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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 June 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
    • 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

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

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)
    • Kumina
    • Obeah
    • Santeria (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

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

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]
  • 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]
    • 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]

Alien-based religions

  • The Aetherius Society [5]
  • Raelism
  • Scientology
    • Church of Scientology
    • Free Zone
  • Unarius society ( Unarius Academy of Science ) [6]
  • 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]
  • Fictional religions turned Parody
    • Bokononism
    • Jedi census movement
  • The First Church of the Last Laugh [8]
  • 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]

Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices

Mysticism

Forms of religion

References

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