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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m L i s t o f b a s i c r e l i g i o u s t o p i c s )
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 , Baháʼí 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
Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo
Religion 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 • Yukon
Greenland • 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
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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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Bábism topics
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Baháʼí 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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Shintō 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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Zoroastrianism topics
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Irreligion topics
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Religion and religious ideas in fiction
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