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.
Classification
Main article: Major religious groupsDemographics
Main article: List of religious populationsList of religions
Main article: List of religions and spiritual traditionsReligion by region
- Religion by continent
- Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania (includes Australia) • South America
- Religion by political division, arranged alphabetically
- Religion by political division, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region
- Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
- Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • South Sudan •Tunisia
- Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia (Somaliland) • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe
- Botswana • Eswatini • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa
- Religion in Asia
- Religion in Central Asia
- Religion in East Asia
- Religion in Asia
- Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan
- Religion in North Asia
- 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 India
- 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 North Caucasus
- Religion in South Caucasus
- Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
- Religion in South Caucasus
- 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 •
- Religion in Europe
- Spain
- Autonomous communities of Spain: Catalonia
- Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- England (Birmingham, Cornwall, London, Sussex) • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales
- Vatican City
- Spain
- 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
- Canada
- North America
- 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
- Religion in Central America
- Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
- Religion in Central America
- 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 the Caribbean
- 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
- Religion in Dependencies/Territories of Australia
- New Zealand
- Australia
- 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 Australasia
- Religion in Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)
Religious studies
Main article: Religious studies- Anthropology of religion
- Cognitive science of religion
- Comparative religion
- Evolutionary origin of religions
- Evolutionary psychology of religion
- History of religion
- Nonviolence
- Philosophy of religion
- Suffering
- Psychology of religion
- Sociology of religion
- Vegetarianism and religion
Religious concepts
Religious belief
- Acosmism
- Angel
- Animism
- Doctrine
- Eschatology
- Esotericism
- Faith
- Free will
- Gnosticism
- Goodness and evil
- Holy Land
- Humanism
- Ietsism
- Karma
- Religion and LGBT people
- Life after death
- Magic
- Mysticism
- Mythology
- Pain and Suffering
- Prophet
- Reincarnation
- Religious cosmology
- Religious naturalism
- Sacred
- Sacred space
- Sacred time
- Shamanism
- Sin
- Soul
- Spirituality
- Supernaturalism
- Tao
- Theology
- Transcendence
- Divination
- Prophecy
Approaches to the beliefs of others
Religious behaviour and experiences
- Asceticism
- Meditation
- Memes in religion
- Nonviolence
- Pilgrimage
- Places of worship
- Prayer
- Religious experience
- Religious war
- Ritual
Religion-specific topics
African traditional and diasporic topics
Main articles: African traditional religion and Afro-American religionAnitism topics
Main article: Philippine mythologyAyyavazhi topics
Main article: AyyavazhiBábism topics
Main articles: Outline of Bábism and BábismBaháʼí Faith topics
Main articles: Outline of the Baháʼí Faith and Baháʼí FaithBuddhism topics
Main articles: Outline of Buddhism and Buddhism- Attainment
- Basic concepts
- Branches of Buddhism
- Buddhism by country
- Buddhist monasticism
- Buddhist philosophy
- Buddhist texts
- Cultural elements of Buddhism
- Gautama Buddha
- Glossary of Buddhism
- History of Buddhism
- Index of Buddhism-related articles
- List of Buddhists
- Practice
- Three Jewels
Cao Dai topics
Christianity topics
Main articles: Outline of Christianity and Christianity- Christian vegetarianism
- Christianity by country
- Eastern Christianity
- History of Christianity
- List of Christian denominations
- List of Jesus-related articles
- List of Latter Day Saint movement topics
- Roman Catholicism
- Protestantism
- Religious texts
- Bible
- Garden of Eden (references to herbivorous diet)
- Antilegomena
- Deuterocanonical books
- Gospels
- Epistles
- New Testament
- Old Testament
- Bible
- Timeline of Christian missions
Hinduism topics
Main articles: Outline of Hinduism and HinduismIslam topics
Main articles: Outline of Islam and Islam- Allah
- Glossary of Islam
- Hajj
- History of Islam
- Index of Islamic and Muslim related articles
- Islam by country
- Islamic schools and branches
- Muhammad
- Religious texts
- Salat
- Zakat
Jainism topics
Main articles: Index of Jainism-related articles and Jainism- History of Jainism
- Jain vegetarianism
- Nonviolence (Ahimsa) applied to animals
Judaism topics
Main articles: Judaism and Outline of Judaism- Israel
- Jew
- Jewish
- Jewish religious movements
- Jewish vegetarianism
- Judaism by country
- List of Jewish history topics
- Origins of Judaism
Mandaeism topics
Main articles: Mandaeism and Outline of MandaeismModern Paganism topics
Main article: Modern PaganismNew Age topics
New religious movement topics
Main article: New religious movementOpen source religion topics
Main article: Open source religionRasta topics
Main article: RastafariSatanism topics
Main article: SatanismShintō topics
Main article: ShintoSikhism topics
Main articles: Outline of Sikhism and SikhismSpiritism topics
Main article: Kardecist spiritismTaoism topics
Main articles: Taoism and Outline of TaoismTenrikyo topics
Main article: TenrikyoUnitarian Universalism topics
Main article: Unitarian UniversalismVegetarianism and religion topics
Main article: Vegetarianism and religion- 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
In Indian religions
In Abrahamic religions
In other religions
Zoroastrianism topics
Main article: ZoroastrianismIrreligion topics
Main article: Irreligion- Agnosticism
- Anarchism and animal rights
- Antireligion
- Atheism
- Freethought
- Ignosticism
- Metaphysical realism
- Metaphysical naturalism
- Nontheism
- Pessimism
- Religious skepticism
- Secular humanism
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)
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