Religions of the world
Religions, sects and denominations
Abrahamic religions
Listed in alphabetical order:
- Baha'i Faith
- Christianity
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Oriental Orthodoxy
- Catholicism
- Protestantism
- Restorationism
- Unitarian Universalism (although not an exclusively Christian religion, both predecessor religions were/are Christian)
Other and related
- Deism
- Druzism
- Mandaeanism
- Manichaeism
- Samaritans
- Children of God
- Universal Life Church
- Zoroastrianism
Vedic Religions
Religions of Far Eastern origin
Other Religions/Spiritual Cultivation
New religious movements and cults
Some of the following groups are considered cults; a few are even considered dangerous by their opponents. Read the entry on cults for more information on this controversial topic.
- ACIM (A Course In Miracles)
- The Force
- Law of One
- Process Church of the Final Judgement
- Raelism
- Scientology
- Thelema
Pagan and polytheistic faiths
- Animism
- collective term for hundreds or thousands of largely unrelated religions, including the religions of the following ethnic groups: Abenaki, Akamba, Akan, Aleut, Ashanti, Australian Aborigine, Aztec, Blackfoot, Bushongo, Chippewa, Chukchi, Creek, Crow, Dahomey, Dinka, Efik, Evenk, Guarani, Haida, Hawaiian, Huron, Ibo, Inuit, Iroquois, Isoko, Khoikhoi, Kwakiutl, Lakota, Leni Lenape, Lotuko, Lugbara, Maori, Micronesian, Modekngei, Nauruan, Navaho, Nootka, Pawnee, Polynesian, Pygmy, Salish, Seneca, Tsimshian, Tumbuka, Tuvaluan, Ute, Winnebago, Yoruba, Yukaghir, Zulu, Zuni
- Basque mythology
- Cargo cults (Jon Frum, etc.)
- Druidism
- Goddess Worship
- Greek religion
- Hellênismos
- Neopaganism
- Roman religion
- Santeria
- Shamanism
- Voudun (Voodoo)
- Satanism
- Temple of Set
- Yezidis
Mysticism
- Christian mysticism
- Gnosticism
- Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (Rosicrucianism)
- Hindu mysticism
- Tantra / Tantric yoga
- Kabbalah
- Spirituality
- Sufism
- Theosophy
Non-religious, anti-religious or Meta-Religious
- Agnosticism
- Atheism
- Brianism
- Dialectical materialism (Marxist ideology)
- Fellowship of Reason
- Humanism
- Juche and Chondogyo (government personality cults)
- Panentheism
- Pantheism
- Quantum Pantheism
Mock Religions
- Bokononism
- Church of Emacs
- Church of the SubGenius (The cult of Bob Dobbs)
- Church of Dolcett
- Discordianism (some Discordians maintain that their religion is not wholly without an element of seriousness)
- Kibology
Inter-faith Organisations
A number of organisations exist which seek to reconcile differences between religions, and to promote friendship and dialogue.
- Interfaith.org a cooperative association of organizations and clergy persons who have joined together to establish a greater spiritual presence on the World Wide Web.
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Sathya Sai Organisation
- The Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO)
- Temple of Understanding
See also