List of basic topics of religion

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Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that (generally) involve a faith in a spiritual nature and a study of inherited ancestral traditions, knowledge and wisdom related to understanding human life. The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to faith as well as to the larger shared systems of belief. Basic religious topics include:

Contents 1 Major religious concepts 2 Religion-specific topics 2.1 African traditional and diasporic topics 2.2 Bahá'í Faith topics 2.3 Buddhism topics 2.3.1 Tenrikyo topics 2.4 Cao Dai topics 2.5 Christianity topics 2.6 Falun Gong topics 2.7 Hinduism topics 2.7.1 Ayyavazhi topics 2.8 Islam topics 2.9 Jainism topics 2.10 Juche topics 2.11 Judaism topics 2.12 Neopaganism topics 2.13 Primal indigenous topics 2.14 Rasta topics 2.15 Secular/irreligious/agnostic/atheist/antitheistic/antireligious topics 2.16 Shintoism topics 2.17 Sikhism topics 2.18 Spiritism topics 2.19 Unitarian Universalism topics 2.20 Zoroastrianism topics

[edit] Major religious concepts

• Angels
• Approaches to the beliefs of others
  • Exclusivism
  • Inclusivism
• Cosmology
• Doctrine
• Deity
  • List of deities
• Demon
  • List of demons
• Eschatology
• Faith
• Free will
• God
• Goodness and evil
• Holy Land
• Life after death
• Origin belief
• Nonviolence
• Pilgrimage
• Places of worship
• Prayer and Meditation
• Prophet
• Ritual
• Sin
• Soul
• Supernaturalism
• Theism
  • Atheism
  • Monotheism
  • Polytheism
• Theology
• Theosophy

[edit] Religion-specific topics

[edit] African traditional and diasporic topics

Main article: diasporic

[edit] Bahá'í Faith topics

Main article: Bahá'í Faith

[edit] Buddhism topics

Main article: Buddhism

• Buddhist terms and concepts
• List of Buddhist topics

[edit] Tenrikyo topics

Main article: Tenrikyo

[edit] Cao Dai topics

Main article: Cao Dai

[edit] Christianity topics

Main article: Christianity

• Christian denominations
• Jesus-related articles
• Roman Catholicism
• Mormonism
• Protestantism
• Oriental Orthodoxy, Assyrians, Mormons and other Christians
• Popes
• Saints

[edit] Falun Gong topics

Main article: Falun Gong

[edit] Hinduism topics

Main article: Hinduism

• Hinduism related topics

[edit] Ayyavazhi topics

Main article: Ayyavazhi

• Ayyavazhi related topics

[edit] Islam topics

Main article: Islam

• Allah
• Muhammad
• Qur'an
• Islamic terms
• Ninety-nine names of Allah

[edit] Jainism topics

Main article: Jainism

[edit] Juche topics

Main article: Juche

[edit] Judaism topics

Main article: Judaism

• Israel
• Jew
• Jewish
• Messianic Religious Practices

[edit] Neopaganism topics

Main article: Neopaganism

[edit] Primal indigenous topics

[edit] Rasta topics

Main article: Rastafari Movement

[edit] Secular/irreligious/agnostic/atheist/antitheistic/antireligious topics

Main article: Nontheism

[edit] Shintoism topics

Main article: Shintoism

[edit] Sikhism topics

Main article: Sikhism

[edit] Spiritism topics

Main article: Spiritism

• Spiritually-related topics

[edit] Unitarian Universalism topics

Main article: Unitarian Universalism

[edit] Zoroastrianism topics

Main article: Zoroastrianism