List of religions

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This is a list of religions.

Contents

[edit] Religions, sects and denominations

Note that the classification of religions hereunder is only one of several possible. Some entries are listed more than once.

[edit] Abrahamic religions

  • Druzism
  • Islam
    • Sunni
      • Shafi'i
      • Hanafi
      • Maliki
      • Hanbali
    • Shiite
      • Alawites
      • Ismailis
    • Wahhabi
    • Sufism (a form of Islamic mysticism)
    • Nation of Islam
    • Ibadhiyya
    • Ahmadiyya
  • Judaism
    • First Century Messianic Renewed Judaism
    • Pre-Rabbinic sects
      • Essenes
      • Hebrew religion
      • Pharisaism
      • Sadducees
    • Rabbinic Judaism
      • Conservative Judaism
      • Orthodox Judaism
        • Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
        • Modern Orthodox Judaism
        • Hasidic Judaism
      • Reconstructionist Judaism
      • Reform Judaism
    • Falasha Judaism
    • Karaite Judaism
  • Mandaeanism
  • Rastafarianism
  • Samaritanism
    • 20th Century Messianic Renewed Judaism II

[edit] Religions of South Asian origin

  • Buddhism
    • Theravada
    • Mahayana
    • Vajrayana
    • Regional variations of Buddhism
  • Hinduism
    • Vedanta
    • Vaishnavism
      • Swaminarayan sect
      • Gaudiya Vaishnavism
        • ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
    • Saivism
    • Saktism
    • Smartism
    • Yoga
Note: Yoga is a branch of Hindu philosophy as well as a collective term for several spiritual practices and beliefs with Hinduism.

[edit] Persian religions

[edit] Religions of East Asian origin

[edit] African-American religions

  • Candomblé
  • Haitian Voudun
  • Macumba
  • Santería
  • Umbanda

[edit] Pagan faiths of indigenous peoples

  • 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
    • Voudun (Voodoo)
    • Yoruba mythology
    • Zulu mythology
  • European religions
    • Anglo-Saxon mythology
    • Basque mythology
    • Chukchi mythology
    • Druidry
    • Finnish mythology
    • Greek religion
      • Hellênismos
      • Roman religion
    • Norse mythology
    • Slavic mythology
  • Middle Eastern religions
    • Yezidis
  • Native American religions
    • Abenaki mythology
    • Aztec mythology
    • Blackfoot mythology
    • Chippewa mythology
    • Creek mythology
    • Crow mythology
    • Guarani mythology
    • Haida 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
    • Winnebago mythology
    • Zuni mythology
  • Northern indigenous religions
    • Aleut mythology
    • Evenk mythology
    • Inuit mythology
    • Yukaghir mythology
  • Oceanic religions
    • Australian Aboriginal mythology
    • Cargo cults (Jon Frum, etc.)
      • Dievturiba
    • Huna (traditional Hawaiian religion)
    • Micronesian mythology
    • Maori mythology
    • Modekngei (Republic of Palau)
    • Nauruan indigenous religion
    • Polynesian mythology
    • Tuvaluan mythology

See also: Animism, Goddess Worship, Paganism, Shamanism

[edit] Religions and spiritual movements of modern origin

  • ACIM (A Course In Miracles)
  • Falun Dafa (Falun Gong)
  • Left Hand Path religions
    • Neopaganism (some forms)
    • Satanism
    • Temple of Set
    • Thelema
  • Neopaganism
    • Neo-druidism
    • Judeo-Paganism
    • Wicca
      • Alexandrian Wicca
      • Dianic Wicca
      • Gardnerian Wicca
      • Seax-Wica
      • Faery Wicca
      • Feri Tradition
  • Process Church of the Final Judgement
  • Raelism
  • Scientology
  • Spiritualism
  • Eclectic unification religions
    • Cao Dai
    • Arès Pilgrim Movement
    • Law of One
    • Unitarian Universalism
    • Universal Life Church
    • THC Ministry
    • Theosophy
  • Summum

[edit] Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices

[edit] Esotericism

  • Alchemy
  • Freemasonry
  • Gnosticism
  • Kabbalah
  • Occultism
  • Rosicrucian
    • Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
    • Confraternity of the Rose Cross

[edit] Mysticism

  • Christian mysticism
    • Gnosticism
  • Hindu mysticism
    • Tantra
      • Tantric yoga
  • Martinism
  • Meditation
  • Kabbalah
  • Spirituality
  • Sufism (Islamic mysticism)
  • Theosophy

[edit] Magic (religion)

  • Astrology
  • Divination
    • Prophecy
  • Exorcism
  • Faith healing
  • Feng Shui
  • Magick
    • Chaos magick
    • Enochian magick
    • Grimoire magick
    • Goetic magick
  • Miracles
  • Seid (shamanic magic)
  • Witchcraft

[edit] Ritualism

[edit] Organizations promoting Ecumenism

  • 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

[edit] Areligious or meta-religious points of view

  • Agnosticism
  • Atheism
  • Brianism
  • Church of Virus
  • Cosmotheism
  • Deism
  • Dialectical materialism (Marxist ideology)
  • Fellowship of Reason
  • Generalism
  • Humanism
  • Juche and Chondogyo (government personality cults)
  • Panentheism
  • Pantheism
  • Quantum Pantheism
  • Church of Neo Cigol

[edit] Parody or mock religions

  • Bokononism
  • Brianism
  • Church of Beavis Christ
  • Church of Dolcett
  • Church of Emacs
  • Church of Jesus Christ Elvis
  • Church of the SubGenius (The cult of J R "Bob" Dobbs)
  • Discordianism (some Discordians maintain that their religion is not wholly without an element of seriousness)
  • The First Church of the Last Laugh
  • Kibology
  • Roshambo
  • Shatnerology
  • Tapism
  • Invisible pink unicorn

[edit] Fictional religions

  • The religions of the Cthulhu Mythos
  • Jedi (Star Wars)
  • The Force (Star Wars)
  • Klingon religion (Star Trek)
  • Robotology (Futurama)

[edit] See also

  • List of organizations
  • List of religious organizations
  • New religious movements
  • List of purported cults
  • List of people by belief
  • Sacred text
  • Mythology