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Overview of and topical guide to 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. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.
Religious symbols in clock-wise order:
Judaism
,
Christianity
,
Islam
,
Baha?i Faith
,
Hinduism
,
Taoism
,
Buddhism
,
Sikhism
,
Slavic neopaganism
,
Celtic polytheism
,
Heathenism (German paganism)
,
Semitic neopaganism
,
Wicca
,
Kemetism (Egyptian paganism)
,
Hellenism
,
Italo-Roman neopaganism
.
Classification
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Demographics
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List of religions
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Religion by region
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- 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
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- Benin
?
Burkina Faso
?
Cape Verde
?
Cote d'Ivoire
?
Gambia
?
Ghana
?
Guinea
?
Guinea-Bissau
?
Liberia
?
Mali
?
Mauritania
?
Niger
?
Nigeria
?
Senegal
?
Sierra Leone
?
Togo
- Religion in North Africa
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- Algeria
?
Egypt
?
Libya
?
Mauritania
?
Morocco
?
Sudan
?
South Sudan
?
Tunisia
- Religion in Central Africa
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- Angola
?
Burundi
?
Cameroon
?
Central African Republic
?
Chad
?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
?
Equatorial Guinea
?
Gabon
?
Republic of the Congo
?
Rwanda
?
Sao Tome and Principe
- Religion in East Africa
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- Burundi
?
Comoros
?
Djibouti
?
Eritrea
?
Ethiopia
?
Kenya
?
Madagascar
?
Malawi
?
Mauritius
?
Mozambique
?
Rwanda
?
Seychelles
?
Somalia
(
Somaliland
) ?
Tanzania
?
Uganda
?
Zambia
?
Zimbabwe
- Religion in Southern Africa
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- 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 ?
Aland
?
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
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- 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
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- 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 Barthelemy ?
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
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Religious concepts
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Religious belief
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Approaches to the beliefs of others
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Religious behaviour and experiences
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Religion-specific topics
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African traditional and diasporic topics
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Anitism topics
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Ayyavazhi topics
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Babism topics
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Baha?i Faith topics
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Buddhism topics
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Cao Dai topics
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Christianity topics
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Hinduism topics
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Islam topics
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Jainism topics
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Judaism topics
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Mandaeism topics
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Modern Paganism topics
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New Age topics
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New religious movement topics
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Open source religion topics
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Rasta topics
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Satanism topics
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Shint? topics
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Sikhism topics
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Spiritism topics
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Taoism topics
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Tenrikyo topics
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Unitarian Universalism topics
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Vegetarianism and religion topics
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- 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
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In Abrahamic religions
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In other religions
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Zoroastrianism topics
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Irreligion topics
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Religion and religious ideas in fiction
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See also
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References
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