This is a list of religions and spiritual traditions. Some entries are written more than once.

Abrahamic religions 

A group of monotheistic traditions often grouped together because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.

Baha'i Faith

Christianity

Catholicism 

 Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA)
 Independent Catholic Churches
 Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
 Philippine Independent Church (In communion with the Anglican Church and the Union of Utrecht)
 Polish National Catholic Church
 Union of Utrecht (In communion with the Anglican Church)
 Old Catholicism
 Liberal Catholic Church
 Roman Catholicism
 Sui iuris (including Byzantine Rite churches)
 Traditionalist Catholicism
 Eastern Catholic Churches
 Syriac Catholic Church

Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy 
 Eastern Orthodoxy
 Greek Orthodox Church
 Russian Orthodox Church
 Oriental Orthodoxy
 Coptic Orthodox Church
 Ethiopian Orthodox Church
 Syriac Christianity
 Assyrian Church of the East
 Indian Orthodox Church
 Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
 Syriac Orthodox Church
 Mar Thoma Church

Protestantism 

 Anglicanism (via media between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestantism)
 Anglican Communion
 Church of England
 Church of Ireland
 Church of Wales
 Episcopal Church (United States)
 Scottish Episcopal Church
 Pre-Lutheran Protestants
 Hussites
 Lollards
 Waldensians
 Anabaptists
 Amish
 Brethren in Christ
 Church of the Brethren
 Hutterites
 Mennonites
 Old German Baptist Brethren
 Baptists
 Brethren
 Catholic Apostolic Church
 Charismatic movement
 Christadelphians
 Christian Israelite Church
 Christian New Religious Movements
 Unification Church (Moonies)
 Christian Science
 Children of God
 Peoples Temple
 Esoteric Christianity
 Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
 Lutheranism
 Methodism
 Messianic Judaism
 Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus
 New Thought
 Pentecostalism
 Oneness Pentecostalism
 Pietism
 Holiness movement
 Reformed churches
 Puritans
 Presbyterianism
 Congregational church
 Religious Society of Friends
 Spiritism
 Espiritismo
 Swedenborgianism
 Christian Spiritualism
 United and uniting churches
 Unitarianism
 Universalism

Restorationism 

 Adventism
 Millerites
 Sabbatarianism
 Seventh-day Adventists
 Christadelphians
 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
 Community of Christ
 Rigdonites
 The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
 Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
 Iglesia ni Cristo
 New Apostolic Church
 Jehovah's Witnesses
 Restoration Movement

Gnosticism 

Christian Gnosticism
 Ebionites
 Cerdonians
 Marcionism (not entirely Gnostic)
 Colorbasians
 Simonians

Early Gnosticism
 Borborites
 Cainites
 Carpocratians
 Ophites
 Hermeticism

Medieval Gnosticism
 Cathars
 Bogomils
 Paulicianism
 Tondrakians

Persian Gnosticism
 Mandaeanism
 Manichaeism
 Bagnolians

Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism

 Sethians
 Basilidians
 Thomasines
 Valentinians
 Bardesanites

Islam 

Kalam Schools

 Ash'ari
 Kalam
 Maturidi
 Murji'ah
 Mu'tazili

Kharijite

 Ibadi
 Azraqi
 Harūriyya
 Sufri

Shi'ism

 Ismailis
 Nizari / Aga Khani
 Mustaali / Bohra
 Jafari
 Twelvers
 Alawites
 Alevi / Bektashi
 Zaiddiyah

Sufism

 Bektashi
 Chishti
 Mevlevi
 Naqshbandi
 Tariqah
 Quadiriyyah
 Suhrawardiyya
 Tijani
 Universal Sufism
 Dances of Universal Peace

Sunnism

 Hanafi
 Berailvi
 Deobandi
 Hanbali
 Wahhabi
 Maliki
 Shafi'i

Restorationism
 Ghair muqallidism
 Salafism
 Muwahhidism
 Quranism

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)
 Ahl-e Qur'an
 Ahmadiyya
 Druze
 Nation of Islam
 Nazati Muslim
 Moorish Science Temple of America
 United Submitters International
 Zikri

Judaism 

Rabbinic Judaism

 Conservative Judaism
 Masorti
 Conservadox Judaism
 Union for Traditional Judaism
 Orthodox Judaism
 Haredi Judaism
 Hasidic Judaism
 Modern Orthodox Judaism
 Reform Judaism
 Progressive Judaism
 Liberal Judaism

Non-Rabbinic Judaism
 Alternative Judaism
 Humanistic Judaism (not always identified as a religion)
 Jewish Renewal
 Karaite Judaism
 Reconstructionist Judaism

Historical groups
 Essenes
 Pharisees (ancestor of Rabbinic Judaism)
 Sadducees
 Zealots
 Sicarii

Other sects
 Samaritanism
 Ebionites
 Elkasites
 Nazarenes
 Sabbateans
 Frankists
 Melchizedek

New Age

Others 
 Alevism
 Manichaism
 Druze
 Shabakism
 Bábism
 Azali
 Mandaeism
 Rastafari movement
 Sabians

African diasporic religions 

These religions are those of African cultures who have settled outside of Africa (diaspora). They are also sometimes called Creole religions. They include 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. The traditions come from African traditional religions, especially of West and Central Africa.
 Batuque
 Candomblé
 Dahomey mythology
 Haitian mythology
 Kumina
 Macumba
 Mami Wata
 Obeah
 Oyotunji
 Quimbanda
Rastafari
 Santería (Lukumi)
 Umbanda
 Vodou
 Winti

Eastern religion

Dharmic religions 

Religions that have idea of Dharma.

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
 Dhammakaya Movement
 Thai Thammayut Nikaya
 Thai Forest Tradition
 Mahayana
Humanistic Buddhism
 Madhyamika
 Nichiren Buddhism
 Soka Gakkai
 Pure Land
 Tathagatagarbha
 Tiantai
 Tendai
Zen
 Caodong
 Fuke Zen
 Kwan Um School of Zen
 Sanbo Kyodan
 Sōtō
 Ōbaku (school of Buddhism)
 Rinzai
 Vajrayana
Shingon Buddhiyupa
Dagpo Kagyu
Karma Kagyu
Barom Kagyu
Tsalpa Kagyu
Phagdru Kagyu
Drikung Kagyu
Drukpa Kagyu
Shangpa Kagyu
Nyingmapa
Sakyapa
Jonangpa
 Navayana
 Shambhala
 New Buddhist movements
 Aum Shinrikyo (now known as Aleph)
 Diamond Way
 Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
 New Kadampa Tradition
 Share International
 True Buddha School
 Vipassana movement

Hinduism 

 Agama Hindu Dharma
 Hindu revivalism
 Lingayatism
 Reform movements
 Arya Samaj
 Brahmo Samaj
 Shaivism
 Shaktism
 Tantrism
 Smartism
 Vaishnavism
 Gaudiya Vaishnavism
 ISKCON (Hare Krishna)

Major schools and movements of Hindu philosophy

 Nyaya
 Purva mimamsa
 Samkhya
 Vaisheshika
 Vedanta (Uttara Mimamsa)
 Advaita Vedanta
 Integral Yoga
 Vishishtadvaita
 Dvaita Vedanta
 Yoga
 Ashtanga Yoga
 Bhakti Yoga
 Hatha yoga
 Siddha Yoga
 Tantric Yoga

Jainism

Sikhism 
Main article: Sikhism
 Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ)
 Amritdhari Sikh
 Brahm Bunga Trust (Dodra)
 Bhaniara Bhavsagar
 Bhindrawale Jatha
 Damdami Taksal (DDT)
 Dera Sacha Sauda
 Haripagni
 Kahna Dhesian
 Mahant Sikh
 Minas (Mirharvan)
 Namdhari Sikh (Kuka)
 Nanakpanthi
 Neeldhari Panth
 Nihang (Akali)
 Nirankari Sikh
 Nirmala Panth
 Nirvair Khalsa Daal
 Non-Denominational Kesdhari
 Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa (SGGS Academy)
 Radhaswami Sikh
 Ramraiyya (Ram Rai)
 Ravidassia Dharam
 Sanatan Sikh Sabha
 Sant Mat Movement
 Sant Nirankari Mission
 Sehejdhari Daal
 Sikh Dharma International (SDI)
 Sindhi Sikhi
 Tapoban Tat-Gurmat
 Udasi Sikh

Others 
 Ayyavazhi

East Asian religions 

 Cao Dai
 Chondogyo
 Chinese folk religion
 Confucianism
 Neo-Confucianism
 New Confucianism
 Falun Gong
 I-Kuan Tao
 Jeung San Do
 Legalism
 Mohism
 Oomoto
 Sanamahism (Meitei religion) 
 Shinto
 Taoism
 Tenrikyo

Fictional religions 
The Singularity Church of the Machine God (Deus Ex: Mankind Divided)
Tribunal Temple (The Elder Scrolls)
Nine Divines (The Elder Scrolls)
Imperial religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Nordic religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Altmeri religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Bosmeri religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Falmeri religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Dunmeri religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Yokudan religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Bretony religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Khajiiti religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Kothri religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Orcish religion (The Elder Scrolls)
Daedroth worship (The Elder Scrolls)
 Cthulhu Mythos (H.P. Lovecraft)
 Jedi (Star Wars)
Sith (Star Wars)
Je'daii (Star Wars)
Prophets of the Dark Side (Star Wars)
Cult of the Screaming Blade (Star Wars)
Krayt Cult (Star Wars)
Mandalorian religion (Star Wars)
Voss mysticism (Star Wars)
Mind walkers (Star Wars)
Faith of the Seven (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Old Gods of the Forest (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Faith of R'hllor (A Song of Ice and Fire)
White Walkers / The Great Other (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Valyrian religion (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Ghiscari religion (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Ironborn Religion (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Qohorik religion (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Dothraki religion (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Lhazarene religion (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Warlocks of Qarth (A Song of Ice and Fire)
The Lion of Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Faceless Men (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Church of the Fonz (Family Guy)
 Klingon religion (Star Trek)
 Robotology (Futurama)
 Virtology (Godspell)
 Jashinism (Naruto)
 The Church of Hanzo (Overwatch)
 Imperial Cult (Warhammer 40k)
Cult Mechanicus (Warhammer 40k)
Divine Bomb worship (Beneath the Planet of the Apes)
Pagan gods (The Wicker Man)
The Two Great Ones (Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure)
Lords of Kobol (Battlestar Galactica)
Cylonian religion (Battlestar Galactica)
He Who Walks Behind the Rows (Children of the Corn)
Eywa (Avatar)
Followers of Mademoiselle (Martyrs)
Muad'Dib (Dune)
Children of Atom (Fallout)

Indigenous traditional faiths 

Traditionally, these faiths have all been classified as pagan religions, but modern scholars prefer the terms "indigenous", "primal", "folk", or "ethnic".

African 

 West Africa
 Akan mythology
 Ashanti mythology (Ghana)
 Dahomey mythology (Fon)
 Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
 Igbo mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
 Isoko mythology (Nigeria)
 Yoruba mythology (Nigeria, Benin)

 Central Africa
 Bushongo mythology (Congo)
 Lugbara mythology (Congo)
 Mbuti 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 

Traditional religions of the Native American peoples.
 Abenaki mythology
 Anishinaabe mythology
 Aztec mythology
 Blackfoot mythology
 Cherokee mythology
 Chickasaw mythology
 Choctaw mythology
 Creek mythology
 Crow mythology
 Eskimo religion
 Ghost Dance
 Guarani mythology
 Haida mythology
 Ho-Chunk mythology
 Hopi mythology
 Huron mythology
 Inca mythology
 Inuit mythology
 Iroquois mythology
 Kwakiutl mythology
 Lakota mythology
 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 
 Oriental

 Chinese mythology
 Japanese mythology
 Koshinto
 Meitei mythology (Manipuri mythology) 

 Siberian
 Siberian Shamanism
 Tengriism
 Chukchi mythology
 Aleut mythology
 Evenk mythology
 Yukaghir mythology

 Uralic
 Estonian mythology
 Finnish mythology and Finnish paganism
 Hungarian folk religion
 Sami religion (including the Noaidi)
 Tadibya

Oceania 
 Australian Aboriginal mythology
 Dreaming
 Austronesian beliefs
 Balinese mythology
 Javanese beliefs
 Melanesian mythology
 Micronesian mythology
 Modekngei
 Nauruan indigenous religion
 Philippine mythology
 Anito
 Gabâ
 Kulam
 Polynesian mythology
 Hawaiian religion
 Maori mythology
 Maori religion
 Rapa Nui mythology
 Moai
 Tangata manu
 Tuvaluan mythology

Cargo cults 

 John Frum
 Johnson cult
 Prince Philip Movement
 Vailala Madness

Iranian religions 

 Manichaeism
 Mazdakism
 Yazdânism
 Alevi
 Yarsani
 Yazidi
 Zoroastrianism
 Zurvanism

Historical polytheism

Ancient Near Eastern 
 Ancient Egyptian religion
 Ancient Semitic religions
 Mesopotamian mythology
 Arabian mythology
 Babylonian and Assyrian religion
 Babylonian mythology
 Chaldean mythology
 Canaanite mythology
 Canaanite religion
 Hittite mythology
 Persian mythology
 Sumerian mythology

Indo-European 

 Proto-Indo-Iranian religion
 Zoroastrianism
 Historical Vedic religion
 Baltic polytheism
 Basque mythology
 Celtic polytheism
 Brythonic mythology
 Gaelic mythology
 Germanic polytheism
 Anglo-Saxon religion
 Norse religion
 Continental Germanic religion
 Greek polytheism
 Hungarian polytheism
 Finnish polytheism
 Roman polytheism
 Slavic polytheism

Hellenistic 

 Mystery religions
 Eleusinian Mysteries
 Mithraism
 Orphism
 Pythagoreanism
 Early Christianity
 Gallo-Roman religion

Magic 
 Hoodoo (Rootwork)
 New Orleans Voodoo
 Kulam
 Magick
 Chaos magic
 Enochian magic
 Demonolatry
 Goetia
 Pow-wow
 Seid (shamanic magic)
 Vaastu Shastra
 Witchcraft

Mystic and esoteric versions of the major religions 

 Christian mysticism
 Esoteric Christianity
 Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism)
 Martinism
 Sufism (Islamic mysticism)
 Hindu mysticism
 Surat Shabd Yoga
 Tantra
 Ananda Marga Tantra-Yoga

Neopaganism 

 Kemetism (Egyptian neopaganism)
 Rodnovery (Slavic neopaganism)
 Dievturiba (Latvian neopaganism)
 Germanic neopaganism
 Asatru
 Odinism
 Hellenic Polytheism (Greco-Roman neopaganism)
 Druidry

New Age religions and UFO religions 

 Anthroposophy
 Eckankar
 Meher Baba
 Happy Science
 Heaven's Gate
 Raelism
 Scientology

Occult religions 

 Freemasonry
 Rosicrucianism
 Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
 Ancient Order of the Rosicrucians
 Rosicrucian Fellowship
 Hermeticism
 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
 Thelema

Left-hand path occult religions 

 Satanism
Symbolic Satanism
LaVey Satanism (Church of Satan)
 Theistic Satanism
 Joy of Satan
 Order of Nine Angles
 Atheistic Satanism
The Satanic Temple
Luciferianism
 Setianism (Temple of Set)
 Vampirism (Temple of the Vampire)

Parody religions 
 Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism
 Discordianism
 Church of the SubGenius
Dogeism
Doitsuism
The church of Volgograd
Aghori
Jedism
Shrekism
Silinism (Aerican Empire)
The Church of Molossia
The Church of Jah
Willyism

Related pages 

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 Atheism
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 Panentheism
 Pantheism

Other websites 
 Statistics on religious belief or adherence 

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