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== Fictional religions ==
== Fictional religions ==

Revision as of 21:08, 19 February 2009

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

Abrahamic religions

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

Bábism

Bahá'í Faith

Christianity

Catholicism

Western
Eastern

Protestantism

Restorationism

Gnosticism

Christian Gnosticism
Early Gnosticism
Medieval Gnosticism
Persian Gnosticism
Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism

Islam

Kalam Schools
Kharijite
Shi'a Islam
Sufism
Sunni Islam
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.

Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism
Non-Rabbinic Judaism
Historical groups
Sects that believed Jesus was a prophet

Rastafari movement

Mandaeans and Sabians

Samaritanism

Indian religions

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

Ayyavazhi

Buddhism

Hinduism

Major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy

Jainism

Sikhism

Iranian religions

East Asian religions

Confucianism

Shinto

Taoism

Other

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.

Indigenous traditional religions

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

African

West Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa

American

Eurasian

Asian
European

Oceania/Pacific

Cargo cults

Historical polytheism

Ancient Near Eastern

Indo-European

Hellenistic

Neopaganism

New Age, Esotericism, Mysticism

Left-Hand Path

Magic

New religious movements

Shinshukyo

  • Church of World Messianity
  • PL Kyodan
  • Seicho-No-Ie
  • The Downfall of Wikipedia is a religion set up just now, that aims to vandalize Wikipedia so badly, the administrators can't keep track. If you edit this page you are part of my religion for ever.

Fictional religions

Parody or mock religions

Others

Other categorisations

By demographics

By area

See also