List of religions
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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.
A discussion of the ways in which "major religions" have historically been separated from the list of all religions can be found in the article Major world religions.
As there are countless small religions, many of which cannot be verified to be real or legitimate, only those religions with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.
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Abrahamic religions
Believers in One God, also called classical monotheism, who consider themselves descendants of the patriarch Abraham.
- Babism
- Islam
- Druzism
- Judaism (see also: Jew; Hebrews)
- Contemporary divisions
- Historical Sects
- Heretical sects that believed Jesus was a prophet
- Crypto-Jews
- Jewish messianic movements
- Judeochristianity
- Samaritans
- Mandaeanists
- 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 (http://www.swaminarayan.org)
- The Original || Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday || (http://www.swaminarayan.info)
- Gaudiya Vaishnavism
- ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
- Six major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
- Buddhism (see Schools of Buddhism)
- Jainism
- Sikhism
Revealed religions
Believers in one God, also called classical monotheism, who follow an Indo-European culture of belief, philosophy and angelology.
- Zoroastrianism
- Magus (see Three Wise Men)
- Bah᧭
- Christianity (see List of Christian denominations)
- Gnosticism
- Basilidians
- Bogomils
- Borborites
- Cainites
- Carpocratians
- Cathars
- Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic)
- Ophites
- Valentinians (see Valentinius)
Indigenous religions
The orally transmitted canon of indigenous peoples, many involving some variant of animism and most defunct
- African religions
- European religions
- Asian religions
- Ayyavazhi mythology
- Babylonian and Assyrian religion
- [[B? (Indigenous Tibetan belief)
- Chinese mythology
- Shinto
- 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
- Inuit 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
- Oceanic religions
Neopagan or revival religions
Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices
- [[?atr?Church of All Worlds
- Dievturiba
- Ghost Dance
- Neo-druidism
- Judeo-Paganism
- Hellꮩsmos
- Orisha religions (beliefs of the former West African slaves in the New World)
- Kongo religions (beliefs of the former South and Central African (Bantu) slaves in the New World
- Summum
- Wicca
Non-revealed religions
Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet
Left-Hand Path religions
Faiths teaching that the ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it
- Demonolatry
- Dragon Rouge
- Satanism
- Setianism also spelled Sethianism
- Quimbanda
Syncretic religions
Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same
- Revelation of Ar購Ar賠Pilgrim Movement
- Cao Dai
- Falun Dafa (Falun Gong)
- Huna
- Konkokyo
- Law of One
- Manichaeism
- Unitarian Universalism
- Universal Life Church
- Tenrikyo
- Theosophy
- Seicho-No-Ie
Entheogen religions
Religions based around divinely inspiring substances
- Ayahuasca-based beliefs
- Church of the Universe (marijuana sacrament)
- Peyotism
- THC Ministry
New religious movements
Religions founded since 1850 with small followings
Indigenous NRM's
African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's
Hindu-oriented NRM's
- Sai Baba/Sathya Sai Organisation
- Hare Krishna
- Transcendental Meditation
- Sant Mat
- Swaminarayan
- Vedanta Society
- Osho/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
Buddhist-oriented NRM's
Chinese-oriented NRM's
Japanese-oriented NRM's
Korean-oriented NRM's
Vietnamese-oriented NRM's
Western Magical / Esoteric Groups
White Supremacist Religions
- Church of Jesus Christ Christian
- World Church of the Creator (Creativity Movement)
- Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan [1] (http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/american_knights_kkk.asp)
- The Aetherius Society [2] (http://www.aetherius.org/index.html)
- Raelism
- Scientology
- Urantia, Book of
Other NRM's
- Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)
- Breatharianism (Air cult)
- Brianism
- 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 of the Final Judgement
- Sathya Sai Organisation
- Subud
- 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 (some Discordians maintain that their religion is not wholly without an element of seriousness)
- Church of Jesus Christ Elvis
- Fictional religions turned Parody
- Invisible Pink Unicorn
- Kibology
- Landover Baptist Church
- Church of Emacs
Fictional religions
See List of fictional religions
Forms of religion
- Agnosticism
- Animism
- Atheism
- Ditheism (Dualism)
- Henotheism
- Humanism
- Kathenotheism
- Maltheism
- Monism
- Monotheism
- Panentheism
- Pantheism
- Polytheism
- Shamanism
- Suitheism
Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices
Esotericism
Mysticism
- Christian mysticism
- Hindu mysticism
- Kabbalah (also part of Judaism)
- Martinism
- Meditation
- Spirituality
- Sufism
- Theosophy
Magic (religion)
- Astrology
- Divination
- Exorcism
- Faith healing
- Feng Shui
- Hoodoo (Rootwork)
- Magick
- Miracles
- Pow-wow
- Seid (shamanic magic)
- Vaastu Shastra (Hinduism)
- Witchcraft
Ritualism
Organizations promoting Ecumenism
- Dances of Universal Peace
- The Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO)
- World Community Service Centre (http://vethathiri.org) an organisation founded by Shri Vethathiri Maharishi to bring about world peace through individual harmony.
See also
- Major world religions
- List of organizations
- List of religious organizations
- New religious movements
- List of purported cults
- List of people by belief
- Sacred text
- Mythology
External links
- Statistics on religious belief or adherence (http://www.adherents.com)
- Sacred Texts (http://www.sacred-texts.com)