List of religions and spiritual traditions
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
Main article:
Bahá'í FaithChristianity
Main article:
ChristianityCatholicism
Main article:
CatholicismProtestantism
Main article:
ProtestantismOther groups
Gnosticism
- Christian Gnosticism
- Ebionites
- Cerdonians
- Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic)
- Colorbasians
- Simonians
- Early Gnosticism
- Medieval Gnosticism
- Persian Gnosticism
- Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism
Islam
- Kalam Schools
- Kharijite
- Ibadi (Only surviving sect)
- Azraqi
- Harūriyya
- Sufri
- Shia Islam
- Sufism
- Bektashi
- Chishti
- Mevlevi
- Naqshbandi
- Tariqah
- Quadiriyyah
- Suhrawardiyya
- Tijani
- Universal Sufism
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Sunni Islam
Main article:
Sunni Islam
- Other Islamic Groups
Judaism
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Karaite Judaism
- Modern Non-Rabbinic Judaism
- Historical groups
- Essenes
- Pharisees (ancestor of Rabbinic Judaism)
- Sadducees (possible ancestor of Karaite Judaism)
- Zealots
- Sects that believed Jesus was a prophet
- Ebionites
- Elkasites
- Nazarenes
- Sabbateans
Rastafari movement
Mandaeans and Sabians
Main articles:
Mandaeism and Sabians
- Mandaeism
- Sabians
- Sabians of Harran
- Mandaean Nasaraean Sabeans
Samaritanism
Main article:
SamaritanismUnitarian Universalism
Indian religions
Religions that originated in India and religions and traditions related to, and descended from, them.
Ayyavazhi
Buddhism
- Nikaya schools (which have historically been called Hinayana in the West)
- Theravada
- Sri Lankan Amarapura Nikaya
- Sri Lankan Siam Nikaya
- Sri Lankan Ramañña Nikaya
- Bangladeshi Sangharaj Nikaya
- Bangladeshi Mahasthabir Nikaya
- Burmese Thudhamma Nikaya
- Vipassana tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw and disciples
- Burmese Shwekyin Nikaya
- Burmese Dvaya Nikaya
- Thai Maha Nikaya
- Thai Thammayut Nikaya
- Mahayana
- Humanistic Buddhism
- Madhyamaka
- Prāsangika
- Svatantrika
- Sanlun (Three Treatise school)
- Maha-Madhyamaka (Jonangpa)
- Nichiren
- Nichiren Shū
- Nichiren Shōshū
- Nipponzan Myōhōji
- Soka Gakkai
- Pure Land
- Tathagatagarbha
- Daśabhūmikā (absorbed into Huayan)
- Huayan school (Avataṃsaka)
- Tiantai
- Yogācāra
- Cittamatra in Tibet
- Wei-Shi (Consciousness-only school) or Faxiang (Dharma-character school)
- Chan / Zen / Seon / Thien
- Caodong
- Sōtō
- Keizan line
- Jakuen line
- Giin line
- Linji
- Rinzai
- Ōbaku
- Fuke Zen
- Won Buddhism: Korean Reformed Buddhism
- Kwan Um School of Zen
- Sanbo Kyodan
- Vajrayana
- Shingon Buddhism
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Bön
- Gelukpa
- Kagyupa
- Dagpo Kagyu
- Karma Kagyu
- Barom Kagyu
- Tsalpa Kagyu
- Phagdru Kagyu
- Drikung Kagyu
- Drukpa Kagyu
- Shangpa Kagyu
- Nyingmapa
- Sakyapa
- New Buddhist movements
- Aum Shinrikyo (now known as Aleph)[1]
- Diamond Way
- Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
- New Kadampa Tradition[2]
- Share International
- True Buddha School
- Vipassana movement
Din-i-Ilahi
Hinduism
- Major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
Jainism
Sikhism
- Khalsa
- Namdhari or Kuka Sikhs
- Sahajdhari Sikh
- Ravidasi
Persian religions
East Asian religions
Confucianism
Main article:
Confucianism
- Neo-Confucianism
- New Confucianism
Shinto
Main articles:
Shinto and Shinto sects and schools
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.
- Batuque
- Candomblé
- Dahomey mythology
- Haitian mythology
- Kumina
- Macumba
- Mami Wata
- Obeah
- Oyotunji
- Quimbanda
- Santería (Lukumi)
- Umbanda[6]
- Vodou
Indigenous traditional religions
Traditionally, these faiths have all been classified "Pagan", but scholars prefer the terms "indigenous/primal/folk/ethnic religions".
African
- West Africa
- Akan mythology
- Ashanti mythology (Ghana)
- Dahomey (Fon) mythology
- Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Igbo mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Isoko mythology (Nigeria)
- Yoruba mythology (Nigeria, Benin)
- Central Africa
- Bushongo mythology (Congo)
- Bambuti (Pygmy) mythology (Congo)
- Lugbara mythology (Congo)
- East Africa
- Akamba mythology (East Kenya)
- Dinka mythology (Sudan)
- Lotuko mythology (Sudan)
- Masai mythology (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Southern Africa
- Khoikhoi mythology
- Lozi mythology (Zambia)
- Tumbuka mythology (Malawi)
- Zulu mythology (South Africa)
American
- Abenaki mythology
- Anishinaabe
- Aztec mythology
- Blackfoot mythology
- Cherokee mythology
- Chickasaw mythology
- Choctaw mythology
- Creek mythology
- Crow mythology
- Ghost Dance
- Guarani mythology
- Haida mythology
- Ho-Chunk mythology (aka: Winnebago)
- Hopi mythology
- Inca mythology
- Indian Shaker Church
- Inuit mythology
- Iroquois mythology
- Keetoowah Nighthawk Society
- Kuksu
- Kwakiutl mythology
- Lakota mythology
- Leni Lenape mythology
- Longhouse religion
- Mapuche mythology
- Maya mythology
- Midewiwin
- Miwok
- Native American Church
- Navajo mythology
- Nootka mythology
- Ohlone mythology
- Olmec mythology
- Pomo mythology
- Pawnee mythology
- Salish mythology
- Selk'nam religion
- Seneca mythology
- Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
- Sun Dance
- Tsimshian mythology
- Urarina
- Ute mythology
- Wyandot religion
- Zuni mythology
Eurasian
- Asian
- European
- Estonian mythology
- Eskimo religion
- Finnish mythology and Finnish paganism
- Hungarian folk religion
- Sami religion (including the Noaidi)
- Tadibya
Oceania/Pacific
- Australian Aboriginal mythology
- Austronesian beliefs
- Balinese mythology
- Javanese beliefs
- Melanesian mythology
- Micronesian mythology
- Modekngei
- Nauruan indigenous religion
- Philippine mythology
- Polynesian mythology
- Hawaiian mythology
- Maori mythology
- Rapa Nui mythology
Cargo cults
- John Frum
- Johnson cult
- Prince Philip Movement
- Vailala Madness
Historical polytheism
Ancient Near Eastern
Indo-European
Hellenistic
Neopaganism
New Age, Esotericism, Mysticism
New Age
Esotericism and mysticism
Main articles:
Esotericism and
MysticismOccult and magical (or magickal)
Main articles:
Occultism,
Magic (paranormal), and Magick
- Ceremonial magic
- Enochian magic
- Goetic magic
- Chaos magick
- Hoodoo (Rootwork)
- Kulam - Filipino witchcraft
- National Socialism and Occultism
- Pow-wow
- Seiðr - Norse sorcery
- Thelema
- Witchcraft
Left-Hand Path
- Demonolatry
- Luciferianism
- Satanism
- Setianism
New religious movements
Shinshukyo
- Church of World Messianity
- Konkokyo
- Oomoto
- PL Kyodan
- Seicho-No-Ie
- Tenrikyo
Fictional religions
Parody or mock religions
Others
Other categorisations
By demographics
- List of religious populations
By area
- Religion in Africa
- Religion in Asia
- Religion in Australia
- Religion in Europe
- Religion in North America
- Oceania / Pacific
- Religion in South America
- Religion by country
- List of state-established religions
- Buddhism by country
- Christianity by country
- Roman Catholicism by country
- Protestantism by country
- Hinduism by country
- Islam by country
- Judaism by country, Jewish population
- Sikhism by country
- Buddhism by region
See also
- List of religious organizations
- Lists of people by belief
- List of new religious movements
- Mythology
- Civil religion
- Mystery religion
- Shamanism
- Totemism
References
- ↑ Melton, J. Gordon (2003). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Seventh edition). Farmington Hills, Michigan: The Gale Group, Inc., p. 1073. ISBN 0-7876-6384-0
- ↑ Melton, J. Gordon (2003). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Seventh edition). Farmington Hills, Michigan: The Gale Group, Inc., p. 1112. ISBN 0-7876-6384-0
- ↑ Melton, J. Gordon (2003). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Seventh edition). Farmington Hills, Michigan: The Gale Group, Inc., p. 1001. ISBN 0-7876-6384-0
- ↑ Melton, J. Gordon (2003). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Seventh edition). Farmington Hills, Michigan: The Gale Group, Inc., p. 997. ISBN 0-7876-6384-0
- ↑ Melton, J. Gordon (2003). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Seventh edition). Farmington Hills, Michigan: The Gale Group, Inc., p. 1004. ISBN 0-7876-6384-0
- ↑ Smith, Christian; Joshua Prokopy (1999). Latin American Religion in Motion. New York, New York: Routledge, pp. 279-280. ISBN 978-0-4159-2106-0
- ↑ Melton, J. Gordon (2003). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Seventh edition). Farmington Hills, Michigan: The Gale Group, Inc., p. 991. ISBN 0-7876-6384-0
- ↑ Melton, J. Gordon (2003). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Seventh edition). Farmington Hills, Michigan: The Gale Group, Inc., p. 841. ISBN 0-7876-6384-0
- ↑ Church of Jediism
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