List of religions and spiritual traditions - wikipedia List of religions and spiritual traditions This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2017 ) This article 's factual accuracy is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. ( November 2017 ) Religious symbols in clock-wise order : Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Bahá'í Faith, Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Slavic neopaganism, Celtic polytheism, Heathenism ( Germanic paganism ), Semitic neopaganism, Wicca, Kemetism ( Egyptian paganism ), Hellenism ( Greek paganism ), Italo - Roman neopaganism. Religion is a collection of cultural systems, beliefs and world views that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes to moral values. While religion is hard to define, one standard model of religion, used in religious studies courses, was proposed by Clifford Geertz, who simply called it a `` cultural system. '' A critique of Geertz 's model by Talal Asad categorized religion as `` an anthropological category. '' 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 in the world. The word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with `` 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, initiations, funerals, marriages, meditation, 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 experiences. 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. 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, and thus 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 Abrahamic religions 1.1 Bábism 1.2 Bahá'í Faith 1.3 Christianity 1.3. 1 Other Christian 1.3. 2 No - longer - extant Christian groups 1.4 Gnosticism 1.5 Islam 1.6 Druze 1.7 Judaism and related religions 1.8 Black Hebrew Israelites 1.9 Rastafari movement 1.10 Mandaeans and Sabians 1.11 Shabakism 2 Indian religions 2.1 Bhakti movement 2.2 Buddhism 2.3 Din - e Ilahi 2.4 Hinduism 2.5 Jainism 2.6 Meivazhi 2.7 Sikhism 3 Iranian religions 3.1 Zoroastrianism 3.2 Gnostic religions 3.3 Bábí movement 3.4 Yazdânism 4 East Asian religions 4.1 Confucianism 4.2 Shinto 4.2. 1 Shinto - inspired religions 4.3 Taoism 4.3. 1 Contemporary Taoism - inspired religions 4.4 Other 4.4. 1 Chinese 4.4. 2 Korean 4.4. 3 Vietnamese 5 African diasporic religions 6 Mesoamerican religions 7 Indigenous traditional religions 7.1 African 7.2 American 7.3 Eurasian 7.4 Oceania / Pacific 7.4. 1 Cargo cults 8 Historical religions 8.1 Ancient Near Eastern 8.2 Indo - European 8.2. 1 Hellenistic 8.3 Uralic 9 Mysticism and occult 9.1 Esotericism and mysticism 9.1. 1 Western mystery tradition 9.2 Occult and magic 10 Modern Paganism 10.1 Syncretic 10.2 Ethnic 11 New religious movements 11.1 Race - based 11.1. 1 Black 11.1. 2 White 11.1. 3 Native American 11.2 New Thought 11.3 Shinshukyo 12 Left - hand path religions 13 Post-theistic and naturalistic religions 14 Others 15 Parody or mock religions 16 Other categorisations 16.1 By demographics 16.2 By area 17 See also 18 References 19 External links Abrahamic religions Main article : Abrahamic religions A group of monotheistic traditions sometimes grouped with one another for comparative purposes, because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham. Bábism Main article : Bábism Azali Bahá'í Faith Main article : Bahá'í Faith See also : Bahá'í divisions Bahá'ís Under the Provisions of the Covenant Orthodox Bahá'í Faith Christianity Main article : Christianity See also : List of Christian denominations Western Christianity Main article : Roman Catholic Church Main article : Protestantism Anabaptists ( Radical Protestants ) Amish Hutterites Mennonites River Brethren Schwarzenau Brethren Shakers Anglicanism Anglo - Catholicism Broad church Continuing Anglican movement English Dissenters ( also Nonconformists ) High church Low church Open Evangelicals Puritans Baptists General Baptists ( also Free Will Baptists ) Landmarkism Missionary Baptists Primitive Baptists Strict Baptists ( also Reformed Baptists ) Black church Black theology Christian deism and Christian atheism Confessing Movement Evangelicalism Charismatic movement Dispensationalist Christian Zionism Emerging church Neo-charismatic movement Neo-Evangelicalism Plymouth Brethren Exclusive Brethren Open Brethren Progressive Christianity Protestant fundamentalism Jesuism Lutheranism Pietism Methodism Calvinistic Methodists Holiness movement Church of the Nazarene The Salvation Army Wesleyanism Pentecostalism Church of God Latter Rain movement Word of Faith Proto - Protestant groups : Hussites Moravians Lollardy Waldensians Reformed churches Amyraldism ( called `` four - point Calvinism '' ) Arminianism Remonstrants Calvinism Christian Reconstructionism Congregational churches Continental Reformed churches : such as the Swiss Reformed, Dutch Reformed, and French Huguenot churches Neo-Calvinism Presbyterianism Quakers ( `` Friends '' ) Zwinglianism Restoration movement Adventism Branch Davidians Seventh - day Adventist Church Christadelphians Christian Science Churches of Christ Iglesia ni Cristo Jehovah 's Witnesses Latter Day Saint movement Mormon fundamentalism Millerism Stone - Campbell movement ( called `` Campbellites '' ) Roman Catholic Church ( called Roman Catholicism or `` Catholicism '' ; subsisting predominantly in the Latin Church ) Affirming Catholicism Breakaway Catholics Charismatic Catholics Hebrew Catholics Independent Catholic churches Old Catholic Church ( Union of Utrecht ) Polish National Catholic Church Liberal Catholicism Liberation theology ( Latin American Neo-Marxist Catholicism ) Modernist Catholics Traditionalist Catholics Sedevacantism Unitarianism Western esotericism Behmenism Christian Kabbalah Martinism Rosicrucianism Swedenborgianism ( or `` The New Church '' ) Eastern Christianity Church of the East ( called `` Nestorian '' ) Ancient Church of the East Assyrian Church of the East Chaldean Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches : In full communion with and subject to the Catholic Communion and Roman Church, but retaining a diverse array of Eastern Christian liturgical rites ; including the Maronites and Byzantine Catholics. Oriental Orthodox Churches ( called Non-Chalcedonian or miaphysite / `` monophysite '' ) : Includes the Armenian Apostolic, Coptic, Syrian Orthodox, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Churches, as well as a portion of the St. Thomas Christians in India. Orthodox Catholic Church ( called `` Eastern Orthodoxy '' or Orthodoxy ) : Includes the Greek Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Romanian Orthodox, Bulgarian Orthodox, Georgian Orthodox, and several other autocephalous and autonomous Churches. Greek Old Calendarists ( called `` Genuine Orthodox '' or `` True Orthodox '' ) Russian Old Believers ( or `` Old Ritualists '' ) Bezpopovtsy Popovtsy Spiritual Christianity Doukhobor Molokan Other Christian Certain Christian groups are difficult to classify as `` Eastern '' or `` Western. '' Christian Gnosticism Christian Universalism Nontrinitarianism Messianic Judaism Rastafari Unification Church Eastern Lightning No - longer - extant Christian groups Arianism Ebionites Marcionism Gnosticism Main article : Gnosticism Many Gnostic groups were closely related to early Christianity, for example, Valentinism. Irenaeus wrote polemics against them from the standpoint of the then - unified Catholic Church. See also : List of Gnostic sects Bosnian Church ( no longer extant ) Cerdonians ( no longer extant ) Colarbasians ( no longer extant ) Simonians ( no longer extant ) Bogomilism ( no longer extant ) Catharism ( no longer extant ) The Yazidis are a syncretic Kurdish religion with a Gnostic influence : Yazidis Persian Gnosticism Mandaeism Manichaeism ( no longer extant ) Bagnolians ( no longer extant ) Syrian - Egyptic Gnosticism None of these religions are still extant. Main article : Syrian - Egyptic Gnosticism Sethianism Basilideans Valentinianism Bardaisan # Bardesanite school Neo-Gnostic Groups Ecclesia Gnostica Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica Islam Main article : Islam See also : Islamic schools and branches Kalam ( philosophical schools ) Main article : Ilm al - Kalam Murji'ah Mu'tazila Kharijite Main article : Khawarij Azraqi Haruriyyah Ibadi ( only surviving sect ) Sufri Shia Islam Main article : Shia Islam Bektashi Order Isma'ilism Mustaali / Dawoodi Bohra Nizari Ja'fari jurisprudence Twelver Akhbari Shaykhism Usuli Alawites Alevism / Bektashi Order Ni'matullāhī Zaidiyyah Sufism Main article : Sufism Chishti Order Mevlevi Order Naqshbandi Jahriyya Khufiyya Qadiriyya Suhrawardiyya Tariqa Tijaniyyah Recent Sufi groups Sufi Order International Sufism Reoriented Universal Sufism Dances of Universal Peace Sunni Islam Main article : Sunni Islam Hanafi Ash'ari Barelvi Maturidi Hanbali Maliki Shafi'i Wahhabism Universalist movements Xidaotang Restorationism Main article : Islamism Ahl al - Hadith Ghair Muqallidism Deobandi Yihewani Muwahhidism Salafi movement Wahhabism Quranism Main article : Quranism Quranism Tolu - e-Islam United Submitters International Black Muslims Main article : Black Muslims ( disambiguation ) American Society of Muslims Five - Percent Nation Moorish Orthodox Church of America Moorish Science Temple of America Nation of Islam United Nation of Islam Ahmadiyya Main article : Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam Other Islamic groups Al - Fatiha Foundation Canadian Muslim Union European Islam Ittifaq al - Muslimin Jadid Jamaat al Muslimeen Liberal movements within Islam Mahdavia Muslim Canadian Congress Progressive British Muslims Progressive Muslim Union Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi Messiah Foundation International Yarsanism Sufi and Shia Sects Alevism Bektashi Order Moorish Orthodox Church of America Druze Main article : Druze Orchonid Druze ( in Lebanon, Syria, Israel... ) Dyayummar Druze ( in Lebanon only ) Messaite Druze ( possibly in any place ) Judaism and related religions Main article : Judaism See also : Jewish religious movements Rabbinic Judaism Main article : Rabbinic Judaism Conservative ( Masorti ) Judaism Humanistic Judaism ( not always identified as a religion ) Jewish Renewal Orthodox Judaism Haredi Judaism Hasidic Judaism Modern Orthodox Judaism Reconstructionist Judaism Reform Judaism Karaite Judaism Main article : Karaite Judaism Samaritanism Main article : Samaritans Samaritans use a slightly different version of the Pentateuch as their Torah, worshiping at Mount Gerizim instead of Jerusalem, and are possibly the descendants of the lost Northern Kingdom. They are definitely of ancient Israelite origin, but their status as Jews is disputed. Falasha or Beta Israel Noahidism Main article : Noahidism Noahidism is a monotheistic ideology based on the Seven Laws of Noah, and on their traditional interpretations within Rabbinic Judaism. According to Jewish law, non-Jews are not obligated to convert to Judaism, but they are required to observe the Seven Laws of Noah. Historical groups Second Temple Judaism Essenes Pharisees ( ancestor of Rabbinic Judaism ) Sadducees ( possible ancestor of Karaite Judaism ) Zealots ( Judea ) Sicarii Sects that believed Jesus was a prophet Ebionites Elcesaites Nazarenes Sabbateans Frankism Black Hebrew Israelites Main article : Black Hebrew Israelites Rastafari movement Main article : Rastafari movement Mandaeans and Sabians Main articles : Mandaeism and Sabians Mandaeism Sabians Mandaean Nasaraean Sabeans Sabians of Harran Shabakism Main article : Shabak people § Religious beliefs Indian religions Main article : Indian religions Indian religions are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent ; namely Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism, and religions and traditions related to, and descended from them. Bhakti movement Main article : Bhakti movement Kabir Panth Ravidassia Sant Mat Divine Light Mission Eckankar Radhasoami Radha Soami Satsang Beas Radha Swami Satsang, Dinod Buddhism Main article : Schools of Buddhism Nikaya schools ( which have historically been incorrectly called Hinayana in the West ) Buddha - nature Daśabhūmikā ( absorbed into Huayan ) Huayan school ( Avataṃsaka ) Hwaeom Kegon Humanistic Buddhism Madhyamaka East Asian Mādhyamaka ( Three Treatise school ) Jonang Prasaṅgika Svatantrika Nichiren Buddhism Nichiren Shōshū Nichiren Shū Soka Gakkai Pure Land Buddhism Jōdo Shinshū Jōdo - shū Theravada Bangladeshi Sangharaj Nikaya Bangladeshi Mahasthabir Nikaya Burmese Dwara Nikaya Burmese Shwegyin Nikaya Burmese Thudhamma Nikaya Vipassana tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw and disciples Sri Lankan Amarapura Nikaya Sri Lankan Ramañña Nikaya Sri Lankan Siam Nikaya Thai Dhammayuttika Nikaya Thai Forest Tradition Tradition of Ajahn Chah Thai Maha Nikaya Dhammakaya Movement Vipassana movement Mahayana Tiantai Tendai Cheontae Yogācāra East Asian Yogācāra Chan Buddhism Caodong school Zen Sōtō Keizan line Jakuen line Giin line Linji school Rinzai school Ōbaku Fuke - shū Won Buddhism Kwan Um School of Zen Sanbo Kyodan Vajrayana Shingon Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Bon Gelug Kagyu Dagpo Kagyu Karma Kagyu Barom Kagyu Drukpa Lineage Shangpa Kagyu Nyingma Sakya Jonang Bodongpa Navayana Dalit Buddhist movement New Buddhist movements Neo-Buddhist movement Shambhala Buddhism Diamond Way Buddhism Triratna Buddhist Community New Kadampa Tradition Share International True Buddha School Nipponzan - Myōhōji - Daisanga Hòa Hảo Global variants of Buddhism Buddhism in the United States Din - e Ilahi Din - e Ilahi Hinduism Main article : Hinduism See also : Hindu denominations Ayyavazhi ( sometimes classified as an independent religion ) Lingayatism Shaivism Shaktism Shrauta Smartism Swaminarayan Tantrism Ananda Marga Vaishnavism Brahma Sampradaya Gaudiya Vaishnavism International Society for Krishna Consciousness Sri Vaishnavism Rudra Sampradaya Nimbarka Sampradaya Varkari Sampradaya Hindu reform movements Arya Samaj Brahmo Samaj Ramakrishna Mission Satsang of Thakur Anukulchandra Satya Dharma Matua Mahasangha The Osho or Rajneesh movement Major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy Main article : Hindu philosophy Nyaya Purva mimamsa Samkhya Vaisheshika Vedanta ( Uttara Mimamsa ) Advaita Vedanta Integral Yoga Dvaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Yoga Ashtanga Yoga Bhakti yoga Jnana yoga Karma yoga Kundalini yoga Hatha yoga Raja yoga Sahaja Yoga Siddha Yoga Surat Shabd Yoga Tantric Yoga Jainism Main article : Jainism Digambara Bispanthi Digambar Terapanth Kanji Panth Panth of Kanji Swami Śvētāmbara Murtipujaka ( Deravasi ) Sthānakavāsī Svetambar Terapanth Meivazhi Meivazhi Sikhism Main article : Sikhism Khalsa Nihang Namdhari ( `` Kuka Sikhs '' ) Ravidassia religion Sahajdhari Iranian religions Main article : Iranian religions Zoroastrianism Main article : Zoroastrianism Behafaridians Mazdakism Zurvanism Khurramites ( syncretism with Shi'a Islam ) Gnostic religions Mandaeism Manichaeism Mithraism Bábí movement Azali Bábism Bahá'í Faith Yazdânism Main article : Yazdânism Alevi ( this is contested ; most Alevi consider themselves to be Shia or Sufi Muslims, but a minority adhere to the Yazdani interpretation ) Yarsani Yazidi East Asian religions Main article : East Asian religions Confucianism Main article : Confucianism Neo-Confucianism New Confucianism Shinto Main articles : Shinto and Shinto sects and schools Koshintō Shugendō Yoshida Shintō Shinto - inspired religions Konkokyo Oomoto Seicho - no - Ie Shinmeiaishinkai Tenrikyo Zenrinkyo Taoism Main article : Taoism Way of the Five Pecks of Rice Way of the Celestial Masters Zhengyi Dao ( `` Way of the Right Oneness '' ) Taipingjing - based movements Shangqing School ( `` School of the Highest Clarity '' ) Lingbao School ( `` School of the Numinous Treasure '' ) Quanzhen School ( `` Way of the Fulfilled Virtue '' ) Dragon Gate Taoism Wuliupai ( `` School of Wu - Liu '' ) Yao Taoism ( Meishanism ) Faism ( Redhead Taoism ) Xuanxue ( Neo-Taoism ) Contemporary Taoism - inspired religions Yiguandao Dudeism ( The Church of the Latter - Day Dude ) Zenarchy ( Kerry Wendell Thornley ) Other Chinese Chan Buddhism Chinese folk religion Falun Gong Yiguandao ( I Kuan - Tao ) Mohism Xiantiandao Korean Cheondoism Daejongism Daesun Jinrihoe Gasin faith Jeung San Do Juche Korean shamanism Won Buddhism Suwunism Vietnamese Cao Đài Đạo Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương Đạo Dừa African diasporic religions See also : African diasporic religions African diasporic religions are a number of related religions that developed in the Americas among African slaves and their descendants in various countries of the Caribbean Islands and Latin America, as well as parts of the southern United States. They derive from African traditional religions, especially of West and Central Africa, showing similarities to the Yoruba religion in particular. Batuque Candomblé Dahomey mythology Haitian mythology Kumina Macumba Mami Wata Obeah Oyotunji Palo Ifa Lucumi Hudu Quimbanda Santería ( Lukumi ) Umbanda Vodou Mesoamerican religions Main article : Mesoamerican religion Aztec religion Maya religion Lacandon religion Mixtec religion Olmec religion Purepecha religion Totonac religion Zapotec religion Indigenous traditional religions See also : Paganism and Folk religion Traditionally, these faiths have all been classified `` Pagan '', but scholars prefer the terms `` indigenous / primal / folk / ethnic religions ''. African Main article : African traditional religions Northern Africa Berber religion West Africa Akan religion Ashanti mythology ( Ghana ) Dahomey ( Fon ) religion Bori ( Hausa people ) Efik mythology ( Nigeria, Cameroon ) Serer religion Odinani ( Nigeria, Cameroon ) Isoko mythology ( Nigeria ) Yoruba religion ( Nigeria, Benin ) Ifa Afa Fa Central Africa Bushongo mythology ( Congo ) Bambuti ( Pygmy ) mythology ( Congo ) Lugbara religion ( Congo ) East Africa Akamba mythology ( East Kenya ) Dinka religion ( Sudan ) Lotuko mythology ( Sudan ) Masai mythology ( Kenya, Tanzania ) Malagasy mythology Oromo religion Southern Africa Badimo ( Botswana ) Khoisan religion Lozi mythology ( Zambia ) Tumbuka mythology ( Malawi ) Zulu religion ( South Africa ) American Main article : Native American mythology North American Abenaki mythology Anishinaabe Blackfoot mythology Cherokee mythology Chickasaw mythology Choctaw mythology Creek mythology Crow mythology Haida mythology Ho - Chunk mythology ( aka : Winnebago ) Hopi mythology Inuit mythology Iroquois mythology Keetoowah Nighthawk Society Kuksu Kwakiutl mythology Lakota mythology Leni Lenape mythology Longhouse religion Midewiwin Miwok Navajo mythology Nootka mythology Ohlone mythology Pomo mythology Pawnee mythology Salish mythology Selk'nam religion Seneca mythology Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Sun Dance Tsimshian mythology Urarina Ute mythology Wyandot religion Zuni mythology South American Guarani mythology Inca mythology Jivaroan religion Mapuche religion Muisca religion and Muisca mythology Eurasian Asian Bathouism Benzhuism ( indigenous religion of the Bai people ) Bimoism ( indigenous religion of the Yi people ) Bon Chinese mythology Japanese mythology Korean shamanism Manchu shamanism Mun ( Lepcha ) Pemena ( Karo people ( Indonesia ) ) Shamanism in Siberia Tengrism Ua Dab ( indigenous religion of the Hmong people ) Vietnamese folk religion European Estonian mythology Shamanism among Eskimo peoples Finnish mythology and Finnish paganism Shamanistic remnants in Hungarian folklore Sami shamanism Oceania / Pacific Australian Aboriginal mythology ( Dreamtime ) Austronesian beliefs Indonesian mythology Aluk Todolo ( indigenous religion of the Toraja people ) Balinese mythology Balinese Hinduism Traditional Batak religion Parmalim Kaharingan ( indigenous religion of the Dayak people ) Javanese beliefs Marapu ( indigenous religion of the Sumba people ) Pemena ( indigenous religion of the Karo people ) Sunda Wiwitan ( indigenous religion of the Sundanese people ) Melanesian mythology Micronesian mythology Modekngei Nauruan indigenous religion Philippine mythology Anito Gabâ Kulam Tagalog indigenous religion Polynesian mythology Cook Islands mythology Hawaiian mythology Māori mythology Māori religion Pai Mārire Rātana Ringatū Rapa Nui mythology Moai Tangata manu Cargo cults Main article : Cargo cults John Frum Johnson cult Prince Philip Movement Vailala Madness Historical religions Further information : Prehistoric religion and History of religion Most historical religions were polytheistic, but some, such as Atenism, were much closer to monotheism. Ancient Near Eastern Main article : Ancient Near Eastern religions Ancient Egyptian religion Atenism Ancient Semitic religions Canaanite mythology and religion Religion in Carthage Palmyrene religion Ancient Mesopotamian religion Babylonian and Assyrian religion Babylonian mythology Chaldean mythology Sumerian mythology Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia Nabataean religion Indo - European Main article : Proto - Indo - European religion Proto - Indo - Iranian religion Historical Vedic religion Iranian mythology Armenian mythology Baltic polytheism Celtic polytheism Germanic paganism Anglo - Saxon paganism Continental Germanic mythology Norse religion Greek polytheism Hittite mythology Persian mythology Religion in ancient Rome Slavic mythology Hellenistic Main article : Hellenistic religion Mystery religions Eleusinian Mysteries Mithraic mysteries Orphism Pythagoreanism Gallo - Roman religion Uralic Estonian polytheism Finnish polytheism Hungarian polytheism Mysticism and occult Esotericism and mysticism Main articles : Esotericism and Mysticism Anthroposophy Buddhist esoteric tradition Hindu mysticism Tantra Kabbalah Christian Kabbalah Neoplatonism Pythagoreanism Neopythagoreanism Sufism Theosophy Western mystery tradition See also : Esoteric Christianity, Christian mysticism, Jewish mysticism, and Islamic mysticism Archeosophical Society Behmenism Builders of the Adytum Fraternitas Saturni Fraternity of the Inner Light Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn Hermeticism Martinism Ordo Aurum Solis Rosicrucian Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis Rosicrucian Fellowship Servants of the Light Thelema A ∴ A ∴ Ordo Templi Orientis Typhonian Order Occult and magic Main articles : Occult § Occultism, and Magic ( paranormal ) Alchemy Ceremonial magic Enochian magic Goetia Chaos magic Illuminates of Thanateros Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth Hoodoo ( folk magic ) ( Rootwork ) Louisiana Voodoo Kulam - Filipino witchcraft Pow - wow ( folk magic ) Magick ( Thelema ) Contemporary witchcraft Modern Paganism Main article : Modern paganism See also : List of Neopagan movements Syncretic Adonism Church of All Worlds Church of Aphrodite Feraferia Koshintō Neo-Druidism Ár nDraíocht Féin Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids Reformed Druids of North America Neoshamanism Neo-völkisch movements Technopaganism Wicca British Traditional Wicca Gardnerian Wicca Alexandrian Wicca Central Valley Wicca Algard Wicca Chthonioi Alexandrian Wicca Blue Star Wicca Seax - Wica Universal Eclectic Wicca Celtic Wicca Dianic Wicca Faery Wicca Feri Tradition Georgian Wicca Odyssean Wicca Wiccan church Covenant of the Goddess Ethnic See also : Ethnic religion Armenian neopaganism Baltic neopaganism Celtic neopaganism Dievturība Estonian neopaganism Finnish neopaganism Germanic neopaganism Hellenism ( religion ) Italo - Roman neopaganism Kemetism Mari native religion Odinism Romuva ( religion ) Semitic neopaganism Slavic neopaganism Wotanism Zalmoxianism New religious movements Main article : List of new religious movements Eckankar Unitarian Universalism Huna Raëlism Scientology Race - based See also : Ethnic religion Black Ausar Auset Society Black Hebrew Israelites Dini Ya Msambwa Mumboism Nation of Gods and Earths Nation of Islam Nuwaubian Nation Moorish Orthodox Church of America Moorish Science Temple of America Rastafari White Ariosophy Black Order ( Satanist group ) Creativity Order of Nine Angles Thule Society Wotansvolk Native American Ghost Dance Indian Shaker Church Native American Church New Thought Main article : New Thought Christian Science Church of Divine Science Church Universal and Triumphant Religious Science Unity Church Jewish Science Seicho - no - Ie Shinshukyo Main article : Japanese new religions Church of World Messianity Happy Science Konkokyo Oomoto PL Kyodan Seicho - no - Ie Tenrikyo Left - hand path religions Main article : Left - hand path and right - hand path Demonolatry Luciferianism Satanism LaVeyan Satanism Theistic Satanism Our Lady of Endor Coven ( or Ophite Cultus Satanas ) Temple of Set Post-theistic and naturalistic religions Discordianism Ethical movement Creativity ( religion ) Freethought North Texas Church of Freethought Jediism Moorish Orthodox Church of America Naturalistic pantheism World Pantheist Movement Religion of Humanity Syntheism Others The Circle of Reason Cult of Reason ( 1792 - 1794 ) Cult of the Supreme Being Deism Fourth Way God - Building Goddess movement Humanism Open - source religion Spiritism ( Spiritualism ) Subud Universal Life Church Parody or mock religions Church of Euthanasia The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Church of the SubGenius Dinkoism Dudeism Iglesia Maradoniana Invisible Pink Unicorn Kibology Kopimism Landover Baptist Church Last Thursdayism Cult of Kek Other categorisations By demographics Main article : Religious demographics List of religious populations By area Further information : Religion geography Religion in Africa Religion in Asia Religion in Australia Religion in Europe Religion in North America List of religions and spiritual traditions of Oceania / Pacific Religion in South America Religion by country List of state - established religions Buddhism by country Christianity by country Roman Catholicism by country Protestantism by country Hinduism by country Islam by country Ahmadiyya by country Judaism by country, Jewish population Sikhism by country See also Civil religion List of Catholic rites and churches List of religious organizations Lists of people by belief Mythology Religious fundamentalism Shamanism Totemism Western esotericism Astrology References Jump up ^ ( Clifford Geertz, Religion as a Cultural System, 1973 ) Jump up ^ ( Talal Asad, The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category, 1982. ) Jump up ^ `` World Religions Religion Statistics Geography Church Statistics ''. 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Question: how many religions are in the world today
Answer: roughly 4,200