While the word

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

is hard to define, one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it as a Many religions have

narratives A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller, novel, etc.). Narra ...

symbol A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different conc ...

tradition A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...

s and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the

origin of life In biology, abiogenesis (from a- 'not' + Greek bios 'life' + genesis 'origin') or the origin of life is the natural process by which life has arisen from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds. The prevailing scientific hypothes ...

or the universe. They tend to derive

morality Morality () is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong). Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of cond ...

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

religious law Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions. Different religious systems hold sacred law in a greater or lesser degree of importance to their belief systems, with some being explicitly antinomian whereas others ...

s, or a preferred

lifestyle Lifestyle often refers to: * Lifestyle (sociology), the way a person lives * ''Otium'', ancient Roman concept of a lifestyle * Style of life (german: Lebensstil, link=no), dealing with the dynamics of personality Lifestyle may also refer to: Bu ...

from their ideas about the

cosmos The cosmos (, ) is another name for the Universe. Using the word ''cosmos'' implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity. The cosmos, and understandings of the reasons for its existence and significance, are studied in ...

and

human nature Human nature is a concept that denotes the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or ...

. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups,

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...

s, movements, ultimate concerns, which at some point in the future will be countless. The word ''religion'' is sometimes used interchangeably with the words "

faith Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often ...

" or "belief system", but religion differs from private belief in that it has a public aspect. Most religions have organized behaviours, including clerical hierarchies, a definition of what constitutes adherence or membership, congregations of

laity In religious organizations, the laity () consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother. In both religious and wider secular usage, a layperson ...

, regular meetings or services for the purposes of

veneration Veneration ( la, veneratio; el, τιμάω ), or veneration of saints, is the act of honoring a saint, a person who has been identified as having a high degree of sanctity or holiness. Angels are shown similar veneration in many religions. Etymo ...

of a

deity A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greate ...

or for

prayer Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified a ...

holy places Sacred space, sacred ground, sacred place, sacred temple, holy ground, or holy place refers to a location which is deemed to be sacred or hallowed. The sacredness of a natural feature may accrue through tradition or be granted through a bless ...

(either natural or architectural) or

religious text Religious texts, including scripture, are texts which various religions consider to be of central importance to their religious tradition. They differ from literature by being a compilation or discussion of beliefs, mythologies, ritual prac ...

s. Certain religions also have a

sacred language A sacred language, holy language or liturgical language is any language that is cultivated and used primarily in church service or for other religious reasons by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives. Concept A sacre ...

often used in

liturgical Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...

services. The practice of a religion may also include

sermon A sermon is a religious discourse or oration by a preacher, usually a member of clergy. Sermons address a scriptural, theological, or moral topic, usually expounding on a type of belief, law, or behavior within both past and present contexts. El ...

s, commemoration of the activities of a

God In monotheism, monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator deity, creator, and principal object of Faith#Religious views, faith.Richard Swinburne, Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Ted Honderich, Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Ox ...

or gods,

sacrifice Sacrifice is the offering of material possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity as an act of propitiation or worship. Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Greeks, and possibly exi ...

festival A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...

feasts A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival co ...

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

ritual A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or objects, performed according to a set sequence. Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized, b ...

liturgies Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...

ceremonies A ceremony (, ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion. The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin '' caerimonia''. Church and civil (secular) ...

worship Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. It may involve one or more of activities such as veneration, adoration, praise, and praying. For many, worship is not about an emotion, it is more about a recognition ...

initiation Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense, it can also signify a transformation ...

funeral A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect th ...

marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

meditation Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally cal ...

invocation An invocation (from the Latin verb ''invocare'' "to call on, invoke, to give") may take the form of: *Supplication, prayer or spell. *A form of possession. *Command or conjuration. *Self-identification with certain spirits. These forms are ...

mediumship Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or ghost, spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship o ...

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

public service A public service is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies ...

or other aspects of human culture. Religious beliefs have also been used to explain parapsychological

phenomena A phenomenon ( : phenomena) is an observable event. The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon, which ''cannot'' be directly observed. Kant was heavily influenced by Gottfried W ...

such as

out-of-body experience An out-of-body experience (OBE or sometimes OOBE) is a phenomenon in which a person perceives the world from a location outside their physical body. An OBE is a form of autoscopy (literally "seeing self"), although this term is more commonly use ...

near-death experience A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death which researchers claim share similar characteristics. When positive, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detac ...

s and

reincarnation Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Resurrection is a ...

, along with many other

paranormal Paranormal events are purported phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as being beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding. Nota ...

and

supernatural Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...

experiences. Some academics studying the subject have divided religions into three broad categories:

world religions World religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate the five—and in some cases more—largest and most internationally widespread religious movements. Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are always includ ...

, a term which refers to transcultural, international faiths;

Indigenous religions Indigenous religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate the religious belief systems of communities described as being "indigenous". This category is often juxtaposed against others such as the "world religions" and "new re ...

, which refers to smaller, culture-specific or nation-specific religious groups; and

new religious movement A new religious movement (NRM), also known as alternative spirituality or a new religion, is a religious or spiritual group that has modern origins and is peripheral to its society's dominant religious culture. NRMs can be novel in origin or th ...

s, which refers to recently developed faiths. One modern academic theory of religion,

social constructionism Social constructionism is a theory in sociology, social ontology, and communication theory which proposes that certain ideas about physical reality arise from collaborative consensus, instead of pure observation of said reality. The theory ...

, says that religion is a modern concept that suggests all spiritual practice and

follows a model similar to the

Abrahamic religions The Abrahamic religions are a group of religions centered around worship of the God of Abraham. Abraham, a Hebrew patriarch, is extensively mentioned throughout Abrahamic religious scriptures such as the Bible and the Quran. Jewish tradition ...

as an orientation system that helps to interpret reality and define human beings, and thus believes that religion, as a concept, has been applied inappropriately to non-Western cultures that are not based upon such systems, or in which these systems are a substantially simpler construct.

Eastern religions

East Asian religions

Religions that originated in

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...

, also known as Taoic religions; namely

Taoism Taoism (, ) or Daoism () refers to either a school of Philosophy, philosophical thought (道家; ''daojia'') or to a religion (道教; ''daojiao''), both of which share ideas and concepts of China, Chinese origin and emphasize living in harmo ...

Confucianism Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China. Variously described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or ...

, Shenism,

Muism Korean shamanism or Mu-ism is a religion from Korea. In the Korean language, alternative terms for the tradition are ''musok'' () and ''mugyo'' (무교, 巫敎). Scholars of religion have classified it as a folk religion. There is no central auth ...

and

Shinto Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shintois ...

, and religions and traditions related to, and descended from them.

Confucianism

Confucian church The Confucian church ( or ) is a Confucianism, Confucian religious and social institution of the Church (congregation), congregational type. It was first proposed by Kang Youwei (1858–1927) near the end of the 19th century, as a state religion ...

es **

Kongshenghui The Holy Confucian Church or Holy Church of Confucius (孔圣会 ''Kǒngshènghuì'') or Holy Confucian Church of China (中华孔圣会 ''Zhōnghuá Kǒngshènghuì'') is a body formed of many local Confucian churches or halls (孔圣堂 ''Kǒ ...

** Hong Kong Confucian Academy ** Indonesian Confucian Church ** Shanrendao **

Shengdao Shengdao (圣道 "Holy Way" or "Way of the Hallows"), best known by its corporate name Tongshanshe () is a Confucianism, ConfucianD. Palmer. Redemptive Societies as Confucian NRMs?'. ''Journal of Chinese Theatre, Ritual and Folklore'' / ''Minsu Qu ...

** Taigu school ** Luanism **

Neo-Confucianism Neo-Confucianism (, often shortened to ''lǐxué'' 理學, literally "School of Principle") is a moral, ethical, and metaphysical Chinese philosophy Chinese philosophy originates in the Spring and Autumn period () and Wa ...

Edo Neo-Confucianism Edo Neo-Confucianism, known in Japanese as , refers to the schools of Neo-Confucian philosophy that developed in Japan during the Edo period. Neo-Confucianism reached Japan during the Kamakura period. The philosophy can be characterized as humanis ...

New Confucianism New Confucianism () is an intellectual movement of Confucianism that began in the early 20th century in Republican China, and further developed in post- Mao era contemporary China. It primarily developed during the May Fourth Movement. It is ...

Korean Confucianism Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism that emerged and developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influence from China. ...

Shinto

* Koshintō *

Yoshida Shintō , also frequently referred to as , was a prominent sect of Shintō that arose during the Sengoku period through the teachings and work of Yoshida Kanetomo. The sect was originally an effort to organize Shintō teachings into a coherent structure i ...

Izumo-taishakyo is a Japanese Shinto grouping. It was established by Takatomi Senge (1845–1918), the 80th head priest of Izumo-taisha in 1882, as one of the original thirteen sects of ''Kyoha Shintō Rengokai'' (Association of Sectarian Shinto), during the Me ...

Konkōkyō , or just Konkō, is a Shintō sect, being a part of the ''Kyoha Shintō Rengokai'' (Association of Sectarian Shinto), and an independent faith with origins in Shinbutsu-shūgō beliefs. Konkokyo worships the spirit and energy that flows throug ...

* Kurozumikyō *

Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama is a Shintō-derived religious movement headquartered in the town of Hiranai in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. History Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama originates from Tazawa Seishirō's dedication of a shrine in 1919 to a Yama-no-Kami after he witnes ...

Tenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō Tenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō (Japanese ) is a Japanese new religious movement which emerged from Shinto. It was established by Sayo Kitamura () (1900–1967), with activities beginning in 1945. The movement includes 450,000 members. Kitamura claime ...

Taoism

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice () or the Way of the Celestial Master, commonly abbreviated to simply The Celestial Masters, was a Chinese Taoist movement founded by the first Celestial Master Zhang Daoling in 142 CE. At its height, the movem ...

Way of the Celestial Masters The Way of the Celestial Masters is a Chinese Daoist movement that was founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 AD. Its followers rebelled against the Han Dynasty, and won their independence in 194. At its height, the movement controlled a theocratic state ...

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Zhengyi Dao Zhengyi Dao (), also known as the Way of Orthodox Unity, Teaching of the Orthodox Unity, and Branch of the Orthodox Unity is a Chinese Taoist movement that traditionally refers to the same Taoist lineage as the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice and W ...

("Way of the Right Oneness") *

Shangqing School The Shangqing School (Chinese:上清派), also known as Supreme Clarity or Highest Clarity is a Taoist movement that began during the aristocracy of the Western Jin dynasty. Shangqing can be translated as either 'Supreme Clarity' or 'Highest Clari ...

("School of the Highest Clarity") *

Lingbao School The Lingbao School (), also known as the School of the Sacred Jewel or the School of Numinous Treasure, was an important Taoist School that emerged in China in between the Jin dynasty and the Liu Song dynasty in the early fifth century CE. It la ...

("School of the Numinous Treasure") *

Quanzhen School The Quanzhen School (全真: ''Quánzhēn''), also known as Completion of Authenticity, Complete Reality, and Complete Perfection is currently one of the two dominant denominations of Taoism in mainland China. It originated in Northern China i ...

("School of the Fulfilled Virtue") **

Dragon Gate Taoism The Dragon Gate sect ( 龍門派 Lóngmén pài) of the Complete Reality School ( 全真派 Quánzhēn pài) of Taoism incorporates elements of Buddhism and Confucianism into a comprehensive form of Taoism. Complete Reality Taoism is generally ...

Wuliupai Wu-liu pai (), or Wu-liu fa pai (), also known as Xianfo () — a school of Taoism with main focus on internal alchemy (neidan). Main principles The school's doctrine is related in the works of the school's founders: "Common Teachings of Immortals ...

("School of Wu-Liu") *

Yao Taoism Yao folk religion is the ethnic religion of the Yao people, a non-Sinitic ethnic group who reside in the Guangxi, Hunan and surrounding provinces of China. Their religion has been profoundly intermingled with Taoism since the 13th century, so much ...

(a.k.a. "Meishanism") *

Faism Chinese ritual mastery traditions, also referred to as ritual teachings (, sometimes rendered as "Faism"),Yu-chi Tsao, 2012. or Folk Taoism (), or also Red Taoism (mostly in east China and Taiwan), constitute a large group of Chinese orders of ri ...

(a.k.a. "Redhead Taoism") *

Xuanxue Xuanxue (), sometimes called Neo-Daoism (Neo-Taoism), is a metaphysical post-classical Chinese philosophy from the Six Dynasties (222-589), bringing together Taoist and Confucian beliefs through revision and discussion. The movement found its scri ...

(a.k.a. "Neo-Taoism")

Other

= Chinese religions

= *

Benzhuism Benzhuism () is the indigenous religion of the Bai people, an ethnic group of Yunnan, China. It consists in the worship of the ''ngel zex'', the Bai word for "patrons" or "lords", rendered as ''benzhu'' (本主) in Chinese, that are local gods an ...

(Bai people) *

Bimoism BimoismPan Jiao, 2011 (, Yi: ) is the indigenous religion of the Yi people, the largest ethnic group in Yunnan after the Han Chinese. It takes its name from the ''bimo'', shaman- priests who are also masters of Yi language and scriptures, w ...

(Yi people) *

Chinese ancestral worship Chinese ancestor veneration, also called Chinese ancestor worship, is an aspect of the Chinese traditional religion which revolves around the ritual celebration of the deified ancestors and tutelary deities of people with the same surname org ...

Chinese folk religion Chinese folk religion, also known as Chinese popular religion comprehends a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora. Vivienne Wee described it as "an empty bowl, which can variously be filled ...

Chinese folk religion in Southeast Asia Chinese folk religion plays a dynamic role in the lives of the overseas Chinese who have settled in the countries of this geographic region, particularly Burmese Chinese, Singaporean Chinese, Malaysian Chinese, Thai Chinese and Hoa. The Indones ...

Northeast China folk religion Northeast China folk religion is the variety of Chinese folk religion of northeast China, characterised by distinctive cults original to Hebei and Shandong, transplanted and adapted by the Han Chinese settlers of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang ( ...

Chinese religions of fasting The Chinese religions of fasting () are a subgroup of the Chinese salvationist religions. Their name refers to the strict vegetarian fasting diet that believers follow. This subgroup originated as the ''Lǎoguān zhāijiào'' (老官齋教 "Venerab ...

Chinese salvationist religions Chinese salvationist religions or Chinese folk religious sects are a Chinese religious tradition characterised by a concern for salvation (moral fulfillment) of the person and the society.; ''passim'' They are distinguished by egalitarianism, a f ...

Chinese shamanism Chinese shamanism, alternatively called Wuism (; alternatively ''wū xí zōngjiào''), refers to the shamanic religious tradition of China. Its features are especially connected to the ancient Neolithic cultures such as the Hongshan culture. ...

(Wuism) * De Jiao *

Dongba Dongba (Nakhi: ''²dto¹mba'', ) refers to both the religion and the priests of the Nakhi people of Southwest China. Role in society ''Dongba'' is believed to have originated from the indigenous Tibetan Bon religion. According to Nakhi lege ...

(Nakhi people) *

Guiyidao Guiyidao (皈依道, "Way of the Return to the One"), better known as Precosmic Salvationism (先天救教 ''Xiāntiān jiùjiào''; or "Former Heaven Salvationism") in contemporary Taiwan, and historically also known by the name of its institu ...

(Red Swastika Society) *

Luoism Luodao (罗道 "Way of Luo") or Luoism (罗教), originally Wuweiism (无为教), refers to a Chinese folk religious tradition, a wide range of sect organisations flourishing over the last five hundred years, which trace their origins back to the ...

* Maitreyanism *

Manchu shamanism Manchu folk religion or Manchu traditional religion is the ethnic religion practiced by most of the Manchu people, the major- Tungusic group, in China. It can also be called Manchu shamanism by virtue of the word "shaman" being originally from Tu ...

(Manchu people) * Mazu worship * Moism (Zhuang people) *

Nuo folk religion Nuo folk religion, or extendedly Chinese popular exorcistic religion, is a variant of Chinese folk religion with its own system of temples, rituals, orders of priests and gods, which is interethnic and practiced across central and southern China b ...

(Tujia people) *

Qiang folk religion Qiang folk religion is the indigenous religion of the majority of the Qiang people, an ethnic group of Sichuan ( China) tightly related to the Han Chinese and the Tibetans.Chapter 1.3.6 "Religion" It is pantheistic, involving the worship of a var ...

(Qiang people) *

Sanyiism The Harmonious Church of the Three-in-One (), or Sanyiism () and Xiaism (), is a Chinese folk religious sect of Confucian character founded in the 16th century by Lin Zhao'en, in Putian.Seiwert, 2003. p. 343 In 2011, it was officially recognised ...

* Tiandiism *

Wang Ye worship Wang Ye worship () is a Fujianese and Taiwanese folk religion, frequently considered an aspect of the Taoist belief system. Wang Ye is particularly worshipped in Southern Taiwan and also among Minnan speaking communities worldwide. The customary ...

Weixinism Weixinism ( ''Wéixīnjiào''), institutionally also known by the extended title of Holy Church of the Heart-Only ( ''Wéixīn Shèngjiào'') is one of the Chinese salvationist religions born in Taiwan in the late 20th century. It was founded in 1 ...

Xiantiandao The Xiantiandao (, or "Way of the Primordial"; Vietnamese: ', Japanese: '), also simply Tiandao (; Vietnamese: ', Japanese: ') is one of the most productive currents of Chinese folk religious sects such as the White Lotus Sect, characterised by re ...

Xuanyuanism Xuanyuandao (軒轅道 "Way of Xuanyuan"), also known as Xuanyuanism (軒轅教) or Huangdiism (黄帝教), is a Confucian folk religion of China which was founded in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1952.Goossaert, Palmer. 2011. p. 295 The founder was Wang H ...

Yao folk religion Yao folk religion is the ethnic religion of the Yao people, a non-Sinitic ethnic group who reside in the Guangxi, Hunan and surrounding provinces of China. Their religion has been profoundly intermingled with Taoism since the 13th century, so much ...

(Yao people) * Yaochidao *

Yiguandao Yiguandao / I-Kuan Tao (),; ko, 일관도, Ilgwando; th, อนุตตรธรรม, . meaning the Consistent Way or Persistent Way, is a Chinese salvationist religious sect that emerged in the late 19th century, in Shandong, to become C ...

Zailiism Zailiism (在理教, the "Way of the Abiding Principle") or Liism (理教), also known as the Baiyidao (白衣道 "White-Clad Way") or Bafangdao (八方道 "Octagonal Way"), is a Chinese folk religious sect of north China, founded in the 17th cen ...

=Chinese philosophy schools

= * Daojia * Fajia *

Huang–Lao ''Huang–Lao'' or ''Huanglao'' () was the most influential Chinese school of thought in the early 2nd-century BCE Han dynasty, having its origins in a broader political-philosophical drive looking for solutions to strengthen the feudal order as ...

Mohism Mohism or Moism (, ) was an ancient Chinese philosophy of ethics and logic, rational thought, and science developed by the academic scholars who studied under the ancient Chinese philosopher Mozi (c. 470 BC – c. 391 BC), embodied in an epony ...

Ruism Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China. Variously described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or a ...

Yangmingism School of the Heart, or Yangmingism, known in Mandarin as (), lit. 'heart study' and in Japanese as (), is one of the major philosophical schools of Neo-Confucianism, based on the ideas of the idealist Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Shouren (wh ...

= Japanese religions

= * Ainu religion * Kōshin-shinkō *

Onmyōdō is a system of natural science, astronomy, almanac, divination and Magic (supernatural), magic that developed independently in Japan based on the Chinese philosophies of yin and yang and Wuxing (Chinese philosophy), wuxing (five elements). The p ...

Ryukyuan religion The Ryukyuan religion (琉球信仰), Ryūkyū Shintō (琉球神道), Nirai Kanai Shinkō (ニライカナイ信仰), or Utaki Shinkō (御嶽信仰) is the indigenous belief system of the Ryukyu Islands. While specific legends and traditions ...

Shugendō is a highly syncretic religion, a body of ascetic practices that originated in the Nara Period of Japan having evolved during the 7th century from an amalgamation of beliefs, philosophies, doctrines and ritual systems drawn from local fol ...

= Korean religions

= *

Korean shamanism Korean shamanism or Mu-ism is a religion from Korea. In the Korean language, alternative terms for the tradition are ''musok'' () and ''mugyo'' (무교, 巫敎). Scholars of religion have classified it as a folk religion. There is no central auth ...

Gasin faith In Korean shamanism, Gasin (, literally ''House's God'') are a branch of deities believed to protect the various objects and rooms of the house, such as jangdok or the kitchen. The Gasin faith is the faith based on worshipping these deities. T ...

Cheondoism Cheondoism (spelled Chondoism in North Korean sources; ) is a 20th-century Korean pantheistic religion, based on the 19th-century Donghak religious movement founded by Ch'oe Che-u and codified under Son Pyŏng-Hi. Cheondoism has its origins i ...

Daejongism Daejongism ( ko, 대종교, 大倧敎 ''Daejonggyo'' or ''Taejongkyo'', "religion of the Divine Progenitor" or "great ancestral religion") or Dangunism ( ko, 단군교, 檀君敎 ''Dangungyo'' or ''Tangunkyo'', "religion of Dangun") is the name of ...

Daesun Jinrihoe Daesun Jinrihoe ( ko, 대순진리회), which in its English-language publications has recently used the transliteration Daesoonjinrihoe and, from 2017, Daesoon Jinrihoe, is a Korean new religious movement, founded in April 1969 by Park Han-gy ...

Jeung San Do Jeung San Do (), occasionally called Jeungsanism ( ''Jeungsangyo''), meaning "The Dao/Tao of Jeung-san", although this term is better reserved for a larger family of movements, is a new religious movement founded in South Korea in 1974. It is one ...

Suwunism Suunism () is one of the Korean ethnic religions derived from Sinism.Lee Chi-ran, p. 3 It is a splinter from Cheondoism that in turn originated as an organised formation of the Donghak movement. "Suwun" was another name used by Choe Je-u.Lee C ...

Korean Taoism Taoism or "Do" is thought to be the earliest state philosophy for the Korean people spanning several thousand years. However, its influence waned with the introduction of Buddhism during the Goryeo kingdom as the national religion and the domin ...

= Mongolian religions

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Mongolian shamanism Mongolian shamanism ( mn, Бөө мөргөл — ''Böö mörgöl''), more broadly called the Mongolian folk religion, or occasionally Tengerism, refers to the animistic and shamanic ethnic religion that has been practiced in Mongolia and it ...

Yellow shamanism Yellow shamanism is the term used to designate a particular version of shamanism practiced in Mongolia and Siberia which incorporates rituals and traditions from Buddhism. "Yellow" indicates Buddhism in Mongolia, since most Buddhists there belong ...

Black shamanism Black shamanism is a kind of shamanism practiced in Mongolia and Siberia. It is specifically opposed to yellow shamanism, which incorporates rituals and traditions from Buddhism. Black Shamans are usually perceived as working with evil spirits, wh ...

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Vietnamese folk religion Vietnamese folk religion ( vi, tín ngưỡng dân gian Việt Nam, sometimes just called , Chữ Hán: ) is the ethnic religion of the Vietnamese people. About 86% of the population in Vietnam are associated with this religion. Vietnamese f ...

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Đạo Mẫu Đạo Mẫu (, ) is the worship of mother goddesses which was established in Vietnam in the 16th century. While scholars like Ngô Đức Thịnh propose that it represents a systematic worship of mother goddesses, Đạo Mẫu draws together f ...

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Caodaism Caodaism ( vi, Đạo Cao Đài, Chữ Hán: ) is a Monotheism, monotheistic Religious syncretism, syncretic new religious movement officially established in the city of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam in 1926. The full name of the religion is ...

Hòa Hảo Hòa Hảo is a religious movement described either as a syncretistic folk religion or as a sect of Buddhism. It was founded in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú Sổ (1920–1947), who is regarded as a saint by its devotees. It is one of the major religions ...

Dharmic religions

The four main religions that originated in the

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...

; namely

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

Jainism Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religions, Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current ...

Sikhism Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit=Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fro ...

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Buddhism Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

and religions and traditions related to, and descended from them.

Buddhism

Mahayana ''Mahāyāna'' (; "Great Vehicle") is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices. Mahāyāna Buddhism developed in India (c. 1st century BCE onwards) and is considered one of the three main existing bra ...

Chinese Buddhism Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism ( zh, s=汉传佛教, t=漢傳佛教, p=Hànchuán Fójiào) is a Chinese form of Mahayana Buddhism which has shaped Chinese culture in a wide variety of areas including art, politics, literature, philosophy, ...

Tiantai Tiantai or T'ien-t'ai () is an East Asian Buddhist school of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed in 6th-century China. The school emphasizes the ''Lotus Sutra's'' doctrine of the "One Vehicle" (''Ekayāna'') as well as Mādhyamaka philosophy, ...

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Tendai , also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just "''hokke shū''") is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition (with significant esoteric elements) officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese m ...

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Cheontae Cheontae is the Korean descendant of the Chinese Buddhist school Tiantai. Tiantai was introduced to Korea a couple of times during earlier periods, but was not firmly established until the time of Uicheon (1055-1101) who established Cheontae in ...

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Huayan school The Huayan or Flower Garland school of Buddhism (, from sa, अवतंसक, Avataṃsaka) is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that first flourished in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907). The Huayan worldview is based primar ...

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Hwaeom The Huayan or Flower Garland school of Buddhism (, from sa, अवतंसक, Avataṃsaka) is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that first flourished in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907). The Huayan worldview is based primar ...

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Kegon The Huayan or Flower Garland school of Buddhism (, from sa, अवतंसक, Avataṃsaka) is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that first flourished in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907). The Huayan worldview is based prima ...

Chan Buddhism Chan (; of ), from Sanskrit '' dhyāna'' (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state"), is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It developed in China from the 6th century CE onwards, becoming especially popular during the Tang and So ...

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Seon Buddhism Seon or Sŏn Buddhism (Korean: 선, 禪; IPA: ʌn is the Korean name for Chan Buddhism, a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism commonly known in English as Zen Buddhism. Seon is the Sino-Korean pronunciation of Chan () an abbreviation of 禪那 ('' ...

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Trúc Lâm Trúc Lâm Yên Tử (竹林安子), or simply Trúc Lâm ("Bamboo Grove"), is a Vietnamese ''Thiền'' (i.e. zen) sect. It is the only native school of Buddhism in Vietnam. The school was founded by Emperor Trần Nhân Tông (1258–1308) showing ...

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Zen Buddhism Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

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Caodong school Caodong school () is a Chinese Chan Buddhist sect and one of the Five Houses of Chán. Etymology The key figure in the Caodong school was founder Dongshan Liangjie (807-869, 洞山良价 or Jpn. Tozan Ryokai). Some attribute the name "Cáodòng" ...

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Sōtō Sōtō Zen or is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dòngshān L ...

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Keizan Keizan Jōkin (, 1268–1325), also known as Taiso Jōsai Daishi, is considered to be the second great founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. While Dōgen, as founder of Japanese Sōtō, is known as , Keizan is often referred to as . Keiza ...

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Jakuen Jìyuán (寂円, 1207 – 8 October 1299), better known to Buddhist scholars by his Japanese name Jakuen, was a Chinese Zen Buddhist monk and a disciple of Rujing. Most of his life is known to us only through medieval hagiography, legends, ...

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Linji school The Línjì school () is a school of Chan Buddhism named after Linji Yixuan (d. 866). It took prominence in Song China (960–1279), spread to Japan as the Rinzai school and influenced the nine mountain schools of Korean Seon. History Song d ...

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Rinzai school The Rinzai school ( ja, , Rinzai-shū, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (along with Sōtō and Ōbaku). The Chinese Linji school of Chan was first transmitted to Japan by Myōan E ...

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Ōbaku The is one of several schools of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, in addition to Sōtō and Rinzai. History Often termed the third sect of Zen Buddhism in Japan, Ōbaku-shū was established in 1661 by a small faction of masters from China and their ...

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Fuke-shū or Fuke Zen was, according to the legend, a distinct and ephemeral derivative school of Zen Buddhism that originated as an offshoot of the Rinzai school during the nation's feudal era, lasting from the 13th century until the late 19th centur ...

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Kwan Um School of Zen The Kwan Um School of Zen (관음선종회) (KUSZ) is an international school of zen centers and groups founded in 1983 by Zen Master Seung Sahn. The school's international head temple is located at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Is ...

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Sanbo Kyodan is a lay Zen sect derived from both the Soto (Caodong) and the Rinzai ( Linji) traditions. It was renamed Sanbo-Zen International in 2014. The term ''Sanbo Kyodan'' has often been used to refer to the Harada-Yasutani zen lineage. However, a n ...

Madhyamaka Mādhyamaka ("middle way" or "centrism"; ; Tibetan: དབུ་མ་པ ; ''dbu ma pa''), otherwise known as Śūnyavāda ("the emptiness doctrine") and Niḥsvabhāvavāda ("the no ''svabhāva'' doctrine"), refers to a tradition of Buddhist ...

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East Asian Mādhyamaka East Asian Madhyamaka refers to the Buddhist tradition in East Asia which represents the Indian Madhyamaka (''Chung-kuan'') system of thought. In Chinese Buddhism, these are often referred to as the ''Sānlùn'' ( Ch. 三論宗, Jp. ''Sanron'', ...

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Jonang The Jonang () is one of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Its origins in Tibet can be traced to early 12th century master Yumo Mikyo Dorje, but became much wider known with the help of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, a monk originally trained in the ...

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Nichiren Buddhism Nichiren Buddhism ( ja, 日蓮仏教), also known as Hokkeshū ( ja, 法華宗, meaning ''Lotus Sect'') is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282) and is one of ...

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Honmon Butsuryū-shū The Honmon Butsuryū-shū () is a branch of the Honmon Hokke Shū sect (one of the most ancient sects of Nichiren Buddhism). It was founded by Nagamatsu Nissen (; 1817–1890) and a group of followers the 12th of January 1857 with the name of H ...

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Nichiren Shōshū is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the traditionalist teachings of the 13th century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282), claiming him as its founder through his senior disciple Nikko Shonin (1246–1333), the founder of He ...

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Nichiren Shū Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. Nichiren declared that the Lotus Sutra alone contains the highest truth of Buddhist teachings suited for the Third Age of ...

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Reiyūkai , or Reiyūkai Shakaden, is a Japanese Buddhist new religious movement founded in 1919 by Kakutarō Kubo (1892-1944) and Kimi Kotani (1901-1971). It is a lay organization (there are no priests) inspired by Nichiren Buddhism, but not affiliated to ...

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Myōchikai Kyōdan Myōchikai Kyōdan (妙智会教団) is a Japanese Buddhist lay organisation that stems from Reiyūkai. It was founded in 1950 by Miyamoto Mitsu. Its teachings are based on Nichiren Buddhism and the Lotus Sutra. By its own account it has close ...

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Risshō Kōsei Kai ; until June 1960, is a Japanese new religious movement founded in 1938 by Nikkyō Niwano and Myōkō Naganuma. Risshō Kōsei Kai is organized as a lay Buddhist movement, which branched off from the older Reiyūkai, and is primarily focused a ...

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Soka Gakkai is a Japanese Buddhist religious movement based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese priest Nichiren as taught by its first three presidents Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, Jōsei Toda, and Daisaku Ikeda. It is the largest of the Japanese ...

Pure Land Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism (; ja, 浄土仏教, translit=Jōdo bukkyō; , also referred to as Amidism in English,) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Buddha's Buddha-field or Pure Land. It is one of the most wid ...

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Jōdo Shinshū , also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Shin Buddhism is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan. History Shinran ( ...

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Honganji-ha Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha (official name), commonly called Honganji-ha, is a Japanese Buddhist organization. It is a sub-sect within Jodo Shinshu. Its head temple is Nishi Hongan-ji is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple in the Shimogyō ward of ...

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Ōtani-ha Ōtani-ha (真宗大谷派, ''Shinshū Ōtani-ha'') is a Japanese Buddhist movement. It belongs to Jōdo Shinshū, also known as Shin Buddhism. The movement has approximately 5.5 million members. The headquarters of Ōtani-ha are in Kyoto,http://w ...

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Jōdo-shū , also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen. It was established in 1175 and is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan, along with Jōdo Shi ...

Yogācāra Yogachara ( sa, योगाचार, IAST: '; literally "yoga practice"; "one whose practice is yoga") is an influential tradition of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing the study of cognition, perception, and consciousness through t ...

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East Asian Yogācāra East Asian Yogācāra (, "'Consciousness Only' school" or , "'Dharma Characteristics' school") refers to the traditions in East Asia which developed out of the Indian Buddhist Yogachara systems. The 4th-century Gandharan brothers, Asaṅga an ...

Humanistic Buddhism Humanistic Buddhism () is a modern philosophy practiced by Buddhist groups originating from Chinese Buddhism which places an emphasis on integrating Buddhist practices into everyday life and shifting the focus of ritual from the dead to the li ...

Nikaya Buddhism The term Nikāya Buddhism was coined by Masatoshi Nagatomi as a non-derogatory substitute for Hinayana, meaning the early Buddhist schools. Examples of these groups are pre-sectarian Buddhism and the early Buddhist schools. Some scholars exclude ...

(incorrectly called "Hinayana" in the West) **Theravada ***Sangharaj Nikaya (Bangladesh) ***Mahasthabir Nikaya (Bangladesh) ***Dwara Nikaya (Burma) ***Shwegyin Nikaya (Burma) ***Thudhamma Nikaya (Burma) **** Vipassana tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw and disciples ***Amarapura Nikaya (Sri Lanka) ***Ramanna Nikaya, Ramañña Nikaya (Sri Lanka) ****Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha, Galduwa Forest Tradition ***Siam Nikaya (Sri Lanka) ***Sri Lankan Forest Tradition ***Dhammayuttika Nikaya (Thailand) ****Thai Forest Tradition ***** Tradition of Ajahn Chah ***Maha Nikaya (Thailand) ****Dhammakaya Movement **Vipassana movement (United States) *Vajrayana **Azhaliism (Bai people) **Chinese Esoteric Buddhism **Newar Buddhism (Nepal) **Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism **Shingon Buddhism (Japan) **Southern Esoteric Buddhism **Tibetan Buddhism ***Bon (Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal) ***Gelug ***Kagyu ****Dagpo Kagyu *****Karma Kagyu *****Kagyu#Barom Kagyu, Barom Kagyu *****Drukpa Lineage ****Shangpa Kagyu ***Nyingma ***Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school), Sakya ***

***Bodongpa ***Rimé movement * Kirat Mundhum (Nepal)

= Neo-Buddhism

= *Navayana (India; also called Neo-Buddhism or Ambedkarite Buddhism) *Dalit Buddhist movement *Shambhala Buddhism *Diamond Way Buddhism *Triratna Buddhist Community *New Kadampa Tradition *Share International *Shinnyo-en *True Buddha School *

*Won Buddhism

Hinduism

*Ayyavazhi *Kaumaram *Shaivism **Aghori **Hinduism in Indonesia, Indonesian Shaivism **Kapalika **Kashmir Shaivism **Nath *** Adinath Sampradaya *** Inchegeri Sampradaya **Pashupata Shaivism **Shaiva Siddhanta **Veerashaivism (Lingayatism) *Shaktism **Shaktism#Kalikula: family of Parvati, Kalikula **Shri Vidya, Srikula *Smartism *Śrauta *Tantra **Baul **Kaula (Hinduism), Kaula *Vaishnavism/Krishnaism **Balmikism **Brahma Sampradaya (Madhva tradition) ***Gaudiya Vaishnavism ****Gaudiya Math, Gaudiya Saraswata Sampradaya *****Gaudiya Mission *****International Society for Krishna Consciousness ***** ISKCON Revival Movement ***** Science of Identity Foundation ****Manipuri Vaishnavism ***Haridasa ***Mahanam Sampraday **Ekasarana Dharma **Kapadi Sampradaya **Mahanubhava **Nimbarka Sampradaya **Pranami/Pranami Sampraday **Radha Vallabh Sampradaya **Ramdwara, Ramsnehi **Rudra Sampradaya ***Pushtimarg **Sri Vaishnavism ***Ramanandi Sampradaya ***Sri Vaishnavism#Tenkalai/Thennacharya sect ("southern art") - Manavala Mamunigal, Thenkalais ****Manavala Mamunigal, Manavala Mamunigal Sabha ***Sri Vaishnavism#Vadakalai ("northern art") - Vedanta Desika, Vadakalais **Swaminarayan Sampradaya ***Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha ***Swaminarayan Sampradaya#Gunatit Samaj, Gunatit Samaj ***Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi ****International Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal ****Swaminarayan Gurukul ***Nar Narayan Dev Gadi ****International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation ****Narnarayan Dev Yuvak Mandal ***Swaminarayan_Sampradaya#Swaminarayan Gadi (Maninagar), Swaminarayan Gadi (Maninagar) ***Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha **Vaishnava-Sahajiya **Warkari ; Sant Mat *Dadu Dayal#Dadupanth, Dadupanth *Kabir panth *Ravidassia religion *Sadh ; Hindu philosophy schools *Āstika and nāstika, Āstika (Orthodox schools) **Nyaya **Purva mimamsa **Samkhya **Vaisheshika **Vedanta ***Advaita Vedanta ***Akshar-Purushottam Darshan ***Bhedabheda ****Achintya Bheda Abheda ****Dvaitadvaita ***Dvaita Vedanta ***Integral yoga ***Pratyabhijna ***Shaiva Siddhanta ***Shiva Advaita ***Shuddhadvaita ***Vishishtadvaita **Yoga (philosophy) *Āstika and nāstika, Nāstika (Heterodox schools) **Ājīvika, Ajivika **Ajñana **Charvaka ; Yoga *Ananda Yoga *Bhakti yoga *Hatha yoga **Bihar School of Yoga *Integral Yoga (Satchidananda), Integral Yoga *Jivamukti Yoga *Jnana yoga *Karma yoga *Kripalu Yoga *Kriya Yoga school, Kriya Yoga *Kundalini yoga *Raja yoga *Sahaja Yoga *Siddha Yoga *Sivananda yoga *Surat Shabd Yoga *Tantric Yoga

= Hindu new movements

= *Ananda movement, Ananda *Swami Paramananda#In the West. Ananda Ashrama, Ananda Ashrama *Ananda Marga *Shree Shree Anandamayee Sangha, Anandamayee Sangha *Arya Samaj *Brahma Kumaris *Chinmaya Mission *Hindutva *Mahima Dharma *Matua Mahasangha *Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP), Narayana Dharm *Kalki Bhagawan, Oneness Movement *Ramakrishna Mission (Vedanta Society) *Satsang (Deoghar), Satsang *Sathya Sai Baba movement *Satya Dharma *Shirdi Sai Baba movement *Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres *Sri Aurobindo Ashram *Sri Ramana Ashram **Neo-Advaita

Jainism

*Digambara **Bispanthi **Digambar Terapanth **Kanji Panth **Taran Panth *Śvētāmbara **Murtipujaka **Sthānakavāsī **Svetambar Terapanth

Sikhism

; Mainstream *Khalsa ; Sects *Damdami Taksal *Nanakpanthi *Nihang *Nirmala (sect), Nirmala *Sanatan Sikh *3HO, Sikh Dharma International (3HO) *Udasi

Middle Eastern religions

Religions that originated in the Middle East; namely Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and religions and traditions related to, and descended from them.

Abrahamic religions

Baháʼí Faith

*Azali *Babism *Baha'i faith **Orthodox Baha'i Faith **Caravan of East and West

Christianity

= Eastern Christianity

= *Church of the East (called "Nestorianism") **Ancient Church of the East **Assyrian Church of the East ***Chaldean Syrian Church **Chaldean Catholic Church *Eastern Catholic Churches **Albanian Greek Catholic Church **Belarusian Greek Catholic Church **Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church **Byzantine Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia **Greek Byzantine Catholic Church **Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church **Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (a.k.a. the "Italo-Greek Catholic Church") **Macedonian Greek Catholic Church, Macedonian Catholic Church **Melkite Greek Catholic Church **Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Romanian Catholic Church **Russian Greek Catholic Church **Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (a.k.a. the "Byzantine Catholic Church" in the United States) **Slovak Greek Catholic Church **Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church **Chaldean Catholic Church **Syriac Catholic Church **Maronite Church **Syro-Malankara Catholic Church **Syro-Malabar Catholic Church **(Independent Eastern Catholic Churches) ***Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church *Eastern Orthodox Church (officially the "Orthodox Catholic Church") **Greek Orthodox Church **Serbian Orthodox Church **Russian Orthodox Church ***Belarusian Orthodox Church **Romanian Orthodox Church **Bulgarian Orthodox Church **Georgian Orthodox Church **Albanian Orthodox Church **Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Ukrainian Orthodox Church **(Noncanonical/Independent Eastern Orthodox Churches) ***Greek Old Calendarists (a.k.a. "Genuine Orthodox" or "True Orthodoxy, True Orthodox") ***Old Believers, Russian Old Believers (a.k.a. "Old Ritualists") ****Bezpopovtsy ****Popovtsy *Oriental Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodox Churches (a.k.a. "Non-Chalcedonianism, Non-Chalcedonian" or "miaphysitism, Miaphysite"/"monophysitism, Monophysite") **Armenian Apostolic Church **Coptic Orthodox Church **Syriac Orthodox Church ***Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church (of the St. Thomas Christians in India) **Ethiopian Orthodox Church **Eritrean Orthodox Church **Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (of the St. Thomas Christians in India) *Spiritual Christianity **Doukhobor **Khlyst **Molokan **Skoptsy

= Western Christianity

= *Proto-Protestantism **Brethren of the Free Spirit (Historical) **Hussites (Historical) ***Unity of the Brethren (Czech Republic), Czech Brethren ***Moravian Church, Moravians **Strigolniki (Historical) **Waldensians *Protestantism **Anabaptism, Anabaptists (Radical Reformation, Radical Protestants) ***Amish ***Hutterites ***Mennonites ***River Brethren ***Schwarzenau Brethren ***Shakers **Anglicanism ***Anglo-Catholicism ****Anglican Papalism ***Broad church ***Continuing Anglican movement ***English Dissenters ***Evangelical Anglicanism ****Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformists ***Puritans ****Fifth Monarchists ***Radical orthodoxy **Baptists ***General Baptists ****Free Will Baptists ***Landmarkism ***Missionary Baptists ***Primitive Baptists ***Strict Baptists ****Reformed Baptists **Black church ***Black theology **Christian deism **Confessing Movement **Evangelicalism ***Charismatic Movement, Charismatic movement ***Emerging church ***German Christians (movement) ***Neo-charismatic movement ***Neo-Evangelicalism ***New Apostolic Reformation ***Plymouth Brethren ****Exclusive Brethren ****Open Brethren ***Progressive Christianity ***Christian fundamentalism, Protestant fundamentalism **Jesuism **Lollardy (Historical) **Lutheranism ***Evangelical Catholic ***Laestadianism ***Neo-Lutheranism ***Pietism **Methodism ***Calvinistic Methodists ***Holiness movement ****Church of the Nazarene ***The Salvation Army ***Wesleyanism **Pentecostalism ***Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), Church of God ***Latter Rain (post–World War II movement), Latter Rain movement ***Word of Faith **Quakers ("Friends") **Calvinism, Reformed churches ***Amyraldism (a.k.a."four-point Calvinism") ***Arminianism ****Remonstrants ***Christian reconstructionism ***Congregational churches ***Continental Reformed churches ****Swiss Reformed ****Dutch Reformed Church, Dutch Reformed ****Huguenot, French Huguenot ***Neo-Calvinism ***New Calvinism ***Presbyterianism ***Zwinglianism (Historical) **Restoration Movement, Restoration movement ***Adventism ****Branch Davidians ****Seventh-day Adventist Church ***Christadelphians ***Christian Science ***Churches of Christ ***Cooneyites ***Iglesia ni Cristo ***Bible Student movement ****Jehovah's Witnesses ****Free Bible Students ****Friends of Man ***Latter Day Saint movement ****The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ****Community of Christ ****Mormon fundamentalism ***Millerism (Historical) ***Campbellite, Stone-Campbell movement (a.k.a. "Campbellites") ***Two by Twos (a.k.a. "No name church" and "Workers and Friends") **Swedenborgianism (a.k.a. "The New Church") **Unitarianism **Unity Church *Roman Catholic Church/Latin Church (a.k.a. "Roman Catholicism" or "Catholicism") **Anglican Ordinariate, Anglican Ordinariate Catholics **Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Charismatic Catholics **Civil Constitution of the Clergy **Gallicanism **Hebrew Catholics **Independent Catholic churches ***Old Catholic Church (Union of Utrecht) ****Polish National Catholic Church (Union of Scranton) **Liberal Catholicism **Liberation theology **Modernism (Roman Catholicism), Modernist Catholics **Traditionalist Catholics ***Sedevacantism ****Palmarian Catholic Church ***Sedeprivationism **Ultramontanism

= Other

= Certain Christian groups difficult to classify as "Eastern" or "Western." Many Gnostic groups were closely related to early Christianity, for example, Valentinus (Gnostic), Valentinism. Irenaeus wrote polemics against them from the standpoint of the then-unified Catholic Church. *Arianism (Historical) *Bagnolians (Historical) *Bogomilism (Historical) *Bosnian Church (Historical) *Catharism (Historical) *Cerdonians (Historical) *Christian Universalism *Christianity and neopaganism#Christopaganism, Christopaganism **Christianity and neopaganism#Christian Wicca, Christian Wicca *Eastern Lightning *Ecclesia Gnostica *Esoteric Christianity **Behmenism **Christian Kabbalah **Martinism *God Worshipping Society (Historical) *Johannite Church *Judaizers (Judeo-Christian) **Hebrew Roots **Makuya **Messianic Judaism **Sacred Name Movement **Yehowists **Ebionites (Historical) *Lisu Christianity, Lisu *Marcionism (Historical) *Nondenominational Christianity *Nontrinitarianism **Unitarianism **Bible Student movement **Christadelphians **Oneness Pentecostalism **Spiritual Christianity **Tolstoyan movement *Palamism *Paulicianism *Reformed Eastern Christianity *Sethianism (Historical) **Basilideans (Historical) **Valentinianism (Historical) ***Bardaisan#Bardaisanite school, Bardesanite School (Historical) *Simonians (Historical) *Theosophy (Boehmian), Theosophy *Unification Church (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification) **Hyung Jin Moon, World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church *Xueta Christianity, Xueta

Druze

Islam

= Khawarij

= *Azraqi (Historical) *Haruriyyah (Historical) *Ibadi *Sufri (Historical)

= Shia Islam

= *Alevism **Alians **Bektashi Order, Bektashism **Kurdish Alevism *Alawites (Nusayris) *Isma'ilism **Mustaali ***Dawoodi Bohra ****Alavi Bohra ****Atba-i-Malak *****Atba-i-Malak Badar *****Atba-i-Malak Vakil ****Hebtiahs Bohra ****Progressive Dawoodi Bohra ***Sulaymani **Nizari ***Satpanth *Twelver **Ja'fari jurisprudence ***Akhbari ***Shaykhism ***Usuli *Zaidiyyah **Jarudiyah **Batriyya *Khurramites (Historical)

= Sufism

= *Bektashi Order *Chishti Order *Kubrawiya **Ma Laichi#The Khufiyya, Khufiyya *Mevlevi Order *Mouride *Naqshbandi **Jahriyya *Ni'matullāhī *Qadiriyya *Roshani movement, Roshani *Shadhili *Suhrawardiyya *Sufi Order International *Tijaniyyah *Universal Sufism **Dances of Universal Peace

= Sunni Islam

= *Kalam/Fiqh **Ash'ari ***Maliki ***Shafi'i ***Hanbali **Maturidi ***Hanafi ****Barelvi ****Deobandi *Athari **Salafi ***Madkhalism ***Wahhabism ***Ahle Hadith ***Islamism **Islamic Modernism *Muʿtazila

= Other

= *Ahmadiyya **Ahmadiyya, Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam *Al-Fatiha Foundation *Ali-Illahism *Din-i Ilahi *European Islam *Gafatar *Ittifaq al-Muslimin *Jadid *Jamaat al Muslimeen *Liberal movements within Islam **Muslim Canadian Congress ***Canadian Muslim Union **Progressive British Muslims **Progressive Muslim Union *Mahdavia *Mahdist State *Milah Abraham *Quranism **Tolu-e-Islam (organization), Tolu-e-Islam **United Submitters International *Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi **Messiah Foundation International *The Fellowship (Christian organization), The Fellowship (The Family) *Xidaotang

Judaism

= Kabbalah

= Non-Rabbinic Judaism

= * Haymanot * Karaite Judaism * Samaritanism

= Rabbinic Judaism

= * Conservative Judaism ( Masorti Judaism) * Humanistic Judaism * Jewish Renewal * Orthodox Judaism ** Haredi Judaism (a.k.a. ultra-Orthodox) *** Dor Daim *** Hardal *** Hasidic Judaism *** Misnagdim *** Sephardic Haredi ** Modern Orthodox Judaism *** Religious Zionism * Reconstructionist Judaism * Reform Judaism

= Others

= * Noahidism * Subbotniks

= Historical Judaism

= * Essenes ** Bana'im ** Hemerobaptists (possible ancestor of Mandaeism) (Historical) ** Maghāriya ** Nazarene (sect)#Nasoraean Mandaeans, Nasoraeans (possible ancestor of Mandaeism) (Historical) * Hypsistarians, Hypsistarianism (Historical) * Pharisees (ancestor of Rabbinic Judaism) (Historical) * Sadducees (possible ancestor of Karaite Judaism) (Historical) * Zealots (Judea) ** Sicarii * Jewish Christian, Messianic sects ** Ebionites ** Elcesaites ** Nazarene (sect), Nazarenes * Sabbateans * Second Temple Judaism * Frankism

Mandaeism

Iranian religions

Manichaeism

* Athinganoi (Historical) * Chinese Manichaeism * Denawars (Historical) * Miqlāsiyya (Historical) * Manichaean schisms, Mihriyya (Historical)

Yazdânism

*Shabakism *Yarsanism *Yazidi

Zoroastrianism

*Behafaridians (Historical) *Mazdakism (Historical) **Mazdaznan *Zurvanism (Historical)

Indigenous (ethnic, folk) religions

Religions that consist of the traditional customs and beliefs of particular ethnic groups, refined and expanded upon for thousands of years, often lacking formal doctrine. Some adherents do not consider their ways to be "religion," preferring other cultural terms.

African

Traditional African

* Abwoi religion * Kamba people, Akamba religion * Akan religion * Badimo * Baluba mythology, Baluba religion * Bantu mythology, Bantu religion ** Kongo religion ** Zulu traditional religion * Traditional Berber religion, Berber religion * Bushongo mythology, Bushongo religion * Bwiti * Dahomean religion * Dinka religion * Dogon people#Culture and religion, Dogon religion * Edo people#Traditional Beliefs, Edo religion * Efik mythology, Efik religion * Dahomean religion, Fon and Ewe religion * Hadza people#Religion, myths, and tales, Hadza religion * Hausa animism, Hausa religion * Ik people, Ik religion * Kalenjin mythology, Kalenjin religion * Khoekhoe#Religion, Khoekhoen religion * Lotuko mythology, Lotuko religion * Lozi mythology, Lozi religion * Lugbara mythology, Lugbara religion * Maasai mythology, Maasai religion * Mbuti mythology, Mbuti religion * Odinani, Odinala / Odinani * Ruhanga, Rutara religion * San religion * Serer religion * Tumbuka mythology, Tumbuka religion * Urhobo people#Religion, Urhobo religion * Waaqeffanna * Yoruba religion ** Ifá

Diasporic African

* Abakuá * Candomblé ** Candomblé Bantu ** Candomblé Jejé ** Candomblé Ketu * Comfa * Convince * Cuban Vodú * Dominican Vudú * Espiritismo * Haitian Vodou * Hoodoo (folk magic), Hoodoo * Kélé * Kumina * Louisiana Voodoo * Montamentu * Myal * Obeah * Palo (religion), Palo * Quimbanda * Santería * Tambor de Mina * Trinidad Orisha * Umbanda * Winti

Altaic

* Evenks#Religion, Evenki shamanism *

* Turkic mythology, Turko-Mongolian mythology, Mongolic religion **

*** Tengrism ** Aiyy Faith, Aiyy ** Burkhanism ** Tengir Ordo ** Vattisen Yaly

American

* Abenaki mythology, Abenaki religion * Anishinaabe traditional beliefs * Blackfoot mythology, Blackfoot religion * Kuksu (religion), Californian religions ** Kuksu (religion), Kuksu ** Miwok mythology, Miwok religion ** Ohlone mythology, Ohlone religion ** Pomo religion * Cherokee mythology, Cherokee folk religion * Chilote mythology, Chilote religion * Choctaw mythology, Choctaw religion * Creek mythology, Creek religion * Crow religion * Fuegians#Spiritual culture, Fuegian religion ** Selk'nam mythology, Selk'nam religion * Guarani mythology, Guarani religion * Haida mythology, Haida religion * Ho-Chunk mythology, Ho-Chunk religion * Hopi mythology, Hopi religion * Religion in the Inca Empire, Incan religion * Inuit religion * Iroquois mythology, Iroquois religion ** Seneca mythology, Seneca religion ** Wyandot religion * Jivaroan peoples#Religion, Jivaroan religion * Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology, Kwakwakaʼwakw religion * Lakota mythology, Lakota religion * Lenape mythology, Lenape religion * Mapuche religion * Mesoamerican religion ** Aztec religion ** Maya religion ** Olmec religion ** Purépecha religion ** Talamancan mythology, Talamancan religion ** Zapotec civilization#Religion, Zapotec religion * Midewiwin *Muisca religion * Navajo#Spiritual and religious beliefs, Navajo religion * Nuu-chah-nulth mythology, Nuu-chah-nulth religion * Pawnee mythology, Pawnee religion * Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (religion of the Mississippian culture) * Tsimshian mythology, Tsimshian religion * Ute mythology, Ute religion * Zuni mythology, Zuni religion

Austroasiatic

* Khasi people#Religion, Ka Niam Khasi * Muong ethnic religion * Nicobarese people#Religion, Nicobarese folk religion * Santal people#Religion, Santal religion * Sarnaism *

Austronesian

* Aliran Kepercayaan/Mythology of Indonesia ** Balinese Hinduism ** Parmalim, Batak Parmalim ** Dayak people#Religion and festivals, Dayak religion *** Kaharingan ** Kejawèn, Javanese Kejawèn ** Kapitayan ** Pemena, Karo Pemena ** Marapu, Sumbese Marapu ** Sunda Wiwitan, Sundanese Wiwitan ** Saminism Movement *Malagasy mythology, Fomba Gasy *Kawas (mythology), Kawas * Malaysian folk religion ** Datuk Keramat ** Momolianism * Micronesian mythology, Micronesian religion * Indigenous religious beliefs of the Philippines, Dayawism ** Indigenous religious beliefs of the Tagalog people, Tagalog folk religion ** Indigenous religious beliefs of the Tagbanwa people, Tagbanwa folk religion * Polynesian narrative ** Hawaiian religion ** Māori religion * Samoan mythology, Samoan narrative * Tahiti and Society Islands mythology, Tahitian narrative * Tao people#Ritual and religion, Tao Native religion

Dravidian

* Dravidian folk religion * Gondi people#Religion, Koyapunem * Tamil mythology, Tamil religion

Indo-European

* Assianism (Ossetian religion) * Kalash people#Religion, Kalashism

Tai and Miao

* Ahom religion * Mo (religion), Mo religion * Tai folk religion, Satsana Phi ** Tai folk religion#Lamet religion, Lamet religion *

Sino-Tibetan

* Bathouism *

* Bon * Mun (religion), Bongthingism * Burmese folk religion *

* Donyi-Polo * Kirat Mundhum, Kiratism *

* Sanamahism

Uralic

* Komi mythology, Komi shamanism * Mari Native Religion

Other Indigenous

* Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology, Australian Aboriginal religion * Circassian paganism, Circassian (Khabzeism) * Korean shamanism, Muism * Melanesian mythology, Melanesian religion ** Papuan mythology, Papuan religion *

* Shamanism in Siberia, Siberian shamanism * Vedda#Religion, Vedda religion

New religious movements

Religions that cannot be classed as either world religions or traditional folk religions, and are usually recent in their inception.

Cargo cults

*John Frum *Johnson cult *Prince Philip Movement *Vailala Madness

New ethnic religions

Black

*African Zionism *Ausar Auset Society *''Black Muslims (disambiguation), Black Muslims'' **American Society of Muslims *Dini Ya Msambwa *Five-Percent Nation *Godianism *Igbe religion *Moorish Science Temple of America **Moorish Orthodox Church of America *Mumboism *Nation of Islam **United Nation of Islam *Nuwaubian Nation

= Black Hebrew Israelites

= *African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem *Church of God and Saints of Christ *Commandment Keepers *Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ *Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge *Nation of Yahweh *One West Camp

= Rastafari

= * Bobo Ashanti * Nyabinghi * Twelve Tribes of Israel (Rastafari), Twelve Tribes of Israel

White

*Ariosophy *British Israelism *Christian Identity *Creativity (religion), Creativity *French Israelism *Nordic Israelism *Wotansvolk

Native American

*Ghost Dance *Indian Shaker Church *Longhouse Religion *Mexicayotl *Native American Church *Native American religions#Waashat Religion, Wasshat religion

Hindu-derived new religions

*Adidam *Brahmoism (Brahmo Samaj) **Adi Dharm **Sadharan Brahmo Samaj *Meivazhi *Rajneesh movement *Transcendental Meditation

Sikh-derived new religions

* Contemporary Sant Mat movements ** Advait Mat ** Radha Soami *** Radha Soami Satsang Beas *** Radha Soami Satsang Sabha, Radha Soami Satsang Dayagbal *** Radha Swami Satsang, Dinod *** Kirpal Singh#Ruhani Satsang, Ruhani Satsang *** Manavta Mandir *** Science of Spirituality (a.k.a. Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission) ** Radha Soami-influenced *** Ancient Teachings of the Masters *** Dera Sacha Sauda *** Eckankar *** Elan Vital (organization), Elan Vital (formerly Divine Light Mission) *** Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness ** Ravidassia

Christian-derived new religions

*Antoinism *Modekngei *Rātana *Ringatū, Ringatu *Pai Mārire, Pai Marire

Japanese new religions

*Aum Shinrikyo *Church of World Messianity *Happy Science *Konkokyo *Oomoto *PL Kyodan *Seicho-no-Ie *Shinmeiaishinkai *Tenrikyo *Zenrinkyo

Modern paganism

Ethnic neopaganism

*Armenian neopaganism *Baltic neopaganism **Dievturība **Romuva (religion), Romuva *Caucasian neopaganism **Abkhaz neopaganism ***Council of Priests of Abkhazia **Vainakh religion *Celtic neopaganism **Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism *Heathenry (new religious movement), Heathenry (a.k.a. Germanic neopaganism) *Hellenism (religion), Hellenism *Italo-Roman neopaganism **Nova Roma **Roman Traditional Movement *Kemetism **Kemetic Orthodoxy *Semitic neopaganism *Slavic Native Faith (a.k.a. Slavic neopaganism) **Native Polish Church **Peterburgian Vedism **Rodzima Wiara **Rodnover Confederation **RUNVira (a.k.a. Sylenkoism) **Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities **Ynglism *Uralic neopaganism **Estonian neopaganism **Finnish neopaganism, Suomenusko **Hungarian neopaganism **Mordvin Native Religion, Mastorava **Udmurt Vos *Zalmoxianism *Zuism

Syncretic neopaganism

*Adonism *Christianity and neopaganism#Christopaganism, Christopaganism **Christianity and neopaganism#Christian Wicca, Christian Wicca *Church of All Worlds *Church of Aphrodite *Cochrane's Craft *Druidry (modern), Druidry **Ár nDraíocht Féin **Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids **Reformed Druids of North America *Feraferia *Goddess movement *Huna (New Age), Huna *Ivanovism *Neoshamanism *Pow-wow (folk magic), Pow-wow *Radical Faeries *Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism *Stregheria *Summum *Technopaganism *Wicca **British Traditional Wicca ***Gardnerian Wicca ***Alexandrian Wicca ***Central Valley Wicca ***Algard Wicca ***Chthonioi Alexandrian Wicca ***Blue Star Wicca **Seax-Wica **Universal Eclectic Wicca **Celtic Wicca **Dianic Wicca **Faery Wicca **Feri Tradition **Georgian Wicca **Odyssean Wicca **Wiccan church ***Covenant of the Goddess

Entheogenic religions

*Church of the Universe *Neo-American Church *Santo Daime *Temple of the True Inner Light *Carlos Castaneda#Tensegrity, Tensegrity *THC Ministry *União do Vegetal

New Age Movement

* ''A Course in Miracles'' * Association for Research and Enlightenment * Chaos magic, Chaos Magic * ''Conversations with God'' * Eckankar * Love Has Won * Rainbow Family * The Family (Australian New Age group), The Family

New Thought

* Christian Science * Church of Divine Science * Church of the Truth * Church Universal and Triumphant * Home of Truth * Jewish Science * Psychiana * Religious Science * Seicho-no-Ie * The Infinite Way * Unity Church * Universal Foundation for Better Living

Parody religions and fiction-based religions

* Church of Euthanasia * Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (a.k.a. "Pastafarianism") * Church of the SubGenius * Dinkoism * Discordianism * Dudeism * Iglesia Maradoniana * Jediism * Kibology * Kopimism * Landover Baptist Church * Omphalos hypothesis#Last Thursdayism, Last Thursdayism * 'Pataphysics * Aerican Empire, Silinism * Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence * United Church of Bacon

Post-theistic and naturalistic religions

*Abrahamites *Cult of the Supreme Being (Historical) *Deism **Christian Deism *Ethical movement *Freethought **North Texas Church of Freethought *God-Building *Renaissance Humanism, Humanism *Ietsism *Moorish Orthodox Church of America *Pandeism *Pantheism **Naturalistic pantheism *Religion of Humanity **Church of Humanity *Theophilanthropy *Saint-Simonianism *Syntheism *Unitarian Universalism *Universal Life Church

UFO religions

*Aetherius Society *Ashtar Galactic Command *Chen Tao ("True Way") *Fiat Lux (UFO religion), Fiat Lux *Ground Crew Project *Heaven's Gate (religious group), Heaven's Gate *Industrial Church of the New World Comforter *Mark-Age *Nuwaubian Nation *Order of the Solar Temple *Raëlism *Scientology **Free Zone (Scientology), Independent Scientology *The Seekers (rapturists), The Seekers *Unarius Academy of Science *Universe people *''The Urantia Book, Urantia movement''

Western esotericism

*Anthroposophy *Archeosophical Society *Builders of the Adytum *Fraternity of the Inner Light *Hermeticism **Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ***The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc. *Illuminates of Thanateros *Luciferianism **Fraternitas Saturni **Neo-Luciferian Church *New Acropolis *Occultism **Gaianism **Mayanism **The Michael Teachings, Michael Teachings *Ordo Aurum Solis *Rosicrucian **Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis **Lectorium Rosicrucianum **Rosicrucian Fellowship *Satanism **Satanism#Rationality, Non-theistic Satanism ***LaVeyan Satanism ****Church of Satan ****First Satanic Church ***The Satanic Temple **Theistic Satanism ***Joy of Satan Ministries, Joy of Satan ***Order of Nine Angles ***Our Lady of Endor Coven (Historical) ***Temple of the Black Light ***Temple of Set *Thelema **A∴A∴ **Ordo Templi Orientis **Typhonian Order *Theosophy **Neo-Theosophy *Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth

Other new

*Bell Church, Bell religion *Nigerian Chrislam, Chrislam *Oahspe, Faithism *Falun Gong *Fourth Way *Heraka *Ishikism *Nontheism *Omnism *Open-source religion *Otherkin *Pilgrims of Arès, Pilgrims of Ares *Santa Muerte *Singularitarianism *Spiritualism (Spiritism) *Subud *Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy, Tai Ji Men *The Circle of Reason *The Family International

Historical religions

* Prehistoric religion ** Paleolithic religion

Bronze Age

* Ancient Egyptian religion ** Atenism * Ancient Mesopotamian religion ** Babylonian religion, Babylonian Religion ** Sumerian religion *Ancient Semitic religion ** Ancient Canaanite religion ** Yahweh, Yahwism *Religion of the Indus Valley Civilization, Harappan religion *Hittite mythology and religion, Hittite religion *Hurrian religion *Luwian religion *Minoan religion *Mycenaean religion *Proto-Indo-European mythology, Proto-Indo-European religion ** Paleo-Balkan mythology, Paleo-Balkan religion ** Proto-Indo-Iranian religion *Proto-Uralic religion

Classical antiquity

* Kingdom_of_Aksum#Religion, Aksumite religion * Albanian mythology, Albanian folk beliefs * Ancient Celtic religion ** Breton mythology, Breton paganism ** Cornish mythology, Cornish paganism ** Irish mythology, Irish paganism ** Isle of Man#Myth, legend, and folklore, Manx paganism ** Scottish mythology, Scottish paganism ** Welsh mythology, Welsh paganism * Ancient Greek religion ** Greco-Buddhism ** Greco-Roman mysteries *** Samothrace temple complex#Cult of the Great Gods, Cult of the Great Gods *** Dionysian Mysteries, Dionysian mysteries **** Orphism (religion), Orphism *** Eleusinian Mysteries, Eleusinian mysteries *** Mysteries of Isis ** Hellenistic religion ** Hermeticism ** Neoplatonism ** Pythagoreanism *** Neopythagoreanism ** Stoicism * Ancient Iranian religion * Armenian mythology, Armenian paganism * Castro culture#Religion, Castro cutlure religion * Basque mythology, Basque paganism * Cantabrian mythology, Cantabrian religion * Dacians#Religion, Dacian religion * Elam#Religion, Elamite religion * Etruscan religion * Gallaeci#Gallaecian deities, Gallaecian religion * Georgian mythology, Georgian paganism * Germanic paganism ** Anglo-Saxon paganism ** Continental Germanic mythology, Continental Germanic paganism ** Frankish mythology, Frankish paganism ** Old Norse religion * Gothic paganism * Armazi (god), Iberian religion * Illyrian religion * Nuristanis#Pre-Islamic religion, Kafirism * Ligures#Religion, Ligurian religion * Lusitanian mythology, Lusitanian religion * Lydians#religion, Lydian religion * Nauruan indigenous religion * Nuragic civilization#Religion, Nuragic religion * Punic religion * Religion in ancient Rome ** Gallo-Roman religion ** Imperial cult of ancient Rome, Imperial cult ** Greco-Roman mysteries *** Mithraism * Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia * Scythian religion * Thracian religion * Urartu#Religion, Urartu religion * Historical Vedic religion, Vedicism

Medieval Period

* Ainu people#Religion, Ainu religion * Balinese mythology, Balinese religion * Baltic mythology, Baltic paganism **Prussian mythology, Prussian paganism **Latvian mythology, Latvian paganism **Lithuanian mythology, Lithuanian paganism * Batak#Traditional Batak religion, Batak religion * Cook Islands mythology, Cook Islands narrative * Estonian mythology, Estonian shamanism * Religion in Fiji, Fijian religion * Finnish paganism, Finnish shamanism * Guanches#System of beliefs, Guanche religion * Hungarian mythology, Hungarian shamanism * Jamaican Maroon religion * Mangarevan narrative * Rapa Nui mythology, Rapa Nui narrative * Sámi shamanism * Slavic paganism * Tongan religion, Tongan narrative * Tuvaluan mythology, Tuvaluan narrative * Vainakh religion

Other categorisations

By demographics

* List of religious populations

By area

*Religion in Africa * Religion in Asia * Religion in Oceania * Religion in Europe * Religion in North America * Religion in South America * Religion by country ** List of state-established religions ** Buddhism by country *** Buddhism in the United States ** Christianity by country *** Roman Catholicism by country *** Eastern Orthodoxy by country *** Protestantism by country *** Oriental Orthodoxy by country ** Hinduism by country ** Islam by country *** Ahmadiyya by country ** Judaism by country, Jewish population by country ** Sikhism by country

References

Sources

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External links

Patheos World Religions library

Statistics on religious belief or adherence

BBC.co.uk section on major world religions
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