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| * [[Wicca]] | * [[Wicca]] | ||
| * [[Voudun]] | * [[Voudun]] | ||
| + | * [[Shamanism]] | ||
| === Abrahamic religions === | === Abrahamic religions === | ||
| ''Believers in One God also called classical monotheism .'' | ''Believers in One God also called classical monotheism .'' | ||
| *''' Babism ''' | *''' Babism ''' | ||
| - | *''' Bahá'í ''' | + | *''' [[Bahá'í]]''' |
| ** Bahá'í Faith | ** Bahá'í Faith | ||
| ** Orthodox Bahá'í Faith | ** Orthodox Bahá'í Faith | ||
| - | *''' Christianity ''' (see List of Christian denominations ) | + | *'''[[Christianity]]''' (see List of Christian denominations ) |
| ** Eastern Orthodoxy | ** Eastern Orthodoxy | ||
| ** Roman Catholicism | ** Roman Catholicism | ||
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| *** Reformed churches|Reformed | *** Reformed churches|Reformed | ||
| **** Presbyterian | **** Presbyterian | ||
| - | *** Society of Friends (Quakers) | + | *** Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| *** Waldensians | *** Waldensians | ||
| ** Restorationism | ** Restorationism | ||
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| *** Mormonism | *** Mormonism | ||
| *** Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist | *** Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist | ||
| - | *''' Druze|Druzism ''' | + | *''' Druzism ''' |
| - | *''' Gnosticism ''' | + | *'''[[Gnosticism]]''' |
| ** Basilidians | ** Basilidians | ||
| ** Bogomils | ** Bogomils | ||
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| ** Cainites | ** Cainites | ||
| ** Carpocratians | ** Carpocratians | ||
| - | ** Cathars | + | ** [[Cathars]] |
| ** Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic) | ** Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic) | ||
| ** Ophites | ** Ophites | ||
| - | ** Valentinians (see: Valentinius ) | + | ** Valentinians |
| - | *''' Islam ''' | + | *'''[[Islam]]''' |
| ** Ahmadiyya | ** Ahmadiyya | ||
| ** Kharijites | ** Kharijites | ||
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| *** Sufris | *** Sufris | ||
| ** Nation of Islam | ** Nation of Islam | ||
| - | ** Shi'a Islam|Shiite | + | ** Shi'a Islam (Shiite) |
| *** Alawites | *** Alawites | ||
| *** Ismailis | *** Ismailis | ||
| *** Jafari | *** Jafari | ||
| *** Zaiddiyah | *** Zaiddiyah | ||
| - | ** Sunni Islam|Sunni | + | ** Sunni Islam |
| *** Berailvi | *** Berailvi | ||
| *** Deobandi | *** Deobandi | ||
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| *** Shafi'i | *** Shafi'i | ||
| *** Wahhabi | *** Wahhabi | ||
| - | ** Sufism | + | ** [[Sufism]] |
| ** Zikri | ** Zikri | ||
| - | *''' Judaism ''' (see also: Jew ; Hebrews ) | + | *'''[[Judaism]]''' |
| **Contemporary divisions | **Contemporary divisions | ||
| *** Karaite Judaism | *** Karaite Judaism | ||
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| *** Humanistic Judaism | *** Humanistic Judaism | ||
| **Historical Sects | **Historical Sects | ||
| - | *** Hasmonean s | + | *** Hasmoneans |
| *** Essenes | *** Essenes | ||
| *** Pharisees | *** Pharisees | ||
| *** Sadducees | *** Sadducees | ||
| - | *** Zealot s | + | *** Zealots |
| **** Sicarii | **** Sicarii | ||
| **Heretical sects that believed Jesus was a prophet | **Heretical sects that believed Jesus was a prophet | ||
| *** Ebionites | *** Ebionites | ||
| - | *** Elkasite s | + | *** Elkasites |
| - | *** Nazarene s | + | *** Nazarenes |
| - | *** Talmidaism|Talmidis | + | *** Talmidaism |
| - | ** Crypto-Judaism|Crypto-Jews | + | ** Crypto-Jews |
| - | *** Marrano s | + | *** Marranos |
| - | *** Converso s | + | *** Conversos |
| **Jewish messianic movements | **Jewish messianic movements | ||
| - | *** Jacob Frank|Frankists | + | *** Jacob Frank (Frankists) |
| - | *** Sabbatai Zevi|Sabbatians | + | *** Sabbatai Zevi (Sabbatians) |
| **** Donmeh | **** Donmeh | ||
| - | *''' Samaritanism|Samaritans ''' | + | *''' Samaritanism''' (Samaritans) |
| - | *''' Mandaeanism|Mandaeanists ''' | + | *''' Mandaeanism''' |
| - | *''' Rastafarianism|Rastafarians ''' | + | *''' Rastafarianism ''' |
| *''' Black Hebrews ''' | *''' 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]]''' |
| ** Agama Hindu Dharma (Javanese Hinduism) | ** Agama Hindu Dharma (Javanese Hinduism) | ||
| - | ** Shaivism | + | ** [[Shaivism]] |
| - | ** Shaktism | + | ** [[Shaktism]] |
| - | ** Smartism | + | ** [[Smartism]] |
| - | ** Vaishnavism | + | ** [[Vaishnavism]] |
| ***Swaminarayan Religion | ***Swaminarayan Religion | ||
| ***Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday | ***Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday | ||
| *** Gaudiya Vaishnavism | *** Gaudiya Vaishnavism | ||
| - | **** ISKCON (Hare Krishna) | + | **** ISKCON (Hare Krishna) |
| **Six major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy | **Six major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy | ||
| *** Samkhya | *** Samkhya | ||
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| **** Aurobindo|Integral Yoga | **** Aurobindo|Integral Yoga | ||
| *** [[Yoga]] | *** [[Yoga]] | ||
| - | **** Ashtanga Yoga | + | **** [[Ashtanga Yoga]] |
| - | **** Hatha yoga | + | **** [[Hatha yoga]] |
| - | **** Siddha Yoga | + | **** [[Siddha Yoga]] |
| - | **** Tantric Yoga | + | **** [[Tantric Yoga]] |
| *''' [[Buddhism]] ''' | *''' [[Buddhism]] ''' | ||
| ** Mahayana | ** Mahayana | ||
| - | ** Nikaya Buddhism|Nikaya schools (which have historically been called Hinayana in the West) | + | ** Nikaya Buddhism (which have historically been called Hinayana in the West) |
| *** Theravada | *** Theravada | ||
| ** Vajrayana | ** Vajrayana | ||
| - | *''' Jainism ''' | + | *'''[[Jainism]]''' |
| ** Digambara | ** Digambara | ||
| ** Shvetambara | ** Shvetambara | ||
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| ''These are broadly similar to Abrahamic religions in scope and nature, but follow a separate history of prophesy and belief'' | ''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 === | ||
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| ** 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 | ||
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| ** 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 | ||
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| ** Tuvaluan mythology | ** Tuvaluan mythology | ||
| - | === Neopaganism|Neopagan or revival religions === | + | === Neopaganism=== |
| ''Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices'' | ''Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices'' | ||
| * Ásatrú | * Ásatrú | ||
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| ** Kumina | ** Kumina | ||
| ** Obeah | ** Obeah | ||
| - | ** Santería (''Lukumi'') | + | ** [[Santeria]] (''Lukumi'') |
| - | ** Voudun | + | ** [[Voudun]] |
| *** Beninese Vodun | *** Beninese Vodun | ||
| *** La Regla Arara | *** La Regla Arara | ||
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| * Rodoverie (Slavic paganism) | * Rodoverie (Slavic paganism) | ||
| * Summum | * Summum | ||
| - | * Wicca | + | * [[Wicca]] |
| ** Alexandrian Wicca | ** Alexandrian Wicca | ||
| ** Dianic Wicca ( Feminist Wicca ) | ** Dianic Wicca ( Feminist Wicca ) | ||
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| === Non-revealed religions === | === Non-revealed religions === | ||
| ''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet'' | ''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet'' | ||
| + | * [[Taoism]] | ||
| + | * [[Confucianism]] | ||
| * Carvaka | * Carvaka | ||
| - | * Confucianism | ||
| * Fellowship of Reason | * Fellowship of Reason | ||
| - | * Religious Humanism|Spiritual Humanism | + | * Spiritual Humanism |
| * Mohism | * Mohism | ||
| * Prometheism [http://www.prometheism.net/] | * Prometheism [http://www.prometheism.net/] | ||
| - | * Taoism | ||
| === Left-Hand Path religions === | === Left-Hand Path religions === | ||
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| * Demonolatry | * Demonolatry | ||
| * Dragon Rouge | * Dragon Rouge | ||
| - | * Satanism | + | * [[Satanism]] |
| ** LaVeyan Satanism | ** LaVeyan Satanism | ||
| *** Church of Satan | *** Church of Satan | ||
| *** First Satanic Church | *** First Satanic Church | ||
| ** Order of Nine Angles | ** Order of Nine Angles | ||
| - | * Setianism ''also spelled Sethianism'' | + | * [[Setianism]] ''also spelled Sethianism'' |
| ** Temple of Set | ** Temple of Set | ||
| ** The Storm | ** The Storm | ||
| * Quimbanda | * Quimbanda | ||
| - | === Syncretism|Syncretic religions === | + | ===Syncretic religions === |
| ''Faiths created from blending earlier religions or 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 |
| * Cao Dai | * Cao Dai | ||
| * Falun Dafa ( Falun Gong ) | * Falun Dafa ( Falun Gong ) | ||
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| * Mahikari [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/mahik.html] | * Mahikari [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/mahik.html] | ||
| * Manichaeism | * Manichaeism | ||
| - | * Unitarian Universalism | + | * [[Unitarian Universalism]] |
| * Universal Life Church | * Universal Life Church | ||
| * Tenrikyo | * Tenrikyo | ||
| - | * Theosophy | + | * [[Theosophy]] |
| * Seicho-No-Ie | * Seicho-No-Ie | ||
| === Entheogen religions=== | === Entheogen religions=== | ||
| ''Religions based around divinely inspiring substances'' | ''Religions based around divinely inspiring substances'' | ||
| - | * Ayahuasca -based beliefs | + | * Ayahuasca-based beliefs |
| ** Santo Daime [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/latam/santo.html] | ** Santo Daime [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/latam/santo.html] | ||
| ** União do Vegetal | ** União do Vegetal | ||
| - | * Church of the Universe ( marijuana sacrament) | + | * Church of the Universe (marijuana sacrament) |
| * Peyotism | * Peyotism | ||
| * THC Ministry | * THC Ministry | ||
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| '''Indigenous NRM's''' | '''Indigenous NRM's''' | ||
| * Burkhanism | * Burkhanism | ||
| - | * Cargo cult|Cargo cults | + | * Cargo cults |
| * Ghost Dance | * Ghost Dance | ||
| * Native American Church | * Native American Church | ||
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| '''Hindu-oriented NRM's''' | '''Hindu-oriented NRM's''' | ||
| - | * Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba|Sathya Sai Organisation | + | * Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba |
| * Hare Krishna | * Hare Krishna | ||
| * Transcendental Meditation | * Transcendental Meditation | ||
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| * Swaminarayan | * Swaminarayan | ||
| * Vedanta Society | * Vedanta Society | ||
| - | * Osho / Rajneesh|Rajneeshism | + | * Rajneeshism |
| * Meher Baba (actually a Zoroastrian) | * Meher Baba (actually a Zoroastrian) | ||
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| * Subud | * Subud | ||
| * Ahmadi | * Ahmadi | ||
| - | * Baha'i | + | * [[Baha'i]] |
| * Dances of Universal Peace | * Dances of Universal Peace | ||
| * Said Nursi | * Said Nursi | ||
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| * Tenrikyo | * Tenrikyo | ||
| * Seicho no Ie | * Seicho no Ie | ||
| - | * Johrei or Reiki | + | * Johrei or Reiki |
| * Oomoto | * Oomoto | ||
| * Soka Gakkai | * Soka Gakkai | ||
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| * Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord | * Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord | ||
| * World Church of the Creator ( Creativity Movement ) | * 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] | *The Aetherius Society [http://www.aetherius.org/index.html] | ||
| * Raelism | * Raelism | ||
| - | * Scientology | + | * [[Scientology]] |
| ** Church of Scientology | ** Church of Scientology | ||
| ** Free Zone | ** Free Zone | ||
| * Unarius society ( Unarius Academy of Science ) [http://www.unarius.org/start.html] | * Unarius society ( Unarius Academy of Science ) [http://www.unarius.org/start.html] | ||
| - | * Urantia , Book of | + | * Urantia, Book of |
| '''Other NRM's''' | '''Other NRM's''' | ||
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| * Process Church|Process Church of the Final Judgement | * Process Church|Process Church of the Final Judgement | ||
| * Purtillology | * Purtillology | ||
| - | * Racist religions | + | * Racist religions |
| * Sathya Sai Organisation | * Sathya Sai Organisation | ||
| ** Kardecist Spiritism | ** Kardecist Spiritism | ||
| * Subud | * Subud | ||
| * Tuka Movement | * Tuka Movement | ||
| - | *The Unification Church (Moonies) | + | *The Unification Church (Moonies) |
| - | * Church of Virus|Virus, The Church of | + | * Church of Virus |
| * Yoism | * Yoism | ||
| - | === Parody or mock religions === | + | ===Parody or mock religions=== |
| ''Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general'' | ''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 Bill Nye The Science Guy | ||
| * Church of God the Utterly Indifferent | * Church of God the Utterly Indifferent | ||
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| === Mysticism === | === Mysticism === | ||
| * Christian mysticism | * Christian mysticism | ||
| - | ** Gnosticism | + | **[[Gnosticism]] |
| - | * Hinduism | + | * [[Hinduism]] |
| - | ** Tantra | + | ** [[Tantra]] |
| - | ** Yoga | + | ** [[Yoga]] |
| - | ** Bhakti yoga | + | ** [[Bhakti yoga]] |
| ** Vedanta | ** Vedanta | ||
| - | * Kabbalah (also part of Judaism ) | + | * [[Kabbalah]] (also part of [[Judaism]]) |
| - | * Martinism | + | * [[Martinism]] |
| - | * Meditation | + | * [[Meditation]] |
| - | * Spirituality | + | * [[Spirituality]] |
| * Ananda Marga | * Ananda Marga | ||
| - | * Sufism | + | * [[Sufism]] |
| - | * Theosophy | + | * [[Theosophy]] |
| ==Forms of religion== | ==Forms of religion== | ||
| - | * Agnosticism | + | * [[Agnosticism]] |
| - | * Animism | + | * [[Animism]] |
| - | * Atheism | + | * [[Atheism]] |
| - | * Ditheism ( Dualism ) | + | * [[Ditheism]] ( Dualism ) |
| - | * Henotheism | + | * [[Henotheism]] |
| - | ** Monolatrism | + | ** [[Monolatrism]] |
| - | * Humanism | + | * [[Humanism]] |
| - | ** Secular Humanism | + | ** [[Secular Humanism]] |
| - | * Kathenotheism | + | * [[Kathenotheism]] |
| - | * Maltheism | + | * [[Maltheism]] |
| - | * Monism | + | * [[Monism]] |
| - | * Monotheism | + | * [[Monotheism]] |
| - | * Panentheism | + | * [[Panentheism]] |
| - | * Pantheism | + | * [[Pantheism]] |
| - | ** Cosmotheism | + | ** [[Cosmotheism]] |
| - | * Polytheism | + | * [[Polytheism]] |
| - | * Shamanism | + | * [[Shamanism]] |
| - | * Suitheism | + | * [[Suitheism]] |
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 18:22, 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.
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Magical / Esoteric
Abrahamic religions
Believers in One God also called classical monotheism .
- Babism
- Bahá'í
- Bahá'í Faith
- Orthodox Bahá'í Faith
- Christianity (see List of Christian denominations )
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Roman Catholicism
- 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
- Druzism
- Gnosticism
- Basilidians
- Bogomils
- Borborites
- Cainites
- Carpocratians
- Cathars
- Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic)
- Ophites
- Valentinians
- Islam
- Ahmadiyya
- Kharijites
- 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
- Orthodox 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
- Contemporary divisions
- Samaritanism (Samaritans)
- Mandaeanism
- Rastafarianism
- Black Hebrews
Dharmic religions
Religions with a concept of Dharma, also major religions of historical India
- 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
- Buddhism
- Mahayana
- Nikaya Buddhism (which have historically been called Hinayana in the West)
- Theravada
- Vajrayana
- Jainism
- Digambara
- Shvetambara
- Sikhism
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
- 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
- Yoruba mythology
- Zulu mythology
- European religions
- Anglo-Saxon mythology
- Basque mythology
- Chukchi mythology
- Druidry (Celtic Religion )
- Finnish mythology
- Greek religion
- Greek mythology
- Mystery religions
- 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)
- Babylonian and Assyrian religion
- 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
Neopaganism
Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices
- Ásatrú
- Church of All Worlds
- Dievturiba
- Ghost Dance
- Neo-druidism
- Judeo-Paganism
- Hellênismos
- Orisha (beliefs of the former West African slaves in the New World)
- Kongo (beliefs of the former South and Central African (Bantu) slaves in the New World
- Candomblé
- Macumba
- Palo
- Mayombe
- Kimbisa
- Briyumba
- Malongo
- Mayombe
- Umbanda and Quimbanda
- Xango
- Rodoverie (Slavic paganism)
- Summum
- Wicca
- Alexandrian Wicca
- Dianic Wicca ( Feminist Wicca )
- Gardnerian Wicca
- Seax-Wica
- Faery Wicca
- Feri Tradition
Non-revealed religions
Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet
- Taoism
- Confucianism
- Carvaka
- Fellowship of Reason
- Spiritual Humanism
- Mohism
- Prometheism [1] (http://www.prometheism.net/)
Left-Hand Path religions
The ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it
- Demonolatry
- Dragon Rouge
- Satanism
- LaVeyan Satanism
- Church of Satan
- First Satanic Church
- Order of Nine Angles
- LaVeyan Satanism
- Setianism also spelled Sethianism
- Temple of Set
- The Storm
- Quimbanda
Syncretic religions
Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same
- Revelation of Arès
- Cao Dai
- Falun Dafa ( Falun Gong )
- Huna
- Konkokyo
- Law of One
- Mahikari [2] (http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/mahik.html)
- Manichaeism
- Unitarian Universalism
- Universal Life Church
- Tenrikyo
- Theosophy
- Seicho-No-Ie
Entheogen religions
Religions based around divinely inspiring substances
- Ayahuasca-based beliefs
- Santo Daime [3] (http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/latam/santo.html)
- União do Vegetal
- Church of the Universe (marijuana sacrament)
- Peyotism
- THC Ministry
New religious movement s
Religions founded since 1850 with small followings
Indigenous NRM's
- Burkhanism
- Cargo cults
- Ghost Dance
- Native American Church
African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's
- Rastafarianism
- Umbanda
- Candomble
Hindu-oriented NRM's
- Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba
- Hare Krishna
- Transcendental Meditation
- Sant Mat
- Swaminarayan
- Vedanta Society
- Rajneeshism
- Meher Baba (actually a Zoroastrian)
NRM's with Islamic Roots
- Subud
- Ahmadi
- Baha'i
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Said Nursi
- Nation of Islam (Black Muslims)
Christian-oriented NRM's
- Unification Church
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Adventism
- Mormonism
- Jesus People
- Children of God
- People's Temple
- Pentecostalism
- Holiness movement
Buddhist-oriented NRM's
- Soka Gakkai
- Won Buddhism
- Hoa Hao
- Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
Chinese-oriented NRM's
- I-Kuan Tao
- Falun Gong
Japanese-oriented NRM's
- Tenrikyo
- Seicho no Ie
- Johrei or Reiki
- Oomoto
- Soka Gakkai
- Aum Shinrikyo
Korean-oriented NRM's
- Chondogyo
- Unification Church
Vietnamese-oriented NRM's
- Caodaism
- Hoa Hao
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 )
- Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan [4] (http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/american_knights_kkk.asp)
Alien-based religions
- The Aetherius Society [5] (http://www.aetherius.org/index.html)
- Raelism
- Scientology
- Church of Scientology
- Free Zone
- Unarius society ( Unarius Academy of Science ) [6] (http://www.unarius.org/start.html)
- Urantia, Book of
Other NRM's
- Anthroposophy
- Aum Shinrikyo ( Aleph )
- Baluan Native Christian United Church
- Breatharianism (Air cult)
- Brianism
- 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
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 [7] (http://www.geocities.com/presleyterian_church/home.html)
- Fictional religions turned Parody
- Bokononism
- Jedi census movement
- The First Church of the Last Laugh [8] (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 [9] (http://www.flamingmayo.com/firstchurchofpacman/)
Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices
Mysticism
- Christian mysticism
- Hinduism
- Tantra
- Yoga
- Bhakti yoga
- Vedanta
- Kabbalah (also part of Judaism)
- Martinism
- Meditation
- Spirituality
- Ananda Marga
- Sufism
- Theosophy
Forms of religion
- Agnosticism
- Animism
- Atheism
- Ditheism ( Dualism )
- Henotheism
- Humanism
- Kathenotheism
- Maltheism
- Monism
- Monotheism
- Panentheism
- Pantheism
- Polytheism
- Shamanism
- Suitheism
External links
- Statistics on religious belief or adherence (http://www.adherents.com)
- Sacred Texts (http://www.sacred-texts.com)
References
- Adapted from: Wikipedia. (2005). List of Religions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions). Retrieved June 11, 2005.