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Encyclopedia > Religions of the world
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Religions, sects and denominations

Note that the classification hereunder is only one of several possible. This system uses a filter system for categorization. A group will be listed in a category as close to the top of the page as the definitions for the category allow. Even if multiple definitions are applicable a religion will only be listed once. The definition of religion for this page is fairly liberal.

A discussion of the the ways in which "major religions" have historically been seperated from the list of all religions can be found in the article Major world religions.


Abrahamic religions

Believers in the One God, YHWH; also called desert monotheism.

Dharmic religions

Religions with a concept of Dharma, also major religions of historical India

Other revealed religions

These are broadly similar to Abrahamic religions in scope and nature, but follow a separate history of prophesy and belief

Indigenous religions

The orally transmitted canon of indigenous peoples, many involving some variant of animism and most defunct

Neopagan or revival religions

Modern religions seeking to recreate indigenous, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices

Non-revealed religions

Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet

Suitheistic religions

Religions which value the spiritual advancement of the self over other goals

Syncretic religions

Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same

Entheogen religions

Religions based around divinely inspiring substances

New Religious Movements

Religions founded since 1850 with small followings

Parody or mock religions

Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general

Fictional religions

See List of fictional religions


Forms of religion

Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious movements and practices

Esotericism

Mysticism

Magic (religion)

Ritualism

Organizations promoting Ecumenism

See also

External links


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From the earliest known evidence of human religion by Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis around 100,000 years ago to the present day, religion continues to be a very influential aspect of human lives.
Religion is the universal tool for explaining things which we do not understand through the context the known physical world.
Religion helps us to transmit our values from one generation to another, and influences the way we interact with the natural environment.
Major world religions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (566 words)
Major world religions have been distinguished from minor religions using a variety of methods, though any such division naturally reflects a particular bias, since many adherents of a religion are likely to consider their own faith "major".
This listing does not draw distinctions between organized religion, which has a single belief code and religious hierarchies, and informal religions, such as Chinese traditional religions, which are a mix of different folk religious ideas.
Not a single organized religion, this includes traditional African beliefs such as Yoruba as well as diasporic beliefs such as Santeria (which itself draws from Catholicism) and Vodoun.
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