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The following is a partial list of religions and spiritual traditions. This list excludes modern religions, which can be found in the list of new religious movements.
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: Christianity and List of Christian denominations
- Catholicism
- Protestantism
- Pre-Lutheran Protestants
- Adventism
- Anabaptists
- Baptists
- Brethren
- Catholic Apostolic Church
- Charismatic movement
- Christadelphians
- Christian Israelite Church
- Christian Science
- Esoteric Christianity
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- Latter Day Saint movement
- Lutheranism
- Methodism
- Messianic Judaism
- Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus
- New Thought
- Pentecostalism
- Pietism
- Reformed Churches
- Religious Society of Friends
- Restorationism
- Spiritism
- Swedenborgianism
- United and uniting churches
- Unitarianism
- Universalism
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
- Non-Rabbinic Judaism
- Alternative Judaism
- Humanistic Judaism (not always identified as a religion)
- Jewish Renewal
- Karaite Judaism
- Reconstructionist Judaism
- Historical groups
- Sects that believed Jesus was a prophet
Rastafari movement
Sabians
Samaritanism
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
- Thai Maha Nikaya
- Thai Thammayut Nikaya
- Thai Forest Tradition
- Theravada
- Mahayana
- Vajrayana
Hinduism
- See also: Hindu denominations and Contemporary Hindu movements
- Agama Hindu Dharma
- Hindu revivalism
- Lingayatism
- 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
Iranian religions
East Asian religions
Confucianism
Shinto
Taoism
Other
African diasporic religions
- 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 Ethnic 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
Others
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 fictional religions
- List of people by belief
- Mythology
- Civil religion
- Mystery religion
- Shamanism
- Totemism
External links
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