# Outline of 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.

## 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

* Anthropology of religion
* Cognitive science of religion
* Comparative religion
* Evolutionary origin of religions
* Evolutionary psychology of religion
* History of religion
* Nonviolence
* Philosophy of religion
* Suffering
* Psychology of religion
* Sociology of religion
* Vegetarianism and religion

## Religious concepts
### Religious belief

* Acosmism
* Angel
** Demon
*** Demonology
*** List of theological demons
* Animism
* Doctrine
* Eschatology
* Esotericism
* Faith
* Free will
* Gnosticism
* Goodness and evil
* Holy Land
* Humanism
* Ietsism
* Karma
* Religion and LGBT people
* Life after death
* Magic
* Mysticism
* Mythology
* Pain and Suffering
* Prophet
* Reincarnation
* Religious cosmology
** Creation myth
* Religious naturalism
* Sacred
* Sacred space
* Sacred time
* Shamanism
* Sin
* Soul
* Spirituality
** List of spirituality-related topics
* Supernaturalism
* Tao
* Theology
** Agnosticism
** Antitheism
** Atheism
** Deism
** Deity
*** List of deities
** Dualism
** God
** Henotheism
** Immanence
** Monism
** Monolatrism
** Monotheism
** Nondualism
** Nontheistic religions
** Pandeism
** Panentheism
** Pantheism
** Polytheism
** Post-theism
** Theism
* Transcendence
* Divination
* Prophecy

### Approaches to the beliefs of others

* Exclusivism
* Inclusivism

### Religious behaviour and experiences

* Asceticism
* Meditation
* Memes in religion
* Nonviolence
* Pilgrimage
* Places of worship
* Prayer
* Religious experience
* Religious war
* Ritual

## Religion-specific topics
### Anitism topics

* Anito
* Philippine shamans
* Bathala
* Dambana

### Ayyavazhi topics

* Ayyavazhi scriptures
* List of Ayyavazhi-related topics

### Baháʼí Faith topics

* ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
* The Báb
* Baháʼí teachings
* Baháʼu'lláh
* History of the Baháʼí Faith

### Buddhism topics

* Attainment
** Arahant
** Bodhisattva
** Buddha
* Basic concepts
** Four Noble Truths
** Five Aggregates
** Three marks of existence
** Dependent Origination
** Karma
** Rebirth
** Saṃsāra
** Nirvana
** Noble Eightfold Path
* Branches of Buddhism
** Theravada
** Mahayana
** Vajrayana
* Buddhism by country
* Buddhist monasticism
** Monk
** Nun
* Buddhist philosophy
* Buddhist texts
** Mahayana sutras
** Pāli Canon
* Cultural elements of Buddhism
* Gautama Buddha
* Glossary of Buddhism
* History of Buddhism
* Index of Buddhism-related articles
* List of Buddhists
* Practice
** Meditation
** Buddhist vegetarianism
** Morality
** Wisdom
* Three Jewels
** Buddha (the Teacher)
** Dhamma (the Teaching)
** Sangha (the Community)

### Cao Dai topics

* Cao Dai

### Christianity topics

* Christian vegetarianism
* Christianity by country
* Eastern Christianity
* History of Christianity
* List of Christian denominations
* List of Jesus-related articles
* List of Latter Day Saint movement topics
* Roman Catholicism
** List of popes
** List of saints
** Roman Catholicism by country
* Protestantism
** Protestantism by country
* Religious texts
** Bible
*** Garden of Eden (references to herbivorous diet)
*** Antilegomena
*** Deuterocanonical books
*** Gospels
*** Epistles
*** New Testament
*** Old Testament
* Timeline of Christian missions

### Hinduism topics

* Diet in Hinduism
* Hindu denominations
* History of Hinduism
* List of Hinduism-related articles

### Islam topics

* Allah
** Ninety-nine names of Allah
* Glossary of Islam
* Hajj
* History of Islam
* Index of Islamic and Muslim related articles
* Islam by country
* Islamic schools and branches
** Ahmadiyya
** Sunni
** Shia
** Sufi
* Muhammad
* Religious texts
** Hadith
*** Hadith collections
**** Nahj al-Balagha
**** Sahih Bukhari
*** Hadith Qudsi
*** Isnad – Ilm ar-rijal – Narrators of hadith
*** Matn
** List of Islamic texts
** Quran – Sura – Ayat
*** Asbab al-nuzul
*** Naskh
*** Quranic literalism
*** Tafsir Qudsi – tafsir
* Salat
* Zakat

### Jainism topics

* History of Jainism
* Jain vegetarianism
* Nonviolence (Ahimsa) applied to animals

### Judaism topics

* Israel
* Jew
* Jewish
* Jewish religious movements
* Jewish vegetarianism
* Judaism by country
* List of Jewish history topics
* Origins of Judaism

### Mandaeism topics

* Mandaeans
* Mandaean priest
** List of Mandaean priests
* Mandaean cosmology
* Mandaean calendar
* List of Mandaic manuscripts

### Modern Paganism topics

* Asatru
* Kemetism
* List of Modern pagan movements
* Neoshamanism
* Wicca
* Witchcraft

### New Age topics

* List of New Age topics

### New religious movement topics

* List of new religious movements

### Rasta topics

* Mansions of Rastafari

### Satanism topics

* LaVeyan Satanism
* Theistic Satanism
** Black mass
** Conjuration
** Deal with the Devil
** Demonolatry

### Shintō topics

* Shinto sects and schools

### Sikhism topics

* Diet in Sikhism
* History of Sikhism
* Sikh gurus
* Sikh scriptures
** Bani – Gurbani
** Chaupai
** Dasam Granth
** Guru Granth Sahib
** Jaap Sahib
** Japji Sahib
** Mul Mantra
** Sukhmani Sahib

### Spiritism topics

* History of Spiritism

### Taoism topics

* History of Taoism
* Taoist schools
* Taoist meditation
* Taoist scripture

### Tenrikyo topics

* Joyous Life
* Ofudesaki
* Osashizu
* Oyasama
* Tenri-O-no-Mikoto

### 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

* Abrahamic religions
** Judaism
** Christianity
*** Bible Christian Church
*** Seventh-day Adventists
*** Christian Vegetarian Association
*** universal veg(etari)anism
*** atonement
*** Eastern Christianity
**** fasts 210 days out of the year
**** fasting during the Great Lent
*** Sarx
*** CreatureKind
** Islam
*** Animals in Islam
** Mandaeism
** Rastafari
** Baháʼí Faith

#### In other religions

* Zoroastrianism
** Mazdakism
* Nation of Islam
* Taoism
* Faithist/Oahspe
* Neopaganism
* Meher Baba's teachings

### Zoroastrianism topics

* Avesta
* Zoroaster

## Irreligion topics

* Agnosticism
* Anarchism and animal rights
* Antireligion
* Atheism
* Freethought
* Ignosticism
* Metaphysical realism
* Metaphysical naturalism
* Nontheism
* Pessimism
* Religious skepticism
* Secular humanism