List of religions
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This is a list of religions and spiritual traditions. Some entries are written more than once.
Abrahamic religions[change]
A group of monotheistic traditions often grouped together because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.
Baha'i Faith[change]
Christianity[change]
Anglicanism and Union of Utrecht[change]
- Anglicanism (via media between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestantism)
- Independent Catholic Churches
- Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
- Philippine Independent Church (In communion with the Anglican Church and the Union of Utrecht)
- Polish National Catholic Church
- Union of Utrecht (In communion with the Anglican Church)
- Old Catholicism
Catholicism[change]
- Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA)
- Roman Catholicism
- Sui iuris (including Byzantine Rite churches)
- Eastern Catholic Churches
- Syriac Catholic Church
Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy[change]
Protestantism[change]
- Pre-Lutheran Protestants
- Anabaptists
- Baptists
- Brethren
- Catholic Apostolic Church
- Charismatic movement
- Christadelphians
- Christian Israelite Church
- Christian New Religious Movements
- Esoteric Christianity
- Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
- Lutheranism
- Methodism
- Messianic Judaism
- Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus
- New Thought
- Pentecostalism
- Pietism
- Reformed churches
- Religious Society of Friends
- Spiritism
- Swedenborgianism
- United and uniting churches
- Unitarianism
- Universalism
Restorationism[change]
- Adventism
- Christadelphians
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- New Apostolic Church
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Restoration Movement
Gnosticism[change]
- Christian Gnosticism
- Ebionites
- Cerdonians
- Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic)
- Colorbasians
- Simonians
- Early Gnosticism
- Medieval Gnosticism
- Persian Gnosticism
- Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism
Islam[change]
- Kalam Schools
- Kharijite
Shi'ism[change]
- Sufism
Sunnism[change]
Restorationism[change]
- Groups sometimes considered non-Islamic
- These religious traditions are not recognized as parts of Islam by mainstream Islamic fiqh, but consider themselves to be Muslim.
- Ahl-e Haqq (Yarsan)
- Ahl-e Qur'an
- Ahmadiyya
- Druze
- Nation of Islam
- Nazati Muslim
- Moorish Science Temple of America
- United Submitters International
- Zikri
Judaism[change]
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Non-Rabbinic Judaism
- Alternative Judaism
- Humanistic Judaism (not always identified as a religion)
- Jewish Renewal
- Karaite Judaism
- Reconstructionist Judaism
- Historical groups
- Other sects
Others[change]
- Alevism
- Manichaism
- Druze
- Shabakism
- Bábism
- Mandaeism
- Rastafari movement
- Sabians
African diasporic religions[change]
These religions are those of African cultures who have settled outside of Africa (diaspora). They are also sometimes called Creole religions. They include a number of related religions that developed in the Americas among African slaves and their descendants in various countries of the Caribbean Islands and Latin America, as well as parts of the southern United States. The traditions come from African traditional religions, especially of West and Central Africa.
- Batuque
- Candomblé
- Dahomey mythology
- Haitian mythology
- Kumina
- Macumba
- Mami Wata
- Obeah
- Oyotunji
- Quimbanda
- Rastafari
- Santería (Lukumi)
- Umbanda
- Vodou
- Winti
Eastern religion[change]
Dharmic religions[change]
Religions that have idea of Dharma.
Buddhism[change]
- Nikaya schools (which have historically been called Hinayana in the West)
- Theravada
- Sri Lankan Amarapura Nikaya
- Sri Lankan Siam Nikaya
- Sri Lankan Ramañña Nikaya
- Bangladeshi Sangharaj Nikaya
- Bangladeshi Mahasthabir Nikaya
- Thai Maha Nikaya
- Thai Thammayut Nikaya
- Thai Forest Tradition
- Theravada
- Mahayana
- Vajrayana
- Navayana
- New Buddhist movements
Hinduism[change]
- Agama Hindu Dharma
- Hindu revivalism
- Lingayatism
- Reform movements
- Shaivism
- Shaktism
- Tantrism
- Smartism
- Vaishnavism
- Major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
- Nyaya
- Purva mimamsa
- Samkhya
- Vaisheshika
- Vedanta (Uttara Mimamsa)
- Yoga
Jainism[change]
Sikhism[change]
Main article: Sikhism
- Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ)
- Amritdhari Sikh
- Brahm Bunga Trust (Dodra)
- Bhaniara Bhavsagar
- Bhindrawale Jatha
- Damdami Taksal (DDT)
- Dera Sacha Sauda
- Haripagni
- Kahna Dhesian
- Mahant Sikh
- Minas (Mirharvan)
- Namdhari Sikh (Kuka)
- Nanakpanthi
- Neeldhari Panth
- Nihang (Akali)
- Nirankari Sikh
- Nirmala Panth
- Nirvair Khalsa Daal
- Non-Denominational Kesdhari
- Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa (SGGS Academy)
- Radhaswami Sikh
- Ramraiyya (Ram Rai)
- Ravidassia Dharam
- Sanatan Sikh Sabha
- Sant Mat Movement
- Sant Nirankari Mission
- Sehejdhari Daal
- Sikh Dharma International (SDI)
- Sindhi Sikhi
- Tapoban Tat-Gurmat
- Udasi Sikh
Others[change]
East Asian religions[change]
- Cao Dai
- Chondogyo
- Chinese folk religion
- Confucianism
- Falun Gong
- I-Kuan Tao
- Jeung San Do
- Legalism
- Mohism
- Oomoto
- Sanamahism (Meitei religion)
- Shinto
- Taoism
- Tenrikyo
Indigenous traditional faiths[change]
Traditionally, these faiths have all been classified as pagan religions, but modern scholars prefer the terms "indigenous", "primal", "folk", or "ethnic".
African[change]
- West Africa
- Akan mythology
- Ashanti mythology (Ghana)
- Dahomey mythology (Fon)
- Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Igbo mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Isoko mythology (Nigeria)
- Yoruba mythology (Nigeria, Benin)
- Central Africa
- Bushongo mythology (Congo)
- Lugbara mythology (Congo)
- Mbuti mythology (Congo)
- East Africa
- Akamba mythology (East Kenya)
- Dinka mythology (Sudan)
- Lotuko mythology (Sudan)
- Masai mythology (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Southern Africa
- Khoikhoi mythology
- Lozi mythology (Zambia)
- Tumbuka mythology (Malawi)
- Zulu mythology (South Africa)
American[change]
Traditional religions of the Native American peoples.
- Abenaki mythology
- Anishinaabe mythology
- Aztec mythology
- Blackfoot mythology
- Cherokee mythology
- Chickasaw mythology
- Choctaw mythology
- Creek mythology
- Crow mythology
- Eskimo religion
- Ghost Dance
- Guarani mythology
- Haida mythology
- Ho-Chunk mythology
- Hopi mythology
- Huron mythology
- Inca mythology
- Inuit mythology
- Iroquois mythology
- Kwakiutl mythology
- Lakota mythology
- Lenape mythology
- Longhouse religion
- Maya mythology
- Midewiwin
- Native American Church
- Navajo mythology
- Nootka mythology
- Olmec mythology
- Pawnee mythology
- Salish mythology
- Seneca mythology
- Selk'nam religion
- Tsimshian mythology
- Urarina
- Ute mythology
- Zuni mythology
Eurasian[change]
- Oriental
- Siberian
- Uralic
- Estonian mythology
- Finnish mythology and Finnish paganism
- Hungarian folk religion
- Sami religion (including the Noaidi)
- Tadibya
Oceania[change]
Cargo cults[change]
Iranian religions[change]
Historical polytheism[change]
Ancient Near Eastern[change]
Indo-European[change]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian religion
- Baltic polytheism
- Basque mythology
- Celtic polytheism
- Germanic polytheism
- Greek polytheism
- Hungarian polytheism
- Finnish polytheism
- Roman polytheism
- Slavic polytheism
- Romani mythology
Hellenistic[change]
Magic[change]
Mystic and esoteric versions of the major religions[change]
- Christian mysticism
- Esoteric Christianity
- Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism)
- Martinism
- Sufism (Islamic mysticism)
- Hindu mysticism
- Surat Shabd Yoga
Neopaganism[change]
- Kemetism (Egyptian neopaganism)
- Rodnovery (Slavic neopaganism)
- Dievturiba (Latvian neopaganism)
- Germanic neopaganism
- Hellenic Polytheism (Greco-Roman neopaganism)
- Druidry
- Deanism
New Age religions and UFO religions[change]
Occult religions[change]
Left-hand path occult religions[change]
- Symbolic Satanism
- Theistic Satanism
- Atheistic Satanism
- Polytheistic Satanism (Church of Azazel Archived 2013-12-06 at the Wayback Machine)
- Luciferianism
Parody religions[change]
- Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism
- Discordianism
- Church of the SubGenius
- Dogeism
- Doitsuism
- The church of Volgograd
- Jedism
- Shrekism
- Silinism (Aerican Empire)
- The Church of Molossia
- The Church of Jah
Related pages[change]
Other websites[change]
- Statistics on religious belief or adherence Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine