List of religions and spiritual traditions

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The following is a partial list of religions and spiritual traditions.

Contents

[edit] Abrahamic religions

Main article: Abrahamic religions

A group of monotheistic traditions sometimes grouped with one another for comparative purposes, because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.

[edit] Bábism

Main article: Bábism

[edit] Bahá'í Faith

Main article: Bahá'í Faith

[edit] Christianity

Main article: Christianity
See also: List of Christian denominations

[edit] Catholicism

Main article: Catholicism
Western
Eastern

[edit] Protestantism

Main article: Protestantism

[edit] Restorationism

Main article: Restorationism

[edit] Gnosticism

Main article: List of Gnostic sects
Christian Gnosticism
Early Gnosticism
Medieval Gnosticism
Persian Gnosticism
Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism
Main article: Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism

[edit] Islam

See also: Islam and Islamic schools and branches
Kalam Schools
Main article: Kalam
Kharijite
Main article: Kharijite
Shia Islam
Main article: Shia Islam
Sufism
Main article: Sufism
Sunni Islam
Main article: Sunni Islam
Groups claiming to be Muslim, although not considered as such by the mainstream Muslims.

[edit] Judaism

See also: Judaism and Jewish Denominations
Rabbinic Judaism
Main article: Rabbinic Judaism
Karaite Judaism
Main article: Karaite Judaism
Modern Non-Rabbinic Judaism
Historical groups
Sects that believed Jesus was a prophet

[edit] Rastafari movement

Main article: Rastafari movement

[edit] Mandaeans and Sabians

Main articles: Mandaeism and Sabians

[edit] Samaritanism

Main article: Samaritanism

[edit] Unitarian Universalism

Main article: Unitarian Universalism

[edit] Indian religions

Main article: Indian religions

Religions that originated in India and religions and traditions related to, and descended from, them.

[edit] Hinduism

See also: Hindu denominations and Contemporary Hindu movements
Major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
Main article: Hindu philosophy

[edit] Buddhism

Main article: Schools of Buddhism

[edit] Jainism

Main article: Jainism

[edit] Sikhism

Main article: Sikhism

[edit] Ayyavazhi

Main article: Ayyavazhi

[edit] Persian religions

Main article: Persian religions

[edit] East Asian religions

Main article: East Asian religions

[edit] Confucianism

Main article: Confucianism

[edit] Shinto

Main articles: Shinto and Shinto sects and schools

[edit] Taoism

Main article: Taoism

[edit] Other

[edit] African diasporic religions

African diasporic religions are 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. They derive from African traditional religions, especially of West and Central Africa, showing similarities to the Yoruba religion in particular.

See also: African diasporic religions

[edit] Indigenous traditional religions

See also: Paganism and Folk religion

Traditionally, these faiths have all been classified "Pagan", but scholars prefer the terms "indigenous/primal/folk/ethnic religions".

[edit] African

Main article: African traditional religions
West Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa

[edit] American

Main article: Native American mythology

[edit] Eurasian

Main article: Eurasian Indigenous Religions
Asian
European

[edit] Oceania/Pacific

[edit] Cargo cults

Main article: Cargo cults

[edit] Historical polytheism

Further information: Prehistoric religion and History of religion

[edit] Ancient Near Eastern

Main article: Ancient Near Eastern religions

[edit] Indo-European

Main article: Proto-Indo-European religion

[edit] Hellenistic

Main article: Hellenistic religion

[edit] Neopaganism

Main article: List of Neopagan movements

[edit] New Age, Esotericism, Mysticism

Main articles: New Age, Esotericism, and Mysticism

[edit] Left-Hand Path

Main article: Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path

[edit] Magick

Main article: Magick (religion)

[edit] New religious movements

Main article: List of new religious movements

[edit] Shinshukyo

Main article: Shinshūkyō

[edit] Jediism

Main article: Jediism

[1]

  • The International Church of Jediism
  • The Jedi Realist Community

[edit] Fictional religions

Main article: List of fictional religions

[edit] Parody or mock religions

[edit] Others

[edit] Other categorisations

[edit] By demographics

Main article: Religious demographics

[edit] By area

Further information: Religion geography

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Church of Jediism

[edit] External links

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