (animated series)|Futurama]]'')
-*[[Selfosophy]] ("Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense" episode of ''[[Millennium]]''. Adherents would reject the idea that it was a religion, and that all dissenters would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of, but in full accordance with, the law.)
-*[[Sith]] (''[[Star Wars]]'')
-*[[Space Catholicism]] (''[[Futurama (animated series)|Futurama]]'')
-*[[Wayism]] (''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]'')
-==Forms of Religion==
+==='''Buddhist-oriented NRM's'''===
-*[[Agnosticism]]
+*  Soka Gakkai
-*[[Animism]]
+*  Won Buddhism
-*[[Atheism]]
+*  Hoa Hao
-*[[Ditheism]] ([[Dualism]])
+*  Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
-*[[Henotheism]]
-**[[Monolatrism]]
-*[[Humanism]]
-**[[Secular Humanism]]
-*[[Kathenotheism]]
-*[[Maltheism]]
-*[[Monism]]
-*[[Monotheism]]
-*[[Panentheism]]
-*[[Pantheism]]
-**[[Cosmotheism]]
-*[[Polytheism]]
-*[[Shamanism]]
-*[[Suitheism]]
-*[[Universism]]
-==Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices==
+==='''Chinese-oriented NRM's'''===
-===[[Esotericism]]===
+*  I-Kuan Tao
-*[[Alchemy]]
+*  Falun Gong
-*[[Freemasonry]]
-*[[Gnosticism]]
-*[[Kabbalah]]
-*[[Occultism]]
-*[[Rosicrucian]]
-**[[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis]]
-**[[Confraternity of the Rose Cross]]
-**[[Rosicrucian Fellowship]]
-===[[Mysticism]]===
+==='''Japanese-oriented NRM's'''===
-*[[Christian mysticism]]
+*  Tenrikyo
-**[[Gnosticism]]
+*  Seicho no Ie
-*[[Hindu mysticism]]
+*  Johrei or Reiki
-**[[Tantra]]
+*  Oomoto
-**[[Yoga]]
+*  Soka Gakkai
-**[[Bhakti yoga|Bhakti]]
+*  Aum Shinrikyo
-**[[Vedanta]]
-*[[Martinism]]
-*[[Meditation]]
-*[[Kabbalah]]
-*[[Spirituality]]
-*[[Sufism]]
-*[[Theosophy]]
-===[[Magic (religion)]]===
+==='''Korean-oriented NRM's'''===
-*[[Astrology]]
+*  Chondogyo
-*[[Divination]]
+*  Unification Church
-**[[Prophecy]]
-*[[Exorcism]]
-*[[Faith healing]]
-*[[Feng Shui]]
-*[[Vaastu Shastra]] <small>([[Hinduism]])</small>
-*[[Magick]]
-**[[Chaos magick]]
-**[[Enochian magick]]
-**[[Grimoire magick]]
-**[[Goetic magick]]
-*[[Miracle]]s
-*[[Seid (shamanic magic)]]
-*[[Witchcraft]]
-===[[Ritual]]ism===
+==='''Vietnamese-oriented NRM's'''===
-*[[Prayer]]
+*  Caodaism
-*[[Sacrifice]]
+*  Hoa Hao
-**[[Animal sacrifice]]
-**[[Human sacrifice]]
-*[[Worship]]
-===Organizations promoting [[Ecumenism]]===
+==='''White Supremacist Religions'''===
-* [http://www.interfaith.org/default.asp Interfaith.org] a cooperative association of organizations and clergy persons who have joined together to establish a greater spiritual presence on the World Wide Web.
+*  Church of Jesus Christ Christian
-* [[Dances of Universal Peace]]
+*  Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord
-* [[Sathya Sai Baba|Sathya Sai Organisation]]
+*  World Church of the Creator  ( Creativity Movement )
-* The [[Inter-Religious Organisation]]  (IRO)
+*  Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan  [http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/american_knights_kkk.asp]
-* [[Temple of Understanding]]
-* [[simplified kundalini yoga ]] an organisation founded  by Vethathiri maharishi to establish world peace and happiness.
-==See also==
+===''' Alien-based religions '''===
+*The  Aetherius Society  [http://www.aetherius.org/index.html]
+* Raelism
+* [[Scientology]]
+** Church of Scientology
+** Free Zone
+* Unarius society  ( Unarius Academy of Science ) [http://www.unarius.org/start.html]
+* Urantia, Book of
-* [[List of organizations]]
+==='''Other NRM's'''===
-* [[List of religious organizations]]
+* Anthroposophy
-* [[New religious movement]]s
+* Aum Shinrikyo  ( Aleph )
-* [[List of purported cults]]
+* Baluan Native Christian United Church
-* [[List of people by belief]]
+* Breatharianism  (Air cult)
-* [[Sacred text]]
+* Brianism
-* [[Mythology]]
+* Christian Fellowship Church of New Georgia
+* Church Universal and Triumphant
+* Eckankar
+* Elan Vital
+* Faithists of Kosmon
+* Juche  (The personality cult of North Korean leaders)
+* Order of the Solar Temple
+* Process Church|Process Church of the Final Judgement
+* Purtillology
+* Racist religions
+* Sathya Sai Organisation
+** Kardecist Spiritism
+* Subud
+* Tuka Movement
+*The Unification Church  (Moonies)
+* Church of Virus
+* Yoism
-==References==
+==Parody or mock religions==
+''Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general''
+* [[Church of the SubGenius]]  (The cult of [[Bob Dobbs]])
+* [[Discordianism]] (The Cult of [[Eris]], the Goddess of Chaos)
+* Church of Bill Nye The Science Guy
+* Church of God the Utterly Indifferent
+*Elvis religions
+** Church of Jesus Christ Elvis
+** The First Preslyterian Church of Elvis the Divine  [http://www.geocities.com/presleyterian_church/home.html]
+*Fictional religions turned Parody
+** Bokononism
+** Jedi census movement
+* The First Church of the Last Laugh  [http://www.saintstupid.com/]
+* Invisible Pink Unicorn
+* Kibology
+* Landover Baptist Church
+* Universal Church of Google
+* Roshambo (religion)|Roshambo
+* Shatnerology
+*Text editor religions
+** Church of Emacs
+** Cult of Vi
+** First Church of Pac-Man  [http://www.flamingmayo.com/firstchurchofpacman/]
-* Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/List_of_religions List of religions]. Retrieved Oct. 18, 2004.
+==Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices==
+=== Mysticism ===
+* Christian mysticism
+**[[Gnosticism]]
+* [[Hinduism]]
+** [[Tantra]]
+** [[Yoga]]
+** [[Bhakti yoga]]
+** Vedanta
+* [[Kabbalah]]  (also part of [[Judaism]])
+* [[Martinism]]
+* [[Meditation]]
+* [[Spirituality]]
+* Ananda Marga
+* [[Sufism]]
+* [[Theosophy]]
+==Forms of religion==
+* [[Agnosticism]]
+* [[Animism]]
+* [[Atheism]]
+*[[Deism]]
+* [[Ditheism]]  ( Dualism )
+* [[Henotheism]]
+** [[Monolatrism]]
+* [[Humanism]]
+** [[Secular Humanism]]
+* [[Kathenotheism]]
+* [[Maltheism]]
+* [[Monism]]
+* [[Monotheism]]
+*[[Monistic Theism]]
+*[[Pandeism]]
+* [[Panentheism]]
+* [[Pantheism]]
+** [[Cosmotheism]]
+* [[Polytheism]]
+* [[Shamanism]]
+* [[Suitheism]]
+*[[Theism]]
+*[[Transcendentalism]]
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.sacred-texts.com Sacred Texts]
-[[Category:Religion]]
+==References==
-[[Category:Religions]]
+*Adapted from: Wikipedia. (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions List of Religions]''. Retrieved June 11, 2005.
+ [[Category:Religion]]