The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to religion:
Religion â€" 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 studies
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
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Religious belief
- Theology
- God
- Agnosticism
- Antitheism
- Atheism
- Deism
- Deity
- List of deities
- Dualism
- Henotheism
- Immanence
- Monism
- Monolatrism
- Nondualism
- Monotheism
- Nontheistic religions
- Pandeism
- Panentheism
- Pantheism
- Polytheism
- Post-theism
- Theism
- Acosmism
- Angel
- Demon
- List of theological demons
- Demonology
- Demon
- Animism
- Doctrine
- Eschatology
- Esotericism
- Faith
- Free will
- Goodness and evil
- Gnosticism
- Holy Land
- Humanism
- Karma
- Mysticism
- Life after death
- Mythology
- Prophet
- Reincarnation
- Religious cosmology
- Creation myth
- Religious Naturalism
- Sin
- Soul
- Spirituality
- List of spirituality-related topics
- Shamanism
- Supernaturalism
- Tao
- Transcendence
Approaches to the beliefs of others
- Exclusivism
- Inclusivism
Religious behaviour and experience
- Meditation
- Nonviolence
- Pilgrimage
- Prayer
- Places of worship
- Religious war
- Ritual
Religion-specific topics
African traditional and diasporic topics
Ayyavazhi topics
Ayyavazhi
- List of Ayyavazhi-related topics
- History of Ayyavazhi
- Ayyavazhi scriptures
Bahá'à Faith topics
- Bahá'à history
- Bahá'u'lláh
- The Báb
- `Abdu'l-Bahá
- Bahá'à teachings
Buddhism topics
- Index of Buddhism-related articles
- Glossary of Buddhism
- History of Buddhism
- Gautama Buddha
- Buddhist texts
- PÄli Canon
- Mahayana sutras
- Branches of Buddhism
- Theravada
- Mahayana
- Vajrayana
- Three Jewels
- Buddha (the Teacher)
- Dhamma (the Teaching)
- Sangha (the Community)
- Basic concepts
- Four Noble Truths
- Five Aggregates
- Three marks of existence
- Dependent Origination
- Karma
- Rebirth
- SaṃsÄra
- Nirvana
- Noble Eightfold Path
- Practice
- Morality
- Meditation
- Wisdom
- Attainment
- Buddha
- Bodhisattva
- Arahant
- Buddhist monasticism
- Monk
- Nun
- Buddhist philosophy
- Cultural elements of Buddhism
- List of Buddhists
- Buddhism by country
Cao Dai topics
Cao Dai
Christianity topics
- History of Christianity
- List of Jesus-related articles
- Religious texts
- Bible
- Old Testament
- Deuterocanonical books
- New Testament
- Gospels • Epistles * Antilegomena
- Book of Mormon
- Bible
- List of Christian denominations
- Roman Catholicism
- List of popes
- List of saints
- Roman Catholicism by country
- Eastern Christianity
- Protestantism
- Protestantism by country
- List of Latter Day Saint movement topics
- Christianity by country
- Timeline of Christian missions
Hinduism topics
- List of Hinduism-related articles
- History of Hinduism
- Hindu denominations
Islam topics
- Index of Islamic and Muslim related articles
- History of Islam
- Muhammad
- Religious texts
- List of Islamic texts
- Quran - Sura - Ayat
- Tafsir Qudsi - tafsir
- Quranic literalism
- Naskh
- Asbab al-nuzul
- Hadith
- isnad - Ilm ar-rijal - Narrators of hadith
- Matn
- Hadith Qudsi
- Hadith collections
- Sahih Bukhari
- Nahj al-Balagha
- Islamic schools and branches
- Sunni
- Shia
- Sufi
- Ahmadiyya
- Glossary of Islam
- Allah
- Ninety-nine names of Allah
- Islam by country
- zakat
- salat
- Hajj
Jainism topics
- History of Jainism
Judaism topics
Judaism
- Origins of Judaism
- List of Jewish history topics
- Jewish religious movements
- Israel
- Jew
- Jewish
- Judaism by country
Modern Paganism topics
Modern Paganism
- List of Modern pagan movements
- Asatru
- Neoshamanism
- Wicca
- Witchcraft
New Age topics
List of New Age topics
New religious movement topics
New religious movement
- List of new religious movements
Open source religion topics
Open source religion
Rasta topics
Rastafari Movement
- Mansions of Rastafari
Satanism topics
Satanism
- LaVeyan Satanism
- Theistic Satanism
- Black mass
- Conjuration
- Deal with the Devil
- Demonolatry
ShintÅ topics
Shinto
- Shinto sects and schools
Sikhism topics
- History of Sikhism
- Sikh Gurus
- Sikh scriptures
- Guru Granth Sahib
- Dasam Granth
- Bani - Gurbani
- Chaupai (Sikhism)
- Jaap Sahib
- Japji Sahib
- Mul Mantra
- Sukhmani
Spiritism topics
Spiritism
- History of Spiritism
Tenrikyo topics
Tenrikyo
- Joyous Life
- Ofudesaki
- Osashizu
- Oyasama
- Tenri-O-no-Mikoto
Unitarian Universalism topics
Unitarian Universalism
Zoroastrianism topics
Zoroastrianism
- Zoroaster
- Avesta
Irreligion topics
Irreligion
- Agnosticism
- Antireligion
- Atheism
- Freethought
- Ignosticism
- Nontheism
- Religious skepticism
- Secular humanism
See also
External links
- 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