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.
Religious symbols (clock-wise): Judaism , Christianity , Islam , Baháʼí Faith , Hinduism , Taoism , Buddhism , Sikhism , Slavic neopaganism , Celtic polytheism , Heathenism (German paganism) , Semitic neopaganism , Wicca , Kemetism (Egyptian paganism) , Hellenism , Italo-Roman neopaganism .
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Demographics
List of religions
Religion by region 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 Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • TogoReligion in North Africa Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • South Sudan •Tunisia Religion in Central Africa Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe Religion in East Africa Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia (Somaliland ) • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe Religion in Southern Africa 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 • Åland • 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 • YukonGreenland • Saint Pierre and Miquelon United States 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 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 Barthélemy • 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
Religious concepts
Religious belief
Approaches to the beliefs of others
Religious behaviour and experiences
Religion-specific topics
African traditional and diasporic topics
Anitism topics
Ayyavazhi topics
Bábism topics
Baháʼí Faith topics
Buddhism topics
Cao Dai topics
Christianity topics
Hinduism topics
Islam topics
Jainism topics
Judaism topics
Mandaeism topics
Modern Paganism topics
New Age topics
New religious movement topics
Open source religion topics
Rasta topics
Satanism topics
Shintō topics
Sikhism topics
Spiritism topics
Taoism topics
Tenrikyo topics
Unitarian Universalism topics
Vegetarianism and religion topics Philosophic issues in topics in religion and vegetarianismExogenous 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
In Indian religions
In Abrahamic religions
In other religions
Zoroastrianism topics
Irreligion topics
References ^ Eric Baratay, l'anthropocentrisme du christianisme occidental, Si les lions pouvaient parler, essais sur la condition animale, sous la direction de Boris Cyrulnik, Gallimard, ISBN 2-07-073709-8 ^ Genesis 1:29–31, Isaiah 11:6–9 ^ Genesis 1:29–1:31, Isaiah 11:6–11:9, Isaiah 65:25 ^ "Sarx". ^ "CreatureKind".
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)