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
See also: List of Christian denominations
Catholicism
- Western
- Independent Catholic Churches
- Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
- Heenum Catholic Church
- Philippine Independent Church (In communion with the Anglican Church and the Union of Utrecht)
- Polish National Catholic Church
- Union of Utrecht (In communion with the Anglican Church)
- Roman Catholicism (Latin Rite)
- Sui iuris (Including Byzantine Rite churches)
- Traditionalist Catholicism
- Eastern
- Eastern Catholicism (Eastern Churches in Communion with Rome)
- Syriac Christianity
- Assyrian Church of the East
- Indian Orthodox Church
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (In full communion with the Oriental Orthodox Church)
- Syriac Orthodox Church (In full communion with the Oriental Orthodox Church)
- Mar Thoma Church (In full communion with the Anglican Church in India)
- Syriac Catholic Church (In full communion with Rome)
Protestantism
- Anglicanism (via media between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestantism)
- Pre-Lutheran Protestants
- Anabaptists
- Baptists
- Brethren
- Catholic Apostolic Church
- Charismatic movement
- Christadelphians
- Christian Israelite Church
- Unification Church
- Christian Science
- Dispensationalism
- Elitism
- Esoteric Christianity
- Evangelicalism
- Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
- Lutheranism
- Methodism
- Messianic Judaism
- Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus
- New Thought
- Pentecostalism
- Pietism
- Quakerism
- Reformed churches
- Religious Society of Friends
- Spiritism
- Swedenborgianism
- United and uniting churches
- Unitarianism
- Universalism
Restorationism
- Adventism
- Christadelphians
- Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism)
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Restoration Movement
Gnosticism
- Christian Gnosticism
- Ebionites
- Cerdonians
- Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic)
- Colorbasians
- Simonians
- Early Gnosticism
- Medieval Gnosticism
- Persian Gnosticism
- Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism
Islam
See also: Islam and Divisions of 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.
- Ahl-e Haqq (Yarsan)
- Ahmadiyya
- Druze
- Nation of Islam
- Moorish Science Temple of America
- United Submitters International
- Zikri
Judaism
See also: Judaism and Jewish Denominations
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Karaite Judaism
- Modern Non-Rabbinic Judaism
- Alternative Judaism
- Humanistic Judaism (not always identified as a religion)
- Jewish Renewal
- Reconstructionist Judaism
- Historical groups
- Essenes
- Pharisees (ancestor of Rabbinic Judaism)
- Sadducees (possible ancestor of Karaite Judaism)
- Zealots
- Sects that believed Jesus was a prophet
Rastafari movement
Mandaeans and Sabians
Samaritanism
Unitarian Universalism
Indian religions
Religions that originated in Greater 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
- Thai Forest Tradition
- Tradition of Ajahn Chah
- Thai Forest Tradition
- Theravada
- Mahayana
- Humanistic Buddhism
- Madhyamaka
- Prāsangika
- Svatantrika
- Sanlun (Three Treatise school)
- Maha-Madhyamaka (Jonangpa)
- Nichiren
- Pure Land
- Tathagatagarbha
- Daśabhūmikā (absorbed into Huayan)
- Huayan (Avataṃsaka)
- Tiantai
- Yogācāra
- Cittamatra in Tibet
- Wei-Shi (Consciousness-only school) or Faxiang (Dharma-character school)
- Chan / Zen / Seon / Thien
- Caodong
- 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
- Dagpo Kagyu
- Nyingmapa
- Sakyapa
- New Buddhist movements
Hinduism
See also: Hindu denominations and Contemporary Hindu movements
- Agama Hindu Dharma
- Hindu revivalism
- Lingayatism
- Hindu reform movements
- Shaivism
- Shaktism
- Tantrism
- Smartism
- Vaishnavism
- Major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
- Nyaya
- Purva mimamsa
- Samkhya
- Vaisheshika
- Vedanta (Uttara Mimamsa)
- Yoga
Jainism
Sikhism
- Khalsa
- Namdhari or Kuka Sikhs
- Sahajdhari Sikh
- Ravidasi
Persian 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.
See also: African diasporic religions
- Batuque
- Candomblé
- Dahomey mythology
- Haitian mythology
- Kumina
- Macumba
- Mami Wata
- Obeah
- Oyotunji
- Quimbanda
- Santería (Lukumi)
- Umbanda
- Vodou
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".
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
- Aztec mythology
- Blackfoot mythology
- Cherokee mythology
- Chickasaw mythology
- Choctaw mythology
- Creek mythology
- Crow mythology
- Ghost Dance
- Guarani mythology
- Haida mythology
- Ho-Chunk mythology
- Hopi mythology
- Huron mythology
- Inca mythology
- Inuit mythology
- Iroquois mythology
- Kwakiutl mythology
- Lakota mythology
- Leni Lenape mythology
- Longhouse religion
- Maya mythology
- Midewiwin
- Native American Church
- Navajo mythology
- Nootka mythology
- Olmec mythology
- Pawnee mythology
- Salish mythology
- Seneca mythology
- Selk'nam religion
- Tsimshian mythology
- Urarina
- Ute mythology
- 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
Cargo cults
Historical polytheism
Further information: Prehistoric religion and History of religion
Ancient Near Eastern
Indo-European
- Proto-Indo-Iranian religion
- Baltic polytheism
- Celtic polytheism
- Germanic polytheism
- Greek polytheism
- Hungarian polytheism
- Finnish polytheism
- Roman polytheism
- Slavic polytheism
Hellenistic
Neopaganism
New Age, Esotericism, Mysticism
- Anthroposophy
- Christian mysticism
- Esoteric Christianity
- Hindu mysticism
- Martinism
- Meher Baba
- Nazi mysticism
- Occultism
- Rosicrucian
- Surat Shabd Yoga
- Sufism
- Thelema
Left-Hand Path
Magic
- Hoodoo (Rootwork)
- Kulam - Filipino witchcraft
- Magick
- Pow-wow
- Seid (shamanic magic)
- Vaastu Shastra
- Witchcraft
New religious movements
Shinshukyo
Fictional religions
Parody or mock religions
- Church of Euthanasia
- Church of the SubGenius
- The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Invisible Pink Unicorn
- Kibology
- Landover Baptist Church
Others
- Unitarian Universalism
- Discordianism
- Ethical Culture
- Fellowship of Reason
- Humanism
- Secular Humanism
- Juche
- Subud
Other categorisations
By demographics
By area
Further information: Religion geography
- Religion in Africa
- Religion in North America
- Religion in South America
- Religion in Asia
- Religion in Australia
- Religion in Europe
- Oceania / Pacific
- Religion by country
- Buddhism by region
See also
- List of religious organizations
- List of people by belief
- Mythology
- Civil religion
- Mystery religion
- Shamanism
- Totemism
References
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