List of religions

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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

+{{religion}}
 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.
 * [[Wicca]]
 * [[Voudun]]
+* [[Shamanism]]
-=== Abrahamic religions ===
+==Abrahamic religions==
-''Believers in One God also called classical  monotheism .''
+''Believers in One God also called classical [[monotheism]].''
 *''' Babism '''
-*''' Bahá'í '''
+*''' [[Bahá'í]]'''
 ** Bahá'í Faith
+*'''Druzism'''
 ** Orthodox Bahá'í Faith
-*''' Christianity ''' (see  List of Christian denominations )
+*''' Samaritanism''' (Samaritans)
-** Eastern Orthodoxy
+*''' Mandaeanism'''
-** Roman Catholicism
+*''' Rastafarianism '''
-** Oriental Orthodoxy  ( Monophysitism )
-** Nestorianism
-** Protestantism
-*** Anabaptists
-*** Anglicans
-*** Baptists
-*** Lutherans
-*** Methodists
-*** Pentecostalism|Pentecostals
-*** Reformed churches|Reformed
-**** Presbyterian
-*** Society of Friends  (Quakers)
-*** Waldensians
-** Restorationism
-*** Jehovah's Witnesses
-*** Mormonism
-*** Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist
-*''' Druze|Druzism '''
-*''' Gnosticism '''
-** Basilidians
-** Bogomils
-** Borborites
-** Cainites
-** Carpocratians
-** Cathars
-** Marcionism  (not entirely Gnostic)
-** Ophites
-** Valentinians  (see:  Valentinius )
-*''' Islam '''
-** Ahmadiyya
-** Kharijites
-*** Ibadis
-*** Sufris
-** Nation of Islam
-** Shi'a Islam|Shiite
-*** Alawites
-*** Ismailis
-*** Jafari
-*** Zaiddiyah
-** Sunni Islam|Sunni
-*** Berailvi
-*** Deobandi
-*** Hanafi
-*** Hanbali
-*** Maliki
-*** Mu'tazili
-*** Shafi'i
-*** Wahhabi
-** Sufism
-** Zikri
-*''' Judaism ''' (see also:  Jew ;  Hebrews )
-**Contemporary divisions
-*** Karaite Judaism
-***Rabbinic Judaism
-**** Orthodox Judaism
-***** Haredi Judaism
-***** Hassidic Judaism
-***** Modern Orthodox Judaism
-**** Reform Judaism
-**** Conservative Judaism  ( Masorti )
-**** Reconstructionist Judaism
-*** Humanistic Judaism
-**Historical Sects
-*** Hasmonean s
-*** Essenes
-*** Pharisees
-*** Sadducees
-*** Zealot s
-**** Sicarii
-**Heretical sects that believed  Jesus  was a prophet
-*** Ebionites
-*** Elkasite s
-*** Nazarene s
-*** Talmidaism|Talmidis
-** Crypto-Judaism|Crypto-Jews
-*** Marrano s
-*** Converso s
-**Jewish messianic movements
-*** Jacob Frank|Frankists
-*** Sabbatai Zevi|Sabbatians
-**** Donmeh
-*''' Samaritanism|Samaritans '''
-*''' Mandaeanism|Mandaeanists '''
-*''' Rastafarianism|Rastafarians '''
 *''' Black Hebrews '''
-===Dharmic religions===
+===[[Christianity]]===
-''Religions with a concept of  Dharma , also major religions of historical  India ''
+* Eastern Orthodoxy
-*''' Hinduism ''' (see also  Contemporary Hindu movements )
+* Roman Catholicism
-** Agama Hindu Dharma  (Javanese Hinduism)
+* Oriental Orthodoxy  (Monophysitism)
-** Shaivism
+* Nestorianism
-** Shaktism
+* Protestantism
-** Smartism
+** Anabaptists
-**  Vaishnavism
+** Anglicans
-***Swaminarayan Religion
+** Baptists
-***Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday
+** Lutherans
-*** Gaudiya Vaishnavism
+** Methodists
-**** ISKCON  (Hare Krishna)
+** Pentecostalism|Pentecostals
-**Six major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
+** Reformed
-*** Samkhya
+*** Presbyterian
-*** Nyaya
+** Society of Friends (Quakers)
-*** Vaisheshika
+** Waldensians
-*** Purva mimamsa
+* Restorationism
-*** Vedanta  (Uttar Mimamsa)
+** Jehovah's Witnesses
-**** Advaita Vedanta
+** Mormonism
-**** Aurobindo|Integral Yoga
+** Seventh-day Adventist
-*** [[Yoga]]
+===[[Gnosticism]]===
-**** Ashtanga Yoga
+* Basilidians
-**** Hatha yoga
+* Bogomils
-**** Siddha Yoga
+* Borborites
-**** Tantric Yoga
+* Cainites
-*''' [[Buddhism]] '''
+* Carpocratians
-** Mahayana
+* [[Cathars]]
-** Nikaya Buddhism|Nikaya schools  (which have historically been called  Hinayana  in the West)
+* Marcionism  (not entirely Gnostic)
-*** Theravada
+* Ophites
-** Vajrayana
+* Valentinians
-*''' Jainism '''
+===[[Islam]]===
-** Digambara
+* Ahmadiyya
-** Shvetambara
+* Kharijites
-*''' [[Sikhism]] '''
+** Ibadis
+** Sufris
+* Nation of Islam
+* Shi'a Islam (Shiite)
+** Alawites
+** Ismailis
+** Jafari
+** Zaiddiyah
+* Sunni Islam
+** Berailvi
+** Deobandi
+** Hanafi
+** Hanbali
+** Maliki
+** Mu'tazili
+** Shafi'i
+** Wahhabi
+* [[Sufism]]
+* Zikri
+===[[Judaism]]===
+*Contemporary divisions
+** Karaite Judaism
+**Rabbinic Judaism
+*** Orthodox Judaism
+**** Haredi Judaism
+**** Hassidic Judaism
+**** Modern Orthodox Judaism
+*** Reform Judaism
+*** Conservative Judaism  ( Masorti )
+*** Reconstructionist Judaism
+** Humanistic Judaism
+*Historical Sects
+** Hasmoneans
+** Essenes
+** 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 ''
+*'''[[Sikhism]]'''
+===[[Hinduism]]===
+* Agama Hindu Dharma  (Javanese Hinduism)
+* [[Shaivism]]
+* [[Shaktism]]
+* [[Smartism]]
+*  [[Vaishnavism]]
+**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
-===Other revealed religions===
+==Other revealed religions==
 ''These are broadly similar to Abrahamic religions in scope and nature, but follow a separate history of prophesy and belief''
-* Zoroastrianism
+* [[Zoroastrianism]]
-=== Indigenous religions ===
+==Indigenous religions ==
 ''The orally transmitted canon of  indigenous  peoples, many involving some variant of  animism  and most defunct''
-*African religions
+===African religions===
-** Akamba mythology
+* Akamba mythology
-** Akan mythology
+* Akan mythology
-** Ashanti mythology
+* Ashanti mythology
-** Bushongo mythology
+* Bushongo mythology
-** Dahomey mythology
+* Dahomey mythology
-** Dinka mythology
+* Dinka mythology
-** Efik mythology
+* Efik mythology
-** Egyptian mythology
+* Egyptian mythology
-** Isoko mythology
+* Isoko mythology
-** Khoikhoi mythology
+* Khoikhoi mythology
-** Lotuko mythology
+* Lotuko mythology
-** Lugbara mythology
+* Lugbara mythology
-** Pygmy mythology
+* Pygmy mythology
-** Tumbuka mythology
+* Tumbuka mythology
-** Yoruba mythology
+* Yoruba mythology
-** Zulu mythology
+* Zulu mythology
-*European religions
+===European religions===
-** Anglo-Saxon mythology
+* Anglo-Saxon mythology
-** Basque mythology
+* Basque mythology
-** Chukchi mythology
+* Chukchi mythology
-** Druidry  ( Celtic Religion )
+* Druidry (Celtic Religion )
-** Finnish mythology
+* Finnish mythology
-** Greek religion
+* Greek religion
-*** Greek mythology
+** [[Greek mythology]]
-*** Mystery religion s
+** Mystery religions
-**** Eleusinian Mysteries
+*** [[Eleusinian Mysteries]]
-**** Mithraism
+*** [[Mithraism]]
-**** Pythagoreanism
+*** [[Pythagoreanism]]
-** Norse mythology
+* Norse mythology
-** Roman religion
+* Roman religion
-*** Roman mythology
+** Roman mythology
-** Slavic mythology
+* Slavic mythology
-*Asian religions
+===Asian religions===
-** Babylonian and Assyrian religion
+* Babylonian and Assyrian religion
-*** Assyrian mythology
+** Assyrian mythology
-*** Babylonian mythology
+** Babylonian mythology
-*** Chaldean mythology
+** Chaldean mythology
-*** Sumerian mythology
+** Sumerian mythology
-** Bön  (Indigenous Tibetan belief)
+* Bön  (Indigenous Tibetan belief)
-** Chinese mythology
+* Chinese mythology
-** Shinto
+* [[Shinto]]
-*** Oomoto
+** Oomoto
-** Tengri|Tengrism  (Indigenous Mongol, Tartar & Kazakh belief)
+* Tengrism  (Indigenous Mongol, Tartar & Kazakh belief)
-** Yezidis  (Modified indigenous Kurdish belief)
+* Yezidis  (Modified indigenous Kurdish belief)
-* Native American  religions
+===Native American religions===
-** Abenaki mythology
+* Abenaki mythology
-** Aztec mythology
+* Aztec mythology
-** Blackfoot mythology
+* Blackfoot mythology
-** Chippewa mythology
+* Chippewa mythology
-** Creek mythology
+* Creek mythology
-** Crow mythology
+* Crow mythology
-** Guarani mythology
+* Guarani mythology
-** Haida mythology
+* Haida mythology
-** Ho-Chunk mythology
+* Ho-Chunk mythology
-** Huron mythology
+* Huron mythology
-** Ibo mythology
+* Ibo mythology
-** Iroquois mythology
+* Iroquois mythology
-** Kwakiutl mythology
+* Kwakiutl mythology
-** Lakota mythology
+* Lakota mythology
-** Lenape mythology
+* Lenape mythology
-** Navaho mythology
+* Navaho mythology
-** Nootka mythology
+* Nootka mythology
-** Pawnee mythology
+* Pawnee mythology
-** Salish mythology
+* Salish mythology
-** Seneca mythology
+* Seneca mythology
-** Tsimshian mythology
+* Tsimshian mythology
-** Ute mythology
+* Ute mythology
-** Zuni mythology
+* Zuni mythology
-*Northern indigenous religions
+===Northern indigenous religions===
-** Aleut mythology
+* Aleut mythology
-** Evenk mythology
+* Evenk mythology
-** Inuit mythology
+* Inuit mythology
-** Yukaghir mythology
+* Yukaghir mythology
-*Oceanic religions
+===Oceanic religions===
-** Australian Aboriginal mythology
+* Australian Aboriginal mythology
-** Balinese mythology
+* Balinese mythology
-** Micronesian mythology
+* Micronesian mythology
-** Maori mythology
+* Maori mythology
-** Modekngei  (Republic of  Palau )
+* Modekngei  (Republic of  Palau )
-** Nauruan indigenous religion
+* Nauruan indigenous religion
-** Polynesian mythology
+* Polynesian mythology
-** Tuvaluan mythology
+* Tuvaluan mythology
-=== Neopaganism|Neopagan or revival religions ===
+==Neopaganism==
 ''Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices''
 * Ásatrú
 ** Kumina
 ** Obeah
-** Santería  (''Lukumi'')
+** [[Santeria]]  (''Lukumi'')
-** Voudun
+** [[Voudun]]
 *** Beninese Vodun
 *** La Regla Arara
 * Rodoverie  (Slavic paganism)
 * Summum
-* Wicca
+===[[Wicca]]===
-** Alexandrian Wicca
+*Alexandrian Wicca
-** Dianic Wicca  ( Feminist Wicca )
+* Dianic Wicca  ( Feminist Wicca )
-** Gardnerian Wicca
+* Gardnerian Wicca
-** Seax-Wica
+* Seax-Wica
-** Faery Wicca
+* Faery Wicca
-** Feri Tradition
+* Feri Tradition
-=== Non-revealed religions ===
+==Non-revealed religions==
 ''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet''
+* [[Taoism]]
+* [[Confucianism]]
 * Carvaka
-* Confucianism
 * Fellowship of Reason
-* Religious Humanism|Spiritual Humanism
+* Spiritual Humanism
 * Mohism
 * Prometheism  [http://www.prometheism.net/]
-* Taoism
-=== Left-Hand Path religions ===
+==Left-Hand Path religions==
 ''The ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it''
 * Demonolatry
 * Dragon Rouge
-* Satanism
+* [[Satanism]]
 ** LaVeyan Satanism
 *** Church of Satan
 *** First Satanic Church
 ** Order of Nine Angles
-* Setianism  ''also spelled Sethianism''
+* [[Setianism]]  ''also spelled Sethianism''
 ** Temple of Set
 ** The Storm
 * Quimbanda
-=== Syncretism|Syncretic religions ===
+==Syncretic religions==
 ''Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same''
-* Revelation of Arès|Arès Pilgrim Movement
+* Revelation of Arès
 * Cao Dai
 * Falun Dafa  ( Falun Gong )
 * Mahikari  [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/mahik.html]
 * Manichaeism
-* Unitarian Universalism
+* [[Unitarian Universalism]]
 * Universal Life Church
 * Tenrikyo
-* Theosophy
+* [[Theosophy]]
 * Seicho-No-Ie
-=== Entheogen religions===
+==Entheogen religions==
 ''Religions based around divinely inspiring substances''
-* Ayahuasca -based beliefs
+* Ayahuasca-based beliefs
 ** Santo Daime  [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/latam/santo.html]
 ** União do Vegetal
-* Church of the Universe  ( marijuana  sacrament)
+* Church of the Universe  (marijuana sacrament)
 * Peyotism
 * THC Ministry
-=== New religious movement s===
+==New religious movements==
 ''Religions founded since 1850 with small followings''
-'''Indigenous NRM's'''
+==='''Indigenous NRM's'''===
-*  Burkhanism
+* Burkhanism
-* Cargo cult|Cargo cults
+* Cargo cults
-*  Ghost Dance
+* Ghost Dance
-*  Native American Church
+* Native American Church
-'''African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's'''
+==='''African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's'''===
 *  Rastafarianism
 *  Umbanda
 *  Candomble
-'''Hindu-oriented NRM's'''
+==='''Hindu-oriented NRM's'''===
-*  Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba|Sathya Sai Organisation
+*  Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba
 *  Hare Krishna
 *  Transcendental Meditation
 *  Swaminarayan
 *  Vedanta Society
-*  Osho / Rajneesh|Rajneeshism
+*  Rajneeshism
 *  Meher Baba  (actually a Zoroastrian)
-'''NRM's with Islamic Roots'''
+==='''NRM's with Islamic Roots'''===
 *  Subud
 *  Ahmadi
-*  Baha'i
+*  [[Baha'i]]
 *  Dances of Universal Peace
 *  Said Nursi
 *  Nation of Islam  (Black Muslims)
-'''Christian-oriented NRM's'''
+==='''Christian-oriented NRM's'''===
 *  Unification Church
 *  Jehovah's Witnesses
 *  Holiness movement
-'''Buddhist-oriented NRM's'''
+==='''Buddhist-oriented NRM's'''===
 *  Soka Gakkai
 *  Won Buddhism
 *  Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
-'''Chinese-oriented NRM's'''
+==='''Chinese-oriented NRM's'''===
 *  I-Kuan Tao
 *  Falun Gong
-'''Japanese-oriented NRM's'''
+==='''Japanese-oriented NRM's'''===
 *  Tenrikyo
 *  Seicho no Ie
-*  Johrei  or  Reiki
+*  Johrei or Reiki
 *  Oomoto
 *  Soka Gakkai
 *  Aum Shinrikyo
-'''Korean-oriented NRM's'''
+==='''Korean-oriented NRM's'''===
 *  Chondogyo
 *  Unification Church
-'''Vietnamese-oriented NRM's'''
+==='''Vietnamese-oriented NRM's'''===
 *  Caodaism
 *  Hoa Hao
-'''White Supremacist Religions'''
+==='''White Supremacist Religions'''===
 *  Church of Jesus Christ Christian
 *  Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord
 *  World Church of the Creator  ( Creativity Movement )
-*  Ku Klux Klan|Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan  [http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/american_knights_kkk.asp]
+*  Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan  [http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/american_knights_kkk.asp]
-''' Alien-based religions '''
+===''' Alien-based religions '''===
 *The  Aetherius Society  [http://www.aetherius.org/index.html]
 * Raelism
-* Scientology
+* [[Scientology]]
 ** Church of Scientology
 ** Free Zone
 * Unarius society  ( Unarius Academy of Science ) [http://www.unarius.org/start.html]
-* Urantia , Book of
+* Urantia, Book of
-'''Other NRM's'''
+==='''Other NRM's'''===
 * Anthroposophy
 * Aum Shinrikyo  ( Aleph )
 * Process Church|Process Church of the Final Judgement
 * Purtillology
-* Racist  religions
+* Racist religions
 * Sathya Sai Organisation
 ** Kardecist Spiritism
 * Subud
 * Tuka Movement
-*The  Unification Church  (Moonies)
+*The Unification Church  (Moonies)
-* Church of Virus|Virus, The Church of
+* Church of Virus
 * Yoism
-===  Parody or mock religions  ===
+==Parody or mock religions==
 ''Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general''
-* Church of the SubGenius  (The cult of Bob Dobbs )
+* [[Church of the SubGenius]]  (The cult of [[Bob Dobbs]])
-* Discordianism (The Cult of Eris, the Goddess of Chaos)
+* [[Discordianism]] (The Cult of [[Eris]], the Goddess of Chaos)
 * Church of Bill Nye The Science Guy
 * Church of God the Utterly Indifferent
 === Mysticism ===
 * Christian mysticism
-** Gnosticism
+**[[Gnosticism]]
-* Hinduism
+* [[Hinduism]]
-** Tantra
+** [[Tantra]]
-** Yoga
+** [[Yoga]]
-** Bhakti yoga
+** [[Bhakti yoga]]
 ** Vedanta
-* Kabbalah  (also part of Judaism )
+* [[Kabbalah]]  (also part of [[Judaism]])
-* Martinism
+* [[Martinism]]
-* Meditation
+* [[Meditation]]
-* Spirituality
+* [[Spirituality]]
 * Ananda Marga
-* Sufism
+* [[Sufism]]
-* Theosophy
+* [[Theosophy]]
 ==Forms of religion==
-* Agnosticism
+* [[Agnosticism]]
-* Animism
+* [[Animism]]
-* Atheism
+* [[Atheism]]
-* Ditheism  ( Dualism )
+*[[Deism]]
-* Henotheism
+* [[Ditheism]]  ( Dualism )
-** Monolatrism
+* [[Henotheism]]
-* Humanism
+** [[Monolatrism]]
-** Secular Humanism
+* [[Humanism]]
-* Kathenotheism
+** [[Secular Humanism]]
-* Maltheism
+* [[Kathenotheism]]
-* Monism
+* [[Maltheism]]
-* Monotheism
+* [[Monism]]
-* Panentheism
+* [[Monotheism]]
-* Pantheism
+*[[Monistic Theism]]
-** Cosmotheism
+*[[Pandeism]]
-* Polytheism
+* [[Panentheism]]
-* Shamanism
+* [[Pantheism]]
-* Suitheism
+** [[Cosmotheism]]
+* [[Polytheism]]
+* [[Shamanism]]
+* [[Suitheism]]
+*[[Theism]]
+*[[Transcendentalism]]
 ==External links==
 ==References==
 *Adapted from: Wikipedia. (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions List of Religions]''. Retrieved June 11, 2005.
  [[Category:Religion]]