Outline of religion
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See also: Index of religion-related articles
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.
Contents
- 1 Religious studies
- 2 Religious concepts
- 3 Religion-specific topics
- 3.1 African traditional and diasporic topics
- 3.2 Ayyavazhi topics
- 3.3 Bahá'í Faith topics
- 3.4 Buddhism topics
- 3.5 Cao Dai topics
- 3.6 Christianity topics
- 3.7 Hinduism topics
- 3.8 Islam topics
- 3.9 Jainism topics
- 3.10 Judaism topics
- 3.11 Modern Paganism topics
- 3.12 New Age topics
- 3.13 New religious movement topics
- 3.14 Open source religion topics
- 3.15 Rasta topics
- 3.16 Satanism topics
- 3.17 Shintō topics
- 3.18 Sikhism topics
- 3.19 Spiritism topics
- 3.20 Tenrikyo topics
- 3.21 Unitarian Universalism topics
- 3.22 Zoroastrianism topics
- 4 Irreligion topics
- 5 Religion and religious ideas in fiction
- 6 See also
- 7 External links
Religious studies[edit]
Main article: Religious studies
- Evolutionary origin of religions
- Evolutionary psychology of religion
- Anthropology of religion
- Cognitive science of religion
- History of religion
- Philosophy of religion
- Psychology of religion
- Sociology of religion
Religious concepts[edit]
Religious belief[edit]
- Theology
- Acosmism
- Angel
- Animism
- Doctrine
- Eschatology
- Esotericism
- Faith
- Free will
- Goodness and evil
- Gnosticism
- Holy Land
- Humanism
- Ietsism
- Karma
- Mysticism
- Life after death
- Mythology
- Prophet
- Reincarnation
- Religious cosmology
- Religious Naturalism
- Sin
- Soul
- Spirituality
- Shamanism
- Supernaturalism
- Tao
- Transcendence
Approaches to the beliefs of others[edit]
Religious behaviour and experiences[edit]
- Meditation
- Nonviolence
- Pilgrimage
- Prayer
- Places of worship
- Religious experience
- Memes in religion
- Religious war
- Ritual
Religion-specific topics[edit]
African traditional and diasporic topics[edit]
Main articles: African traditional religion and Afro-American religion
Ayyavazhi topics[edit]
Main article: Ayyavazhi
Bahá'í Faith topics[edit]
Main articles: Outline of Bahá'í Faith and Bahá'í Faith
Buddhism topics[edit]
Main articles: Outline of Buddhism and Buddhism
- Index of Buddhism-related articles
- Glossary of Buddhism
- History of Buddhism
- Gautama Buddha
- Buddhist texts
- Branches of Buddhism
- Three Jewels
- Basic concepts
- Practice
- Attainment
- Buddhist monasticism
- Buddhist philosophy
- Cultural elements of Buddhism
- List of Buddhists
- Buddhism by country
Cao Dai topics[edit]
Christianity topics[edit]
Main articles: Outline of Christianity and Christianity
- History of Christianity
- List of Jesus-related articles
- Religious texts
- List of Christian denominations
- Roman Catholicism
- Eastern Christianity
- Protestantism
- List of Latter Day Saint movement topics
- Christianity by country
- Timeline of Christian missions
Hinduism topics[edit]
Main articles: Outline of Hinduism and Hinduism
Islam topics[edit]
Main articles: Outline of Islam and Islam
- Index of Islamic and Muslim related articles
- History of Islam
- Muhammad
- Religious texts
- Islamic schools and branches
- Glossary of Islam
- Allah
- Islam by country
- zakat
- salat
- Hajj
Jainism topics[edit]
Main articles: Index of Jainism-related articles and Jainism
Judaism topics[edit]
Main articles: Judaism and Outline of Judaism
- Origins of Judaism
- List of Jewish history topics
- Jewish religious movements
- Israel
- Jew
- Jewish
- Judaism by country
Modern Paganism topics[edit]
Main article: Modern Paganism
New Age topics[edit]
New religious movement topics[edit]
Main article: New religious movement
Open source religion topics[edit]
Main article: Open source religion
Rasta topics[edit]
Main article: Rastafari
Satanism topics[edit]
Main article: Satanism
Shintō topics[edit]
Main article: Shinto
Sikhism topics[edit]
Main articles: Outline of Sikhism and Sikhism
Spiritism topics[edit]
Main article: Spiritism
Tenrikyo topics[edit]
Main article: Tenrikyo
Unitarian Universalism topics[edit]
Main article: Unitarian Universalism
Zoroastrianism topics[edit]
Main article: Zoroastrianism
Irreligion topics[edit]
Main article: Irreligion
- Agnosticism
- Antireligion
- Atheism
- Freethought
- Ignosticism
- Nontheism
- Religious skepticism
- Secular humanism
Religion and religious ideas in fiction[edit]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
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- Studying Religion - Introduction to the methods and scholars of the academic study of religion
- Full-text search engine - Searchable sacred texts of the major World Religions
- Patheos.com - Offers a comprehensive library with essays written by prominent religious scholars
- Guide to World Religions
- A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right - Marx's original reference to religion as the opium of the people.
- Religious tolerance
- The Complexity of Religion and the Definition of “Religion” in International Law Harvard Human Rights Journal article from the President and Fellows of Harvard College(2003)
- Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents by Adherents.com (August 28, 2005) Retrieved December 22, 2005
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