- 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 and religious beliefs:
Religion – collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.[1] Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.
Religious studies
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
Religious belief
- Theology
- 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
- Religious Naturalism
- Sin
- Soul
- Spirituality
- Shamanism
- Supernaturalism
- Tao
- Transcendence
Approaches to the beliefs of others
Religious behaviour and experience
- Meditation
- Nonviolence
- Pilgrimage
- Prayer
- Places of worship
- Ritual
Religion-specific topics
African traditional and diasporic topics
Main articles: African traditional religion and Afro-American religionAyyavazhi topics
Main article: AyyavazhiBahá'í Faith topics
Main article: Bahá'í FaithBuddhism topics
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
- Morality
- Meditation
- Wisdom
- Attainment
- Buddha
- Bodhisattva
- Arahant
- Buddhist monasticism
- Buddhist philosophy
- Cultural elements of Buddhism
- List of Buddhists
- Buddhism by country
Cao Dai topics
Main article: Cao DaiChristianity topics
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
Falun Gong topics
Main article: Falun GongHinduism topics
Main articles: Outline of Hinduism and Hinduism- List of Hinduism-related articles
- History of Hinduism
- Hindu denominations
Islam topics
Main articles: Outline of Islam and Islam- 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
- salah
- Hajj
Jainism topics
Main articles: Index of Jainism-related articles and Jainism- History of Jainism
Judaism topics
Main article: Judaism- Origins of Judaism
- List of Jewish history topics
- Jewish religious movements
- Israel
- Jew
- Jewish
- Judaism by country
Neopaganism topics
Main article: NeopaganismNew Age topics
Main article: List of New Age topicsNew religious movement topics
Main article: New religious movementRasta topics
Main article: Rastafari MovementSatanism topics
Main article: SatanismShintō topics
Main article: ShintoSikhism topics
Main articles: List of Sikhism-related topics and Sikhism- 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
Main article: SpiritismTenrikyo topics
Main article: Tenrikyo- Joyous Life
- Ofudesaki
- Osashizu
- Oyasama
- Tenri-O-no-Mikoto
Unitarian Universalism topics
Main article: Unitarian UniversalismZoroastrianism topics
Main article: ZoroastrianismIrreligion topics
Main article: Irreligion- Agnosticism
- Antireligion
- Atheism
- Freethought
- Ignosticism
- Nontheism
- Religious skepticism
- Secular humanism
See also
References
- ^ While religion is difficult to define, one standard model of religion, used in religious studies courses, was proposed by Clifford Geertz, who simply called it a "cultural system" (Clifford Geertz, Religion as a Cultural System, 1973). A critique of Geertz's model by Talal Asad categorized religion as "an anthropological category." (Talal Asad, The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category, 1982.)
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
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