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-== Religions, sects and denominations == +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.
-:Note that the classification hereunder is only one of several possible. +
-===[[Abrahamic religions]]=== +==Magical / Esoteric == 
-''Believers in the One God, [[Yahweh]]'' +* [[Thelema]]  
-*'''[[Babism]]''' +* [[Gnosticism]] 
-**[[Bahá'í Faith]] +* [[Theosophy]]  
-**[[Orthodox Bahá'í Faith]] +* [[Spiritualism]]  
-*'''[[Christianity]]''' (see [[List of Christian denominations]]) +* [[Hermeticism]] 
-**[[Catholicism]] +* [[Wicca]] 
-**[[Eastern Orthodoxy]] +* [[Voudun]] 
-**[[Monophysitism|Monophysite]] [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] + 
-**[[Nestorianism]] +=== Abrahamic religions === 
-**[[Protestantism]] +''Believers in One God also called classical monotheism .'' 
-***[[Anabaptists]] +*''' Babism ''' 
-***[[Anglicans]] +*''' Bahá'í ''' 
-***[[Baptists]] +** Bahá'í Faith  
-***[[Lutherans]] +** Orthodox Bahá'í Faith  
-***[[Methodists]] +*''' Christianity ''' (see List of Christian denominations ) 
-***[[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]] +** Eastern Orthodoxy  
-***[[Reformed churches|Reformed]] +** Roman Catholicism  
-****[[Presbyterian]] +** Oriental Orthodoxy ( Monophysitism ) 
-***[[Society of Friends]] (Quakers)  +** Nestorianism  
-**[[Restorationism]] +** Protestantism  
-***[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] +*** Anabaptists  
-***[[Mormonism]] +*** Anglicans  
-***[[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] +*** Baptists  
-*'''[[Druze|Druzism]]''' +*** Lutherans  
-*'''[[Gnosticism]]''' +*** Methodists  
-**[[Valentinians]] (see: [[Valentinius]]) +*** Pentecostalism|Pentecostals  
-**[[Basilidians]] +*** Reformed churches|Reformed  
-**[[Ophites]] +**** Presbyterian  
-**[[Cainites]] +*** Society of Friends (Quakers) 
-**[[Carpocratians]] +*** Waldensians  
-**[[Borborites]] +** Restorationism  
-**[[Bogomils]] +*** Jehovah's Witnesses  
-**[[Cathars]] +*** Mormonism  
-*'''[[Islam]]''' +*** Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist  
-**[[Ahmadiyya]] +*''' Druze|Druzism ''' 
-**[[Kharijites]] +*''' Gnosticism ''' 
-***[[Ibadis]] +** Basilidians  
-***[[Sufris]] +** Bogomils  
-**[[Nation of Islam]] +** Borborites  
-**[[Shi'a Islam|Shiite]] +** Cainites  
-***[[Alawites]] +** Carpocratians  
-***[[Ismailis]] +** Cathars  
-***[[Jafari]] +** Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic) 
-***[[Zaiddiyah]] +** Ophites  
-**[[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] +** Valentinians (see: Valentinius ) 
-***[[Berailvi]] +*''' Islam ''' 
-***[[Deobandi]] +** Ahmadiyya  
-***[[Hanafi]] +** Kharijites  
-***[[Hanbali]] +*** Ibadis  
-***[[Maliki]] +*** Sufris  
-***[[Mu'tazili]] +** Nation of Islam  
-***[[Shafi'i]] +** Shi'a Islam|Shiite  
-***[[Wahhabi]] +*** Alawites  
-**[[Sufism]] +*** Ismailis  
-**[[Zikri]] +*** Jafari  
-*'''[[Judaism]]''' (see also: [[Hebrews|Hebrew religion]]) +*** Zaiddiyah  
-**Pre-Rabbinic sects +** Sunni Islam|Sunni  
-***[[Essenes]] +*** Berailvi  
-***[[Pharisees|Pharisaism]] +*** Deobandi  
-***[[Sadducees]] +*** Hanafi  
-**Sects that believed in [[Jesus]]'s [[prophet|prophethood]] +*** Hanbali  
-***[[Ebionites]] +*** Maliki  
-***[[Elkasite|Elkasites]] +*** Mu'tazili  
-***[[Nazarene|The Nazarene Sects]] +*** Shafi'i  
-***The revival movement, [[Talmidaism]] +*** Wahhabi  
-**Rabbinic Judaism +** Sufism  
-***[[Conservative Judaism]] +** Zikri  
-***[[Orthodox Judaism]] +*''' Judaism ''' (see also: Jew ; Hebrews ) 
-****[[Haredi Judaism]] +**Contemporary divisions 
-****[[Modern Orthodox Judaism]] +*** Karaite Judaism  
-****[[Hasidic Judaism]] +***Rabbinic Judaism 
-***[[Reconstructionist Judaism]] +**** Orthodox Judaism  
-***[[Reform Judaism]] +***** Haredi Judaism  
-**[[Falasha]] Judaism +***** Hassidic Judaism  
-**[[Karaite]] Judaism +***** Modern Orthodox Judaism  
-*'''[[Mandaeanism]]'''  +**** Reform Judaism  
-*'''[[Rastafarianism]]''' +**** Conservative Judaism ( Masorti ) 
-*'''[[Samaritanism]]'''+**** 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=== ===Dharmic religions===
-''Religions with a concept of [[Dharma]], also major religions of historical [[India]]'' +''Religions with a concept of Dharma , also major religions of historical India '' 
-*'''[[Hinduism]]''' (see also [[Contemporary Hindu movements]]) +*''' Hinduism ''' (see also Contemporary Hindu movements ) 
-** [[Vaishnavism]] +** Agama Hindu Dharma (Javanese Hinduism) 
-***[[Swaminarayan]] sect +** Shaivism  
-***[[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]] +** Shaktism  
-****[[ISKCON]] (Hare Krishna) +** Smartism  
-**[[Shaivism]] +** Vaishnavism  
-**[[Shaktism]] +***Swaminarayan Religion 
-**[[Bhakti]] (devotional Hinduism) +***Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday 
-**[[Smartism]] +*** Gaudiya Vaishnavism  
-**Hindu [[Tantra]] +**** ISKCON (Hare Krishna) 
-**[[Agama Hindu Dharma]] (Javanese Hinduism) +**Six major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy  
-**Six major schools and movements of [[Hindu philosophy]] +*** Samkhya  
-***[[Samkhya]] +*** Nyaya  
-***[[Nyaya]] +*** Vaisheshika  
-***[[Vaisheshika]] +*** Purva mimamsa  
-***[[Purva mimamsa]] +*** Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa) 
-***[[Vedanta]] (Uttar Mimamsa) +**** Advaita Vedanta  
-****[[Advaita Vedanta]] +**** Aurobindo|Integral Yoga  
-****[[Aurobindo|Integral Yoga]] +*** [[Yoga]]  
-***[[Yoga]]  +**** Ashtanga Yoga  
-****[[Hatha yoga]] +**** Hatha yoga  
-****[[Siddha Yoga]] +**** Siddha Yoga  
-****[[Ashtanga Yoga]] +**** Tantric Yoga  
-*'''[[Buddhism]]''' (see [[Schools of Buddhism]]) +*''' [[Buddhism]] '''  
-**[[Mahayana]] +** Mahayana  
-**[[Nikaya Buddhism|Nikaya schools]] (which have historically been called [[Hinayana]] in the West) +** Nikaya Buddhism|Nikaya schools (which have historically been called Hinayana in the West) 
-***[[Theravada]] +*** Theravada  
-**[[Vajrayana]] ([[Tantra|Tantric]] Buddhism) +** Vajrayana 
-*'''[[Jainism]]''' +*''' Jainism ''' 
-**[[Digambara]] +** Digambara  
-**[[Shvetambara]] +** Shvetambara  
-*'''[[Sikhism]]'''+*''' [[Sikhism]] ''' 
 + 
 +===Other revealed religions=== 
 +''These are broadly similar to Abrahamic religions in scope and nature, but follow a separate history of prophesy and belief''
-===[[Orisha|Orisha religions]]=== +* Zoroastrianism
-''Beliefs of the former African slaves'' +
-*[[Candomblé]] +
-*[[Macumba]] +
-*[[Santería]] +
-*[[Umbanda]] +
-*[[Voudun]]+
-=== Indigenous and/or tribal religions === +=== Indigenous religions === 
-''The orally transmitted cannon of the [[indigenous]] peoples''+''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  
-**[[Voudun]] (Voodoo) +** 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]] +** Druidry ( Celtic Religion ) 
-**[[Finnish mythology]] +** Finnish mythology  
-**[[Greek religion]] +** Greek religion  
-***[[Greek mythology]] +*** Greek mythology  
-***[[Hellênismos]] +*** Mystery religion s 
-***[[Roman religion]] +**** Eleusinian Mysteries  
-****[[Roman mythology]] +**** Mithraism  
-**[[Norse mythology]] +**** Pythagoreanism  
-**[[Slavic mythology]] +** Norse mythology  
-*[[Native American]] religions +** Roman religion  
-**[[Abenaki mythology]] +*** Roman mythology  
-**[[Aztec mythology]] +** Slavic mythology  
-**[[Blackfoot mythology]] +*Asian religions 
-**[[Chippewa mythology]] +** Babylonian and Assyrian religion  
-**[[Creek mythology]] +*** Assyrian mythology  
-**[[Crow mythology]] +*** Babylonian mythology  
-**[[Guarani mythology]] +*** Chaldean mythology  
-**[[Haida mythology]] +*** Sumerian mythology  
-**[[Ho-Chunk mythology]] +** Bön (Indigenous Tibetan belief) 
-**[[Huron mythology]] +** Chinese mythology  
-**[[Ibo mythology]] +** Shinto  
-**[[Iroquois mythology]] +*** Oomoto  
-**[[Kwakiutl mythology]] +** Tengri|Tengrism (Indigenous Mongol, Tartar & Kazakh belief) 
-**[[Lakota mythology]] +** Yezidis (Modified indigenous Kurdish belief) 
-**[[Lenape mythology]] +* Native American religions 
-**[[Navaho mythology]] +** Abenaki mythology  
-**[[Nootka mythology]] +** Aztec mythology  
-**[[Pawnee mythology]] +** Blackfoot mythology  
-**[[Salish mythology]] +** Chippewa mythology  
-**[[Seneca mythology]] +** Creek mythology  
-**[[Tsimshian mythology]] +** Crow mythology  
-**[[Ute mythology]] +** Guarani mythology  
-**[[Zuni 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 *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  
-**[[Micronesian mythology]] +** Balinese mythology  
-**[[Maori mythology]] +** Micronesian mythology  
-**[[Modekngei]] (Republic of [[Palau]]) +** Maori mythology  
-**[[Nauruan indigenous religion]] +** Modekngei (Republic of Palau ) 
-**[[Polynesian mythology]] +** Nauruan indigenous religion  
-**[[Tuvaluan mythology]]+** Polynesian mythology  
 +** Tuvaluan mythology
-===[[Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path|Left-hand path religions]]=== +=== Neopaganism|Neopagan or revival religions === 
-''Religions which value the spiritual advancement of the self over other goals'' +''Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices'' 
-*[[Demonolatry]] +* Ásatrú  
-*[[Dragon Rouge]] +* Church of All Worlds  
-*[[Order of the Solar Temple]] +* Dievturiba  
-*[[Satanism]] +* Ghost Dance  
-**[[Church of Satan]] +* Neo-druidism  
-**[[Order of Nine Angles]] +* Judeo-Paganism  
-*[[Setianism]] ''also spelled Sethianism'' +* Hellênismos  
-**[[Temple of Set]] +* Orisha (beliefs of the former West African slaves in the New World) 
-**[[The Storm]] +** Kumina  
-*[[Thelema]] +** Obeah  
-**[[Ordo Templi Orientis]] +** Santería (''Lukumi'') 
-**[[Fraternitas Saturni]]+** 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
-===[[Neopaganism|Neopagan Religions]]=== +=== Non-revealed religions === 
-''Revival religions'' +''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet'' 
-*[[Asatru]] +* Carvaka  
-*[[Church of All Worlds]] +* Confucianism  
-*[[Dievturiba]] +* Fellowship of Reason  
-*[[Neo-druidism]] +* Religious Humanism|Spiritual Humanism  
-*[[Judeo-Paganism]] +* Mohism  
-*[[Summum]] +* Prometheism [http://www.prometheism.net/] 
-*[[Wicca]] +* Taoism
-**[[Alexandrian Wicca]] +
-**[[Dianic Wicca]] ([[Feminist Wicca]]) +
-**[[Gardnerian Wicca]] +
-**[[Seax-Wica]] +
-**[[Faery Wicca]] +
-**[[Feri Tradition]]+
-===Alien-based religions=== +=== Left-Hand Path religions ===
-''Belivers in the [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] seeding of Earth'' +
-*[[Raelism]] +
-*[[Scientology]] +
-**[[Church of Scientology]] +
-**[[Free Zone]] +
-*[[Urantia]], Book of+
-===Spirit religions=== +''The ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it'' 
-''Faiths that are primarily concerned with the existence of [[Spiritual being|spirits]]'' +* Demonolatry  
-*[[Shinto]] +* Dragon Rouge  
-**[[Oomoto]] +* Satanism  
-*[[Spiritualism]] ([[Spiritism]])  +** LaVeyan Satanism  
-**[[Kardecist Spiritism]]+*** Church of Satan  
 +*** First Satanic Church  
 +** Order of Nine Angles  
 +* Setianism ''also spelled Sethianism'' 
 +** Temple of Set  
 +** The Storm  
 +* Quimbanda
-===[[Syncretism|Syncretic unification religions]]=== +=== Syncretism|Syncretic religions === 
-''Faiths that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same'' +''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|Arès Pilgrim Movement  
-*[[Cao Dai]] +* Cao Dai  
-*[[Falun Dafa]] ([[Falun Gong]]) +* Falun Dafa ( Falun Gong ) 
-*[[Huna]] +* Huna  
-*[[Konkokyo]] +* Konkokyo  
-*[[Law of One]] +* Law of One  
-*[[Manichaeism]] +* Mahikari [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/mahik.html] 
-*[[Unitarian Universalism]] +* Manichaeism  
-*[[Universal Life Church]] +* Unitarian Universalism  
-*[[Tenrikyo]] +* Universal Life Church  
-*[[Theosophy]] +* Tenrikyo  
-*[[Seicho-No-Ie]]+* Theosophy  
 +* Seicho-No-Ie
-=== [[Parody religion|Parody or mock religions]] === +=== Entheogen religions=== 
-''Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general'' +''Religions based around divinely inspiring substances'' 
-*[[Church of God the Utterly Indifferent]] +* Ayahuasca -based beliefs 
-*[[Church of the SubGenius]] (The cult of [[Bob Dobbs]]) +** Santo Daime [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/latam/santo.html] 
-*[[Discordianism]] (some Discordians maintain that their religion is not wholly without an element of seriousness) +** União do Vegetal  
-*'''Elvis religions''' +* Church of the Universe ( marijuana sacrament) 
-**[[Church of Jesus Christ Elvis]] +* Peyotism  
-**[[The First Preslyterian Church of Elvis the Divine]] [http://www.geocities.com/presleyterian_church/home.html] +* THC Ministry
-*'''Fictional religions turned Parody''' +
-**[[Bokononism]] +
-**[[Jedi_(census)|Jedi]] (The 2001 Census reported more Jedi in England than [[Sikhism|Sikhs]]) +
-*[[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]]+
-===Utilitarian religions=== +=== New religious movement s=== 
-''Groups formed for sole benefit of religious status'' +''Religions founded since 1850 with small followings''
-*[[THC Ministry]]+
-=== Non-revealed religions === +'''Indigenous NRM's''' 
-''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet'' +* Burkhanism  
-*[[Confucianism]] +* Cargo cult|Cargo cults  
-*[[Deism]] +* Ghost Dance  
-*[[Fellowship of Reason]] +* Native American Church
-*[[Religious Humanism|Spiritual Humanism]] +
-*[[Juche]] +
-*[[Mohism]] +
-*[[Taoism]] +
-*[[Church of Virus|Virus, The Church of]]+
-===Various [[new religious movements]]=== +'''African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's''' 
-''Religions founded since 1850 with small followings''+* Rastafarianism  
 +* Umbanda  
 +* Candomble
-*[[Ananda Marga]] +'''Hindu-oriented NRM's''' 
-*[[Anthroposophy]] +* Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba|Sathya Sai Organisation  
-*[[Brianism]] +* Hare Krishna  
-*[[Cargo cult|Cargo cults]] (e.g. [[Jon Frum]]) +* Transcendental Meditation  
-*[[Church Universal and Triumphant]] +* Sant Mat  
-*[[Eckankar]] +* Swaminarayan  
-*[[Elan Vital]] +* Vedanta Society  
-*[[Faithists of Kosmon]] +* Osho / Rajneesh|Rajneeshism  
-*[[Process Church|Process Church of the Final Judgement]] +* Meher Baba (actually a Zoroastrian)
-*[[Rajneesh|Rajneeshism]] +
-*[[Sathya Sai Organisation]] +
-*The [[Unification Church]] (Moonies)+
 +'''NRM's with Islamic Roots'''
 +* Subud
 +* Ahmadi
 +* Baha'i
 +* Dances of Universal Peace
 +* Said Nursi
 +* Nation of Islam (Black Muslims)
-===Uncategorized religions=== +'''Christian-oriented NRM's''' 
-''These religions fail to be easily classified in the above categories''+* Unification Church  
 +* Jehovah's Witnesses  
 +* Adventism  
 +* Mormonism  
 +* Jesus People  
 +* Children of God  
 +* People's Temple  
 +* Pentecostalism  
 +* Holiness movement
-*[[Peyotism]] +'''Buddhist-oriented NRM's''' 
-*[[Yezidis]] +* Soka Gakkai  
-*[[Zoroastrianism]] +* Won Buddhism  
-*[[Bön]] (Bön was completely independant until [[776]] [[CE]])+* Hoa Hao  
 +* Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
-== Fictional religions == +'''Chinese-oriented NRM's''' 
-*[[Alvianism]] (''[[Sealab 2021]]'') +* I-Kuan Tao  
-*[[Amalgamated Church]] (''[[Futurama (animated series)|Futurama]]'') +* Falun Gong
-*[[Appliantology]] (the [[Frank Zappa]] album ''[[Joe's Garage]]'') +
-*[[Avantism]] (the ''Harvest of Stars'' novels by [[Poul Anderson]]) +
-*[[Bajor|Bajoran religion]] (The Way of the Prophets) (''[[Star Trek]]'') +
-*[[Bokononism]] (''[[Cat's Cradle]]'' by [[Kurt Vonnegut]]) +
-*[[Children of the Son]] (''[[Star Trek]]'') +
-*[[Church of All Worlds]] (''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]]) +
-*[[Church of Artificial Intelligence]] (''[[Otherworld]]'') +
-*[[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== +'''Japanese-oriented NRM's''' 
-*[[Agnosticism]] +* Tenrikyo  
-*[[Animism]] +* Seicho no Ie  
-*[[Atheism]] +* Johrei or Reiki  
-*[[Ditheism]] ([[Dualism]]) +* Oomoto  
-*[[Henotheism]] +* Soka Gakkai  
-**[[Monolatrism]] +* Aum Shinrikyo
-*[[Humanism]] +
-**[[Secular Humanism]] +
-*[[Kathenotheism]] +
-*[[Maltheism]] +
-*[[Monism]] +
-*[[Monotheism]] +
-*[[Panentheism]] +
-*[[Pantheism]] +
-**[[Cosmotheism]] +
-*[[Polytheism]] +
-*[[Shamanism]] +
-*[[Suitheism]] +
-*[[Universism]]+
-==Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices== +'''Korean-oriented NRM's''' 
-===[[Esotericism]]=== +* Chondogyo  
-*[[Alchemy]] +* Unification Church
-*[[Freemasonry]] +
-*[[Gnosticism]] +
-*[[Kabbalah]] +
-*[[Occultism]] +
-*[[Rosicrucian]] +
-**[[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis]] +
-**[[Confraternity of the Rose Cross]] +
-**[[Rosicrucian Fellowship]]+
-===[[Mysticism]]=== +'''Vietnamese-oriented NRM's''' 
-*[[Christian mysticism]]  +* Caodaism  
-**[[Gnosticism]] +* Hoa Hao
-*[[Hindu mysticism]] +
-**[[Tantra]] +
-**[[Yoga]] +
-**[[Bhakti yoga|Bhakti]] +
-**[[Vedanta]] +
-*[[Martinism]] +
-*[[Meditation]] +
-*[[Kabbalah]]  +
-*[[Spirituality]] +
-*[[Sufism]] +
-*[[Theosophy]]+
-===[[Magic (religion)]]=== +'''White Supremacist Religions''' 
-*[[Astrology]] +* Church of Jesus Christ Christian  
-*[[Divination]] +* Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord  
-**[[Prophecy]] +* World Church of the Creator ( Creativity Movement ) 
-*[[Exorcism]] +* Ku Klux Klan|Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan [http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/american_knights_kkk.asp]
-*[[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=== +''' Alien-based religions ''' 
-*[[Prayer]] +*The Aetherius Society [http://www.aetherius.org/index.html] 
-*[[Sacrifice]] +* Raelism  
-**[[Animal sacrifice]] +* Scientology  
-**[[Human sacrifice]] +** Church of Scientology  
-*[[Worship]]+** Free Zone  
 +* Unarius society ( Unarius Academy of Science ) [http://www.unarius.org/start.html] 
 +* Urantia , Book of
-===Organizations promoting [[Ecumenism]]=== +'''Other NRM's''' 
-* [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.  +* Anthroposophy  
-* [[Dances of Universal Peace]]  +* Aum Shinrikyo ( Aleph ) 
-* [[Sathya Sai Baba|Sathya Sai Organisation]]  +* Baluan Native Christian United Church  
-* The [[Inter-Religious Organisation]] (IRO) +* Breatharianism (Air cult) 
-* [[Temple of Understanding]] +* Brianism  
-* [[simplified kundalini yoga ]] an organisation founded by Vethathiri maharishi to establish world peace and happiness.+* 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|Virus, The Church of  
 +* Yoism
-==See also==+=== 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/]
-* [[List of organizations]] +==Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices==
-* [[List of religious organizations]] +
-* [[New religious movement]]s +
-* [[List of purported cults]] +
-* [[List of people by belief]] +
-* [[Sacred text]] +
-* [[Mythology]]+
-==References==+=== Mysticism === 
 +* Christian mysticism  
 +** Gnosticism  
 +* Hinduism  
 +** Tantra  
 +** Yoga  
 +** Bhakti yoga  
 +** Vedanta  
 +* Kabbalah (also part of Judaism ) 
 +* Martinism  
 +* Meditation  
 +* Spirituality  
 +* Ananda Marga  
 +* Sufism  
 +* Theosophy
-* Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/List_of_religions List of religions]. Retrieved Oct. 18, 2004.+==Forms of religion== 
 +* Agnosticism  
 +* Animism  
 +* Atheism  
 +* Ditheism ( Dualism ) 
 +* Henotheism  
 +** Monolatrism  
 +* Humanism  
 +** Secular Humanism  
 +* Kathenotheism  
 +* Maltheism  
 +* Monism  
 +* Monotheism  
 +* Panentheism  
 +* Pantheism  
 +** Cosmotheism  
 +* Polytheism  
 +* Shamanism  
 +* Suitheism
==External links== ==External links==
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-[[Category:Religions]]+==References== 
 +*Adapted from: Wikipedia. (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions List of Religions]''. Retrieved June 11, 2005. 
 + 
 + [[Category:Religion]]

Revision as of 18:10, 11 Jun 2005

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

1.1 Abrahamic religions
1.2 Dharmic religions
1.3 Other revealed religions
1.4 Indigenous religions
1.5 Neopaganism|Neopagan or revival religions
1.6 Non-revealed religions
1.7 Left-Hand Path religions
1.8 Syncretism|Syncretic religions
1.9 Entheogen religions
1.10 New religious movement s
1.11 Parody or mock religions

2 Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices

2.1 Mysticism

3 Forms of religion
4 External links
5 References

Magical / Esoteric

Abrahamic religions

Believers in One God also called classical monotheism .

Dharmic religions

Religions with a concept of Dharma , also major religions of historical India

Other revealed religions

These are broadly similar to Abrahamic religions in scope and nature, but follow a separate history of prophesy and belief

Indigenous religions

The orally transmitted canon of indigenous peoples, many involving some variant of animism and most defunct

Neopaganism|Neopagan or revival religions

Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices

Non-revealed religions

Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet

Left-Hand Path religions

The ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it

Syncretism|Syncretic religions

Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same

Entheogen religions

Religions based around divinely inspiring substances

New religious movement s

Religions founded since 1850 with small followings

Indigenous NRM's

African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's

Hindu-oriented NRM's

NRM's with Islamic Roots

Christian-oriented NRM's

Buddhist-oriented NRM's

Chinese-oriented NRM's

Japanese-oriented NRM's

Korean-oriented NRM's

Vietnamese-oriented NRM's

White Supremacist Religions

Alien-based religions

Other NRM's

Parody or mock religions

Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general

Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices

Mysticism

Forms of religion

External links

References


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