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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.		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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	==References==		==References==
	*Adapted from: Wikipedia. (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions List of Religions]''. Retrieved June 11, 2005.		*Adapted from: Wikipedia. (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions List of Religions]''. Retrieved June 11, 2005.

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	* [[Animism]]		* [[Animism]]
	* [[Atheism]]		* [[Atheism]]
			*[[Deism]]
	* [[Ditheism]] ( Dualism )		* [[Ditheism]] ( Dualism )
	* [[Henotheism]]		* [[Henotheism]]
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	* [[Monism]]		* [[Monism]]
	* [[Monotheism]]		* [[Monotheism]]
			*[[Monistic Theism]]
			*[[Pandeism]]
	* [[Panentheism]]		* [[Panentheism]]
	* [[Pantheism]]		* [[Pantheism]]
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	* [[Shamanism]]		* [[Shamanism]]
	* [[Suitheism]]		* [[Suitheism]]
			*[[Theism]]
			*[[Transcendentalism]]

	==External links==		==External links==

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	*''' Babism '''		*''' Babism '''
	*''' [[Bahá'í]]'''		*''' [[Bahá'í]]'''
	** Bahá'í Faith		** Bahá'í Faith
			*'''Druzism'''
	** Orthodox Bahá'í Faith		** Orthodox Bahá'í Faith
			*''' Samaritanism''' (Samaritans)
			*''' Mandaeanism'''
			*''' Rastafarianism '''
			*''' Black Hebrews '''

	===[[Christianity]]===		===[[Christianity]]===
	* Eastern Orthodoxy		* Eastern Orthodoxy
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	** Mormonism		** Mormonism
	** Seventh-day Adventist		** Seventh-day Adventist
	~~'''Druzism '''~~
	===[[Gnosticism]]===		===[[Gnosticism]]===
	* Basilidians		* Basilidians
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	** Sabbatai Zevi (Sabbatians)		** Sabbatai Zevi (Sabbatians)
	*** Donmeh		*** Donmeh
	~~''' Samaritanism''' (Samaritans)<br/>~~
	~~''' Mandaeanism''' <br/>~~
	~~''' Rastafarianism '''<br/>~~
	~~''' 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 ''

			*'''[[Sikhism]]'''

	===[[Hinduism]]===		===[[Hinduism]]===
	* Agama Hindu Dharma (Javanese Hinduism)		* Agama Hindu Dharma (Javanese Hinduism)
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	* Digambara		* Digambara
	* Shvetambara		* Shvetambara
	~~'''[[Sikhism]'''~~

	==Other revealed religions==		==Other revealed religions==

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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 '''

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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.

==Magical / Esoteric ==
* [[Thelema]]
* [[Gnosticism]]
* [[Theosophy]]
* [[Spiritualism]]
* [[Hermeticism]]
* [[Wicca]]
* [[Voudun]]

=== 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
*''' 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===
''Religions with a concept of Dharma , also major religions of historical India ''
*''' Hinduism ''' (see also Contemporary Hindu movements )
** 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|Nikaya schools (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''

* Zoroastrianism

=== 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 religion s
**** Eleusinian Mysteries
**** Mithraism
**** Pythagoreanism
** Norse mythology
** Roman religion
*** Roman mythology
** Slavic mythology
*Asian religions
** Babylonian and Assyrian religion
*** Assyrian mythology
*** Babylonian mythology
*** Chaldean mythology
*** Sumerian mythology
** Bön (Indigenous Tibetan belief)
** Chinese mythology
** Shinto
*** Oomoto
** Tengri|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|Neopagan or revival religions ===
''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)
** Kumina
** Obeah
** Santería (''Lukumi'')
** Voudun
*** Beninese Vodun
*** La Regla Arara
*** Jeje Vodun
*** Sèvis Gine
* Kongo (beliefs of the former South and Central African (Bantu) slaves in the New World
** Candomblé
** Macumba
** Palo
*** Mayombe
**** Kimbisa
**** Briyumba
**** Malongo
** Umbanda and Quimbanda
** Xango
* Rodoverie (Slavic paganism)
* Summum
* Wicca
** Alexandrian Wicca
** Dianic Wicca ( Feminist Wicca )
** Gardnerian Wicca
** Seax-Wica
** Faery Wicca
** Feri Tradition

=== Non-revealed religions ===
''Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet''
* Carvaka
* Confucianism
* Fellowship of Reason
* Religious Humanism|Spiritual Humanism
* Mohism
* Prometheism [http://www.prometheism.net/]
* Taoism

=== 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
* Setianism ''also spelled Sethianism''
** Temple of Set
** The Storm
* Quimbanda

=== Syncretism|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
* Cao Dai
* Falun Dafa ( Falun Gong )
* Huna
* Konkokyo
* Law of One
* Mahikari [http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/easia/mahik.html]
* Manichaeism
* Unitarian Universalism
* Universal Life Church
* Tenrikyo
* Theosophy
* Seicho-No-Ie

=== Entheogen religions===
''Religions based around divinely inspiring substances''
* Ayahuasca -based beliefs
** Santo Daime [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 cult|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|Sathya Sai Organisation
* Hare Krishna
* Transcendental Meditation
* Sant Mat
* Swaminarayan
* Vedanta Society
* Osho / Rajneesh|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 )
* Ku Klux Klan|Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan [http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/american_knights_kkk.asp]

''' Alien-based religions '''
*The Aetherius Society [http://www.aetherius.org/index.html]
* Raelism
* Scientology
** Church of Scientology
** Free Zone
* Unarius society ( Unarius Academy of Science ) [http://www.unarius.org/start.html]
* Urantia , Book of

'''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|Virus, The Church of
* 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 [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/]

==Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices==

=== Mysticism ===
* Christian mysticism
** Gnosticism
* Hinduism
** Tantra
** Yoga
** Bhakti yoga
** Vedanta
* Kabbalah (also part of Judaism )
* Martinism
* Meditation
* Spirituality
* Ananda Marga
* Sufism
* Theosophy

==Forms of religion==
* Agnosticism
* Animism
* Atheism
* Ditheism ( Dualism )
* Henotheism
** Monolatrism
* Humanism
** Secular Humanism
* Kathenotheism
* Maltheism
* Monism
* Monotheism
* Panentheism
* Pantheism
** Cosmotheism
* Polytheism
* Shamanism
* Suitheism

==External links==
*[http://www.adherents.com Statistics on religious belief or adherence]
*[http://www.sacred-texts.com Sacred Texts]

==References==
*Adapted from: Wikipedia. (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions List of Religions]''. Retrieved June 11, 2005.

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