List of religions

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The following is a list of religions. 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 ways in which "major religions" have historically been separated from the list of all religions can be found in the article Major world religions.

Abrahamic religions

Believers in One God also called classical monotheism.

Babism
Bahá'í
- Bahá'í Faith
- Orthodox Bahá'í Faith
Christianity (see List of Christian denominations)
Druzism
Gnosticism
- Basilidians
- Bogomils
- Borborites
- Cainites
- Carpocratians
- Cathars
- Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic)
- Ophites
- Valentinians (see: Valentinius)
Islam
- Ahmadiyya
- Kharijites
  - Ibadis
  - Sufris
- Nation of Islam
- Shiite
- Sunni
- Sufism
- Zikri
Judaism (see also: Jew; Hebrews)
- Contemporary divisions
  - Karaite Judaism
  - Rabbinic Judaism
  - Humanistic Judaism
- Historical Sects
- Heretical sects that believed Jesus was a prophet
- Crypto-Jews
  - Marranos
  - Conversos
- Jewish messianic movements
  - Frankists
  - Sabbatians
    - Donmeh
Samaritans
Mandaeanists
Rastafarians
Black Hebrews

Dharmic religions

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

Hinduism (see also Contemporary Hindu movements)
- Agama Hindu Dharma (Javanese Hinduism)
- Shaivism
- Shaktism
- Smartism
- Vaishnavism
  - Swaminarayan Religion
  - The Original || Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday ||
  - Gaudiya Vaishnavism
    - ISKCON (Hare Krishna)
- Six major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy
  - Samkhya
  - Nyaya
  - Vaisheshika
  - Purva mimamsa
  - Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa)
    - Advaita Vedanta
    - Integral Yoga
  - Yoga
Buddhism (see Schools of Buddhism)
- Mahayana
- Nikaya schools (which have historically been called Hinayana in the West)
  - Theravada
- Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism)
Jainism
- Digambara
- Shvetambara
Sikhism

Other revealed religions

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

Zoroastrianism

Indigenous religions

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

African religions
European religions
Asian religions
- Babylonian and Assyrian religion
  - Assyrian mythology
  - Babylonian mythology
  - Chaldean mythology
  - Sumerian mythology
- Bön (Indigenous Tibetan belief)
- Chinese mythology
- Shinto
  - Oomoto
- Tengrism (Indigenous Mongol, Tartar & Kazakh belief)
- Yezidis (Modified indigenous Kurdish belief)
Native American religions
Northern indigenous religions
- Aleut mythology
- Evenk mythology
- Inuit mythology
- Yukaghir mythology
Oceanic religions
- Australian Aboriginal mythology
- Balinese mythology
- Micronesian mythology
- Maori mythology
- Modekngei (Republic of Palau)
- Nauruan indigenous religion
- Polynesian mythology
- Tuvaluan mythology

Neopagan or revival religions

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

Ásatrú
Church of All Worlds
Dievturiba
Ghost Dance
Neo-druidism
Judeo-Paganism
Hellênismos
Orisha religions (beliefs of the former West African slaves in the New World)
- Kumina
- Obeah
- Santería (Lukumi)
- Voudun
  - Beninese Vodun
  - La Regla Arara
  - Jeje Vodun
  - Sèvis Gine
Kongo religions (beliefs of the former South and Central African (Bantu) slaves in the New World
- Candomblé
- Macumba
- Palo
  - Mayombe
    - Kimbisa
    - Briyumba
    - Malongo
- Umbanda and Quimbanda
- Xango
Rodoverie (Slavic paganism)
Summum
Wicca

Non-revealed religions

Philosophies not transmitted by a divine prophet

Left-Hand Path religions

The ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it

Demonolatry
Dragon Rouge
Satanism
- LaVeyan Satanism
  - Church of Satan
  - First Satanic Church
- Order of Nine Angles
Setianism also spelled Sethianism
- Temple of Set
- The Storm
Quimbanda

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

Ayahuasca-based beliefs
- Santo Daime [3]
- União do Vegetal
Church of the Universe (marijuana sacrament)
Peyotism
THC Ministry

New religious movements

Religions founded since 1850 with small followings

Indigenous NRM's

African Diaspora / Latin American NRM's

Hindu-oriented NRM's

NRM's with Islamic Roots

Christian-oriented NRM's

Buddhist-oriented NRM's

Chinese-oriented NRM's

Japanese-oriented NRM's

Korean-oriented NRM's

Vietnamese-oriented NRM's

Western Magical / Esoteric Groups

White Supremacist Religions

Church of Jesus Christ Christian
Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord
World Church of the Creator (Creativity Movement)
Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan [4]

Alien-based religions

The Aetherius Society [5]
Raelism
Scientology
- Church of Scientology
- Free Zone
Unarius society (Unarius Academy of Science) [6]
Urantia, Book of

Other NRM's

Anthroposophy
Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)
Baluan Native Christian United Church
Breatharianism (Air cult)
Brianism
Christian Fellowship Church of New Georgia
Church Universal and Triumphant
Eckankar
Elan Vital
Faithists of Kosmon
Juche (The personality cult of North Korean leaders)
Order of the Solar Temple
Process Church of the Final Judgement
Purtillology
Racist religions
Sathya Sai Organisation
- Kardecist Spiritism
Subud
Tuka Movement
The Unification Church (Moonies)
Virus, The Church of
Yoism

Parody or mock religions

Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general

Church of Bill Nye The Science Guy
Church of God the Utterly Indifferent
Church of the SubGenius (The cult of Bob Dobbs)
Discordianism (some Discordians maintain that their religion is not wholly without an element of seriousness)
Elvis religions
- Church of Jesus Christ Elvis
- The First Preslyterian Church of Elvis the Divine [7]
Fictional religions turned Parody
- Bokononism
- Jedi census movement
The First Church of the Last Laugh [8]
Invisible Pink Unicorn
Kibology
Landover Baptist Church
Universal Church of Google
Roshambo
Shatnerology
Text editor religions
- Church of Emacs
- Cult of Vi
- First Church of Pac-Man [9]