Short description: Overview of and topical guide to religion
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to religion:
Religion – organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. Many religions have narratives, symbols, and sacred histories that are intended to explain the meaning of life and/or to explain the origin of life or the Universe. From their beliefs about the cosmos and human nature, people derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.
Religious symbols in clock-wise order:
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baháʼí Faith, Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Slavic neopaganism, Celtic polytheism, Heathenism (German paganism), Semitic neopaganism, Wicca, Kemetism (Egyptian paganism), Hellenism, Italo-Roman neopaganism.
Classification
Demographics
- Main page: Religion:List of religious populations
List of religions
- Main page: Religion:List of religions and spiritual traditions
Religion by region
- Religion by continent
- Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania (includes Australia) • South America
- Religion by political division, arranged alphabetically
- Religions by country
- Religion by political division, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region
- Religion in Africa
- Religion in West Africa
- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
- Religion in North Africa
- Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • South Sudan •Tunisia
- Religion in Central Africa
- Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe
- Religion in East Africa
- Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia (Somaliland) • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
- Religion in Southern Africa
- Botswana • Eswatini • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa
- Religion in Antarctica
- Religion in Asia
- Religion in Central Asia
- Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan
- Religion in East Asia
- China
- Tibet
- Hong Kong • Macau
- Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan
- Religion in North Asia
- Russia
- Religion in Southeast Asia
- Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • Cambodia • East Timor (Timor-Leste) • Indonesia • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam
- Religion in South Asia
- Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka
- Religion in India
- States of India: Andhra Pradesh • Arunachal Pradesh • Assam • Bihar • Chhattisgarh • Goa • Gujarat • Haryana • Himachal Pradesh • Jammu and Kashmir • Jharkhand • Karnataka • Kerala • Madhya Pradesh • Maharashtra • Manipur • Meghalaya • Mizoram • Nagaland • Odisha • Punjab • Rajasthan • Sikkim • Tamil Nadu • Telangana • Tripura • Uttar Pradesh • Uttarakhand • West Bengal
- Religion in West Asia
- Armenia • Azerbaijan • Bahrain • Cyprus (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • State of Palestine • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey • United Arab Emirates • Yemen
- Religion in the Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them)
- Religion in North Caucasus
- Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
- Religion in South Caucasus
- Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
- Religion in Europe
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • North Macedonia • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia •
- Spain
- Autonomous communities of Spain: Catalonia
- Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- England (Birmingham, Cornwall, London, Sussex) • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales
- Vatican City
- Religion in the European Union
- North America
- Canada
- Religion in Provinces of Canada: • Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario (Toronto) • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • Saskatchewan
- Religion in Territories of Canada: Northwest Territories • Nunavut • Yukon
- Greenland • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States
- Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • Religion in Washington, D.C. • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
- Mexico
- Religion in Central America
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Religion in the Caribbean
- Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands
- Religion in Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
- Religion in Australasia
- Australia
- Religion in Dependencies/Territories of Australia
- Christmas Island • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island
- New Zealand
- Religion in Melanesia
- Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only) • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu •
- Religion in Micronesia
- Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (USA) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA) •
- Religion in Polynesia
- American Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)
- Religion in South America
- Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela
Religious studies
- Main page: Religious studies
Religious concepts
Religious belief
Approaches to the beliefs of others
Religious behaviour and experiences
Religion-specific topics
African traditional and diasporic topics
Anitism topics
Ayyavazhi topics
- Main page: Philosophy:Ayyavazhi
- Ayyavazhi scriptures
- List of Ayyavazhi-related topics
Bábism topics
- Main pages: Religion:Outline of Religion:Bábism and Religion:Bábism
Baháʼí Faith topics
- Main pages: Religion:Outline of the Social:Baháʼí Faith and Social:Baháʼí Faith
- ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
- The Báb
- Baháʼí teachings
- Baháʼu'lláh
- History of the Baháʼí Faith
Buddhism topics
- Main pages: Religion:Outline of Religion:Buddhism and Religion:Buddhism
Cao Dai topics
Christianity topics
- Main pages: Religion:Outline of Religion:Christianity and Religion:Christianity
Hinduism topics
- Main pages: Religion:Outline of Religion:Hinduism and Religion:Hinduism
- Diet in Hinduism
- Hindu denominations
- History of Hinduism
- List of Hinduism-related articles
Islam topics
- Main pages: Religion:Outline of Religion:Islam and Religion:Islam
Jainism topics
Judaism topics
- Main pages: Religion:Judaism and Outline of Religion:Judaism
- Israel
- Jew
- Jewish
- Jewish religious movements
- Jewish vegetarianism
- Judaism by country
- List of Jewish history topics
- Origins of Judaism
Modern Paganism topics
New Age topics
New religious movement topics
- Main page: Religion:New religious movement
Open source religion topics
Rasta topics
- Main page: Unsolved:Rastafari
Satanism topics
- Main page: Religion:Satanism
Shintō topics
- Main page: Philosophy:Shinto
Sikhism topics
- Main pages: Religion:Outline of Religion:Sikhism and Religion:Sikhism
Spiritism topics
- Main page: Unsolved:Spiritism
Taoism topics
- Main pages: Philosophy:Taoism and Outline of Philosophy:Taoism
Tenrikyo topics
- Main page: Religion:Tenrikyo
- Joyous Life
- Ofudesaki
- Osashizu
- Oyasama
- Tenri-O-no-Mikoto
Unitarian Universalism topics
- Main page: Philosophy:Unitarian Universalism
Vegetarianism and religion topics
- Philosophic issues in topics in religion and vegetarianism
- Exogenous criticism of other religions where there may be vegetarianism
- Endogenous criticism of behaviors within one's own religion
- Epistemological concerns about relative legitimacy of religious grounds for vegetarian practice in light of modern science grounds for vegetarian practice
In Indian religions
- Indian religions
- Hinduism
- Jainism
- Buddhism
- Sikhism
In Abrahamic religions
In Other religions
- Zoroastrianism
- Nation of Islam
- Taoism
- Faithist/Oahspe
- Neopaganism
- Meher Baba's teachings
Zoroastrianism topics
- Main page: Religion:Zoroastrianism
Irreligion topics
- Main page: Religion:Irreligion
Religion and religious ideas in fiction
See also
References
External links
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