This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
While the word religion is difficult to define, one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it as
[a] system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.[1]
Some academics studying the subject have divided religions into three broad categories: world religions, a term which refers to transcultural, international faiths; Indigenous religions, which refers to smaller, culture-specific or nation-specific religious groups; and new religious movements, which refers to recently developed faiths.[5] One modern academic theory of religion, social constructionism, says that religion is a modern concept that suggests all spiritual practice and worship follows a model similar to the Abrahamic religions as an orientation system that helps to interpret reality and define human beings,[6] and thus believes that religion, as a concept, has been applied inappropriately to non-Western cultures that are not based upon such systems, or in which these systems are a substantially simpler construct.
Religions that originated in East Asia, also known as Taoic religions; namely Taoism, Confucianism, Muism and Shinto, and religions and traditions related to, and descended from them.
Religions that consist of the traditional customs and beliefs of particular ethnic groups, refined and expanded upon for thousands of years, often lacking formal doctrine. Some adherents do not consider their ways to be "religion," preferring other cultural terms.
^Laycock, Joseph P. Reitman (2012). "We Are Spirits of Another Sort". Nova Religio. 15 (3): 65–90. doi:10.1525/nr.2012.15.3.65. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2012.15.3.65.
Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin, eds. (2010). Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices. Vol. 6-volume Set (2nd ed.). Santa Barbara; Denver; Oxford: ABC-CLIO. ISBN978-1-59884-203-6.
External links
Wikiversity has learning resources about Beyond Theism
Patheos World Religions library
BBC.co.uk section on major world religions
May 03, 2023
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Further information Major religious groups Religious denomination and History of religion This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources While the word religion is difficult to define one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it asReligious symbols in clock wise form from top Judaism Christianity Islam Bahaʼi Faith Hinduism Taoism Buddhism Sikhism Slavic neopaganism Celtic polytheism Heathenism Germanic paganism Semitic neopaganism Wicca Kemetism Egyptian paganism Hellenism Greek paganism Italo Roman neopaganism a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful pervasive and long lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic 1 Many religions have narratives symbols traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe They tend to derive morality ethics religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature According to some estimates there are roughly 4 200 religions churches denominations religious bodies faith groups tribes cultures movements ultimate concerns which at some point in the future will be countless 2 The word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with the words faith or belief system but religion differs from private belief in that it has a public aspect Most religions have organized behaviours including clerical hierarchies a definition of what constitutes adherence or membership congregations of laity regular meetings or services for the purposes of veneration of a deity or for prayer holy places either natural or architectural or religious texts Certain religions also have a sacred language often used in liturgical services The practice of a religion may also include sermons commemoration of the activities of a God or gods sacrifices festivals feasts trance rituals liturgies ceremonies worship initiations funerals marriages meditation invocation mediumship music art dance public service or other aspects of human culture Religious beliefs have also been used to explain parapsychological phenomena such as out of body experiences near death experiences and reincarnation along with many other paranormal and supernatural experiences 3 4 Some academics studying the subject have divided religions into three broad categories world religions a term which refers to transcultural international faiths Indigenous religions which refers to smaller culture specific or nation specific religious groups and new religious movements which refers to recently developed faiths 5 One modern academic theory of religion social constructionism says that religion is a modern concept that suggests all spiritual practice and worship follows a model similar to the Abrahamic religions as an orientation system that helps to interpret reality and define human beings 6 and thus believes that religion as a concept has been applied inappropriately to non Western cultures that are not based upon such systems or in which these systems are a substantially simpler construct Contents 1 Eastern religions 1 1 Dharmic religions 1 1 1 Buddhism 1 1 2 Dharmic philosophy schools 1 1 3 Hinduism 1 1 4 Jainism 1 1 5 Sikhism 1 1 6 Yoga 1 2 East Asian religions 1 2 1 Chinese folk religion 1 2 2 Chinese philosophy schools 1 2 3 Confucianism 1 2 4 Japanese religions 1 2 5 Korean religions 1 2 6 Taoism 1 2 7 Vietnamese religions 2 Middle Eastern religions 2 1 Abrahamic religions 2 1 1 Christianity 2 1 2 Islam 2 1 3 Judaism 2 1 4 Other Abrahamic 2 2 Iranian religions 2 2 1 Manichaeism 2 2 2 Yazdanism 2 2 3 Zoroastrianism 3 Indigenous ethnic folk religions 3 1 African 3 1 1 Traditional African 3 1 2 Diasporic African 3 2 Altaic 3 3 American 3 4 Austroasiatic 3 5 Austronesian 3 6 Caucasian 3 7 Dravidian 3 8 Indo European 3 9 Melanesian and Aboriginal 3 10 Negrito 3 11 Paleosiberian 3 12 Sino Tibetan 3 13 Tai and Miao 3 14 Uralic 3 15 Other 4 New religious movements 4 1 Cargo cults 4 2 New ethnic religions 4 2 1 Black 4 2 2 White 4 2 3 Native American 4 3 World Religion derived new religions 4 3 1 Abrahamic derived 4 3 2 Chinese salvationist religions 4 3 3 Hindu reform movements 4 3 4 Muist derived 4 3 5 Neo Buddhism 4 3 6 Perennial and interfaith 4 3 7 Shinshukyo 4 3 8 Sikh derived 4 4 Modern paganism 4 4 1 Ethnic neopaganism 4 4 2 Syncretic neopaganism 4 5 Entheogenic religions 4 6 New Age Movement 4 7 New Thought 4 8 Parody religions and fiction based religions 4 9 Post theistic and naturalistic religions 4 10 UFO religions 4 11 Western esotericism 5 Historical religions 5 1 Prehistoric Religion 5 2 Bronze Age 5 3 Classical antiquity 5 4 Medieval Period 6 Other categorisations 6 1 By demographics 6 2 By area 7 See also 8 References 9 Sources 10 External linksEastern religions EditMain article Eastern religions Dharmic religions Edit Main article Indian religions The four main religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent namely Hinduism Jainism Sikhism and Buddhism and religions and traditions related to and descended from them Buddhism Edit Main article BuddhismSee also Schools of Buddhism Pre sectarian Buddhism theorized Mahayana Ari Buddhism Chinese Buddhism Tiantai Tendai Cheontae Huayan school Dasabhumika Chan Buddhism Seon Buddhism Thiền Buddhism Truc Lam syncretic Japanese Zen Zen Buddhism Caodong school Sōtō Keizan line Jakuen line Giin line Linji school Otokan line Rinzai Ōbaku Fuke shu Sanbo Kyodan Madhyamaka Sanlun Jonang Prasaṅgika Svatantrika Nichiren Buddhism Honmon Butsuryu shu Kempon Hokke Nichiren Shōshu Nichiren Shu Pure Land Buddhism Jōdo Shinshu Honganji ha Ōtani ha Yuzu Nembutsu Seizan Jōdo shu Yogacara East Asian Yogacara Nikaya Buddhism incorrectly called Hinayana citation needed Theravada Sangharaj Nikaya Mahasthabir Nikaya Dwara Nikaya Shwegyin Nikaya Thudhamma Nikaya Amarapura Ramanna Nikaya Galduwa Forest Tradition Siam Nikaya Sri Lankan Forest Tradition Dhammayuttika Nikaya Thai Forest Tradition Maha Nikaya Thailand Dhammakaya Movement Vipassana movement United States Vajrayana Azhaliism Bongthingism Chinese Esoteric Buddhism Newar Buddhism Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism Shingon Buddhism Southern Esoteric Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Bon syncretic Gelug Yellow Shamanism syncretic Kagyu Dagpo Kagyu Karma Kagyu Drukpa Kagyu Shangpa Kagyu Nyingma Sakya Jonang BodongpaDharmic philosophy schools Edit Main article Hindu philosophy Astika Orthodox schools Nyaya Mimamsa Samkhya Vaisheshika Vedanta Advaita Vedanta Akshar Purushottam Darshan Bhedabheda Achintya Bheda Abheda Dvaitadvaita Dvaita Vedanta Pratyabhijna Shaiva Siddhanta Shiva Advaita Shuddhadvaita Vishishtadvaita Yoga philosophy Nastika Heterodox schools Ajivika Ajnana Akiriya Buddhism Charvaka 7 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Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis Lectorium Rosicrucianum Rosicrucian Fellowship Satanism Non theistic Satanism LaVeyan Satanism Church of Satan First Satanic Church The Satanic Temple Theistic Satanism Joy of Satan Order of Nine Angles Our Lady of Endor Coven Historical Temple of the Black Light Temple of Set Spiritualism Faithism Thelema A A Ordo Templi Orientis Typhonian Order Theosophy Neo Theosophy Angi Yoga Roerichism Thee Temple ov Psychick YouthHistorical religions EditMain article History of religion Prehistoric Religion Edit Main article Prehistoric religion Cucuteni Trypillia religion Funnelbeaker religion Hemudu religion Hongshan religion Linear Pottery religion Paleolithic religion Urreligion theorized Urmonotheismus theorized Varna religionBronze Age Edit Ancient Egyptian religion Atenism Ancient Mesopotamian religion Ancient Assyrian religion Babylonian religion Sabian religion Shamsiyah Sumerian religion Ancient Semitic religion Ancient Canaanite religion Yahwism 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