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==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]]=== |
- | ** Eastern Orthodoxy | + | * Eastern Orthodoxy |
- | ** Roman Catholicism | + | * Roman Catholicism |
- | ** Oriental Orthodoxy ( Monophysitism ) | + | * Oriental Orthodoxy (Monophysitism) |
- | ** Nestorianism | + | * Nestorianism |
- | ** Protestantism | + | * Protestantism |
- | *** Anabaptists | + | ** Anabaptists |
- | *** Anglicans | + | ** Anglicans |
- | *** Baptists | + | ** Baptists |
- | *** Lutherans | + | ** Lutherans |
- | *** Methodists | + | ** Methodists |
- | *** Pentecostalism|Pentecostals | + | ** Pentecostalism|Pentecostals |
- | *** Reformed churches|Reformed | + | ** Reformed |
- | **** Presbyterian | + | *** Presbyterian |
- | *** Society of Friends (Quakers) | + | ** Society of Friends (Quakers) |
- | *** Waldensians | + | ** Waldensians |
- | ** Restorationism | + | * Restorationism |
- | *** Jehovah's Witnesses | + | ** Jehovah's Witnesses |
- | *** Mormonism | + | ** Mormonism |
- | *** Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist | + | ** Seventh-day Adventist |
- | *''' Druzism ''' | + | '''Druzism ''' |
- | *'''[[Gnosticism]]''' | + | ===[[Gnosticism]]=== |
- | ** Basilidians | + | * Basilidians |
- | ** Bogomils | + | * Bogomils |
- | ** Borborites | + | * Borborites |
- | ** Cainites | + | * Cainites |
- | ** Carpocratians | + | * Carpocratians |
- | ** [[Cathars]] | + | * [[Cathars]] |
- | ** Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic) | + | * Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic) |
- | ** Ophites | + | * Ophites |
- | ** Valentinians | + | * Valentinians |
- | *'''[[Islam]]''' | + | ===[[Islam]]=== |
- | ** Ahmadiyya | + | * Ahmadiyya |
- | ** Kharijites | + | * Kharijites |
- | *** Ibadis | + | ** Ibadis |
- | *** 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 Islam |
- | *** Berailvi | + | ** Berailvi |
- | *** Deobandi | + | ** Deobandi |
- | *** Hanafi | + | ** Hanafi |
- | *** Hanbali | + | ** Hanbali |
- | *** Maliki | + | ** Maliki |
- | *** Mu'tazili | + | ** Mu'tazili |
- | *** Shafi'i | + | ** Shafi'i |
- | *** Wahhabi | + | ** Wahhabi |
- | ** [[Sufism]] | + | * [[Sufism]] |
- | ** Zikri | + | * Zikri |
- | *'''[[Judaism]]''' | + | ===[[Judaism]]=== |
- | **Contemporary divisions | + | *Contemporary divisions |
- | *** Karaite Judaism | + | ** Karaite Judaism |
- | ***Rabbinic Judaism | + | **Rabbinic Judaism |
- | **** Orthodox Judaism | + | *** Orthodox Judaism |
- | ***** Haredi Judaism | + | **** Haredi Judaism |
- | ***** Hassidic Judaism | + | **** Hassidic Judaism |
- | ***** Modern Orthodox Judaism | + | **** Modern Orthodox Judaism |
- | **** Reform Judaism | + | *** Reform Judaism |
- | **** Conservative Judaism ( Masorti ) | + | *** Conservative Judaism ( Masorti ) |
- | **** Reconstructionist Judaism | + | *** Reconstructionist Judaism |
- | *** Humanistic Judaism | + | ** Humanistic Judaism |
- | **Historical Sects | + | *Historical Sects |
- | *** Hasmoneans | + | ** Hasmoneans |
- | *** Essenes | + | ** Essenes |
- | *** Pharisees | + | ** Pharisees |
- | *** Sadducees | + | ** Sadducees |
- | *** Zealots | + | ** Zealots |
- | **** Sicarii | + | *** Sicarii |
- | **Heretical sects that believed Jesus was a prophet | + | *Heretical sects that believed Jesus was a prophet |
- | *** Ebionites | + | ** Ebionites |
- | *** Elkasites | + | ** Elkasites |
- | *** Nazarenes | + | ** Nazarenes |
- | *** Talmidaism | + | ** Talmidaism |
- | ** Crypto-Jews | + | * Crypto-Jews |
- | *** Marranos | + | ** Marranos |
- | *** Conversos | + | ** 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)<br/> |
- | *''' Mandaeanism''' | + | ''' Mandaeanism''' <br/> |
- | *''' Rastafarianism ''' | + | ''' Rastafarianism '''<br/> |
- | *''' 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]]''' | + | ===[[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 |
- | *** 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]] | + | *** [[Ashtanga Yoga]] |
- | **** [[Hatha yoga]] | + | *** [[Hatha yoga]] |
- | **** [[Siddha Yoga]] | + | *** [[Siddha Yoga]] |
- | **** [[Tantric Yoga]] | + | *** [[Tantric Yoga]] |
- | *''' [[Buddhism]] ''' | + | ===[[Buddhism]]=== |
- | ** Mahayana | + | * Mahayana |
- | ** Nikaya Buddhism (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 |
- | *''' [[Sikhism]] ''' | + | '''[[Sikhism]''' |
- | ===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'' | ''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'' | ''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 religions | + | ** 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 |
- | ** 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=== | + | ==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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* Rodoverie (Slavic paganism) | * Rodoverie (Slavic paganism) | ||
* Summum | * 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'' | ''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet'' | ||
* [[Taoism]] | * [[Taoism]] | ||
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* Prometheism [http://www.prometheism.net/] | * Prometheism [http://www.prometheism.net/] | ||
- | === Left-Hand Path religions === | + | ==Left-Hand Path religions== |
''The ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it'' | ''The ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it'' | ||
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* Quimbanda | * Quimbanda | ||
- | ===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 | * Revelation of Arès | ||
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* 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 | ||
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* THC Ministry | * THC Ministry | ||
- | === New religious movement s=== | + | ==New religious movements== |
''Religions founded since 1850 with small followings'' | ''Religions founded since 1850 with small followings'' | ||
- | '''Indigenous NRM's''' | + | ==='''Indigenous NRM's'''=== |
- | * Burkhanism | + | * Burkhanism |
* 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 | * Rastafarianism | ||
* Umbanda | * Umbanda | ||
* Candomble | * Candomble | ||
- | '''Hindu-oriented NRM's''' | + | ==='''Hindu-oriented NRM's'''=== |
* Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba | * Sai Baba / Sathya Sai Baba | ||
* Hare Krishna | * Hare Krishna | ||
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* Meher Baba (actually a Zoroastrian) | * Meher Baba (actually a Zoroastrian) | ||
- | '''NRM's with Islamic Roots''' | + | ==='''NRM's with Islamic Roots'''=== |
* Subud | * Subud | ||
* Ahmadi | * Ahmadi | ||
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* Nation of Islam (Black Muslims) | * Nation of Islam (Black Muslims) | ||
- | '''Christian-oriented NRM's''' | + | ==='''Christian-oriented NRM's'''=== |
* Unification Church | * Unification Church | ||
* Jehovah's Witnesses | * Jehovah's Witnesses | ||
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* Holiness movement | * Holiness movement | ||
- | '''Buddhist-oriented NRM's''' | + | ==='''Buddhist-oriented NRM's'''=== |
* Soka Gakkai | * Soka Gakkai | ||
* Won Buddhism | * Won Buddhism | ||
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* Friends of the Western Buddhist Order | * Friends of the Western Buddhist Order | ||
- | '''Chinese-oriented NRM's''' | + | ==='''Chinese-oriented NRM's'''=== |
* I-Kuan Tao | * I-Kuan Tao | ||
* Falun Gong | * Falun Gong | ||
- | '''Japanese-oriented NRM's''' | + | ==='''Japanese-oriented NRM's'''=== |
* Tenrikyo | * Tenrikyo | ||
* Seicho no Ie | * Seicho no Ie | ||
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* Aum Shinrikyo | * Aum Shinrikyo | ||
- | '''Korean-oriented NRM's''' | + | ==='''Korean-oriented NRM's'''=== |
* Chondogyo | * Chondogyo | ||
* Unification Church | * Unification Church | ||
- | '''Vietnamese-oriented NRM's''' | + | ==='''Vietnamese-oriented NRM's'''=== |
* Caodaism | * Caodaism | ||
* Hoa Hao | * Hoa Hao | ||
- | '''White Supremacist Religions''' | + | ==='''White Supremacist Religions'''=== |
* Church of Jesus Christ Christian | * Church of Jesus Christ Christian | ||
* Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord | * Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord | ||
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* 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 | ||
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* Urantia, Book of | * Urantia, Book of | ||
- | '''Other NRM's''' | + | ==='''Other NRM's'''=== |
* Anthroposophy | * Anthroposophy | ||
* Aum Shinrikyo ( Aleph ) | * Aum Shinrikyo ( Aleph ) | ||
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* 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]]) |
Revision as of 18:34, 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.
Magical / Esoteric
Abrahamic religions
Believers in One God also called classical monotheism.
- Babism
- Bahá'í
- Bahá'í Faith
- Orthodox Bahá'í Faith
Christianity
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Roman Catholicism
- Oriental Orthodoxy (Monophysitism)
- Nestorianism
- Protestantism
- Anabaptists
- Anglicans
- Baptists
- Lutherans
- Methodists
- Pentecostalism|Pentecostals
- Reformed
- Presbyterian
- Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Waldensians
- Restorationism
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Mormonism
- 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
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)
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 movements
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.