Religions of the world

Table of contents

1 Religions, sects and denominations 1.1 Abrahamic religions 1.2 Vedic Religions 1.3 Religions of Far Eastern origin 1.4 Other Religions/Spiritual Cultivation 1.5 New religious movements and cults 1.6 Pagan and polytheistic faiths 1.7 Mysticism 1.7.1 Esotericism 1.8 Non-religious, anti-religious or Meta-Religious 1.9 Mock Religions 1.10 Inter-faith Organisations 2 See also 3 External Link

Religions, sects and denominations

Abrahamic religions

Listed in alphabetical order:

• Baha'i Faith
  • Orthodox Bahai Faith

• Christianity
  • Eastern Orthodoxy
  • Oriental Orthodoxy
  • Catholicism
  • Protestantism
  • Restorationism
  • Unitarian Universalism (although not an exclusively Christian religion, both predecessor religions were/are Christian)

For a detailed list, see List of Christian denominations

• Islam
  • Sunni
    • Shafi'i
    • Hanafi
    • Maliki
    • Hanbali
  • Shiite
    • Alawites
    • Ismailis
  • Wahhabi
  • Sufism
    • Tidjani
  • Nation of Islam
  • Ibadiyyah
  • Ahmadiyya

• Judaism
  • Conservative Judaism
  • Orthodox Judaism
    • Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
    • Modern Orthodox Judaism
    • Hasidic Judaism
  • Reconstructionist Judaism
  • Reform Judaism

• Rastafarianism

Other and related

• Deism
• Druzism
• Mandaeanism
• Manichaeism
• Samaritans
• Children of God
• Universal Life Church
• Zoroastrianism

Vedic Religions

• Buddhism
  • Theravada
    • Mahayana
      • Pure Land
      • Zen
        • Nichiren
      • Vajrayana
        • Tantrayana

• Hinduism
  • Vaishnavism
    • Swaminarayan sect
    • Bhakti Movement
      • ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
  • Saivism
  • Saktism
  • Smartism

Note: Yoga is not a religion, but rather a collective term for various spiritual practices and disciplines common to most branches of Hinduism.

• Jainism
• Sikhism

Religions of Far Eastern origin

• Caodaism
• Confucianism
• Mohism
• Oomoto
• Shinto
• Taoism
• Tenrikyo

Other Religions/Spiritual Cultivation

• Spiritualism (Spiritism)
• Unitarian Universalism
• Falun Dafa

New religious movements and cults

Some of the following groups are considered cults; a few are even considered dangerous by their opponents. Read the entry on cults for more information on this controversial topic.

• ACIM (A Course In Miracles)
• The Force
• Law of One
• Process Church of the Final Judgement
• Raelism
• Scientology
• Thelema

Pagan and polytheistic faiths

• Animism
  • collective term for hundreds or thousands of largely unrelated religions, including the religions of the following ethnic groups: Abenaki, Akamba, Akan, Aleut, Ashanti, Australian Aborigine, Aztec, Blackfoot, Bushongo, Chippewa, Chukchi, Creek, Crow, Dahomey, Dinka, Efik, Evenk, Guarani, Haida, Hawaiian, Huron, Ibo, Inuit, Iroquois, Isoko, Khoikhoi, Kwakiutl, Lakota, Leni Lenape, Lotuko, Lugbara, Maori, Micronesian, Modekngei, Nauruan, Navaho, Nootka, Pawnee, Polynesian, Pygmy, Salish, Seneca, Tsimshian, Tumbuka, Tuvaluan, Ute, Winnebago, Yoruba, Yukaghir, Zulu, Zuni
• Basque mythology
• Cargo cults (Jon Frum, etc.)
• Druidism
• Goddess Worship
• Greek religion
• Hellênismos
• Neopaganism
  • Asatru
  • Dievturiba
  • Wicca (Gardnerian Wicca)
    • Dianic Wicca
• Roman religion
• Santeria
• Shamanism
• Voudun (Voodoo)
• Satanism
• Temple of Set
• Yezidis

Mysticism

• Christian mysticism
  • Gnosticism
• Hindu mysticism
  • Tantra
    • Tantric yoga
• Kabbalah
• Spirituality
• Sufism
• Theosophy

Esotericism

• Freemasonry (non-religious)
• Rosicrucian (non-religious)
  • Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
  • Confraternity of the Rose Cross

Non-religious, anti-religious or Meta-Religious

• Agnosticism
• Atheism
• Brianism
• Dialectical materialism (Marxist ideology)
• Fellowship of Reason
• Humanism
  • Secular Humanism
  • Religious (Spiritual) Humanism
  • New Humanism
• Juche and Chondogyo (government personality cults)
• Panentheism
• Pantheism
• Quantum Pantheism

Mock Religions

• Bokononism
• Brianism
• Church of Emacs
• Church of the SubGenius (The cult of Bob Dobbs)
• Church of Dolcett
• Discordianism (some Discordians maintain that their religion is not wholly without an element of seriousness)
• Kibology

Inter-faith Organisations

A number of organisations exist which seek to reconcile differences between religions, and to promote friendship and dialogue.

• Interfaith.org a cooperative association of organizations and clergy persons who have joined together to establish a greater spiritual presence on the World Wide Web.
• Dances of Universal Peace
• Sathya Sai Organisation
• The Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO)
• Temple of Understanding

See also

• List of organizations
• list of people by belief
• sacred text
• mythology

External Link

• Statistics on religious belief or adherence