List of religions facts for kids

This is a list of religions and spiritual traditions.
Contents
- Dharmic religions
- Abrahamic religions
- Mystic and esoteric versions of the major religions
- Iranian religions
- East Asian religions
- African diasporic religions
- Indigenous traditional faiths
- Historical polytheism
- Neopaganism
- Occult religions
- Magic
- New Age religions and UFO religions
- Parody religions
- Fictional religions
- Related pages
- See also
Dharmic religions
Religions that have idea of Dharma.
Jainism
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
- Theravada
- Mahayana
- Vajrayana
- Navayana
- 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
- 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
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
Abrahamic religions
A group of monotheistic traditions often grouped together because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.
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
- 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
- Anglican Communion
- 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
- Pietism
- Reformed churches
- Religious Society of Friends
- Spiritism
- Espiritismo
- Swedenborgianism
- 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)
- 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
- Sufism
- Bektashi
- Chishti
- Mevlevi
- Naqshbandi
- Tariqah
- Quadiriyyah
- Suhrawardiyya
- Tijani
- Universal Sufism
- Dances of Universal Peace
Sunnism
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 Hadith
- 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
- 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
- Other sects
- Samaritanism
- Ebionites
- Elkasites
- Nazarenes
- Sabbateans
- Frankists
Others
- Alevism
- Manichaism
- Druze
- Shabakism
- Bábism
- Bahá'í Faith
- Mandaeism
- Rastafari movement
- Sabians
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
- Tantra
Iranian religions
- Manichaeism
- Mazdakism
- Yazdânism
- Zoroastrianism
- Zurvanism
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
- Shinto
- Taoism
- Tenrikyo
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
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
- Akan mythology
- Ashanti mythology (Ghana)
- Dahomey mythology (Fon)
- Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Igbo mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Isoko mythology (Nigeria)
- Yoruba mythology (Nigeria, Benin)
- Bushongo mythology (Congo)
- Lugbara mythology (Congo)
- Mbuti mythology (Congo)
- Akamba mythology (East Kenya)
- Dinka mythology (Sudan)
- Lotuko mythology (Sudan)
- Masai mythology (Kenya, Tanzania)
- 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
- Chinese mythology
- Japanese mythology
- Koshinto
- Siberian Shamanism
- Tengriism
- Chukchi mythology
- Aleut mythology
- Evenk mythology
- Yukaghir mythology
- Estonian mythology
- Finnish mythology and Finnish paganism
- Hungarian folk religion
- Sami religion (including the Noaidi)
- Tadibya
Oceania
- Australian Aboriginal mythology
- 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
- Rapa Nui mythology
- Moai
- Tangata manu
- Tuvaluan mythology
Historical polytheism
Ancient Near Eastern
- Ancient Egyptian religion
- Ancient Semitic religions
- Mesopotamian mythology
- Arabian mythology
- Babylonian and Assyrian religion
- 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
- 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
Neopaganism
- Kemetism (Egyptian neopaganism)
- Rodnovery (Slavic neopaganism)
- Dievturiba (Latvian neopaganism)
- Germanic neopaganism
- Hellenic Polytheism (Greco-Roman neopaganism)
- Druidry
- Wicca
Occult religions
- Freemasonry
- Rosicrucianism
- Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
- Ancient Order of the Rosicrucians
- Rosicrucian Fellowship
- Hermeticism
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
- Thelema
Magic
- Hoodoo (Rootwork)
- Kulam
- Magick
- Chaos magic
- Enochian magic
- Demonolatry
- Pow-wow
- Seid (shamanic magic)
- Vaastu Shastra
- Witchcraft
New Age religions and UFO religions
- Anthroposophy
- Eckankar
- Meher Baba
- Happy Science
- Heaven's Gate
- Raelism
- Scientology
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
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)
- 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)
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Creencias teístas para niños
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