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Across 18 traditions, and 739 in none yet.
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739 of these sit in no collection yet, so they appear under All and under no tradition.
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Christianity Bible Collection of sacred books in Judaism and Christianity -
Islam Islam Monotheistic Abrahamic religion founded by Muhammad -
Christianity Christianity Abrahamic monotheistic religion -
Christianity True Jesus Church Non-denominational Christian church founded in Beijing, China -
Buddhist traditions Buddhism Indian religion -
Islam Qur’an Foundational Islamic religious text
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South Asian traditions Hinduism Religion widely practiced in the Indian subcontinent -
Judaism Judaism Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion of the Jews -
Christianity Catholic Church Largest Christian Church, made up of 24 autonomous Churches in communion with the Pope, part of the Latin Church aka Latin Christianity a.k.a. western Christianity -
Christianity Protestantism Branch of Christianity that emerged following the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century in opposition to the Roman Catholic Church and rejects papal supremacy -
East Asian traditions Taoism Religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin -
South Asian traditions Sikhism Monotheistic Indian religion -
Iranian traditions Zoroastrianism Iranian religion founded by Zoroaster - monotheism Belief that there is only one god
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South Asian traditions Jainism Indian religion - Islam Shia Islam Second-most populous Islamic denomination
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East Asian traditions Confucianism Chinese ethical and philosophical system -
East Asian traditions Shinto A polytheistic and animistic religion originating in Japan -
Islam Hamas Palestinian Islamist political and military organization -
Baháʼí Faith Monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh -
Islam Sunni Islam Most populous Islamic denomination -
Islam Sufism Body of mystical practice within Islam -
Christianity Catholicism Christian doctrine professed by the Catholic Church -
Christianity Eastern Orthodox Church Second-largest Christian church -
polytheism Worship of or belief in multiple deities -
Christianity Jehovah's Witnesses Non-trinitarian millenarian restorationist Christian denomination -
Buddhist traditions Zen School of Mahāyāna Buddhist Tradition -
paganism Polytheistic religious groups -
Abrahamic religion Category of religions considered as coming from the legacy of Abraham
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animism Religious worldview -
Christianity Lutheranism Form of Protestantism commonly associated with the teachings of Martin Luther
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Buddhist traditions Mahāyāna Branch of Buddhism popular in East Asia and Vietnam that sees the goal of becoming a buddha through the bodhisattva path as being available to all and sees the state of the arhat as incomplete
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Buddhist traditions Theravāda Major branch of Buddhism following the Pāli Canon, dominant in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand -
Christianity The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Christian restorationist denomination centered on the Book of Mormon -
Christianity Reformed Christianity Branch of Protestantism
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Christianity Church of England Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion -
Christianity Baptists Evangelical Christian movement -
deism Belief in God without revelation -
Islam Muslim Brotherhood Transnational Sunni Islamist organization - pantheism Religious and/or philosophical doctrine
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Christianity Russian Orthodox Church Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church -
Judaism Kabbalah Esoteric discipline and school of thought, associated with Judaism -
Iranian traditions Manichaeism Persian religion -
Christianity Christadelphians Millenarian Christian group
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Rastafari Monotheistic Abrahamic religion -
African traditions West African Vodun Religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon people -
theism Belief in the existence of at least one deity; the opposite of atheism -
Buddhist traditions Tibetan Buddhism Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan -
Christianity Anglicanism Christian tradition developing out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England - Islam Wahhabism Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
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Christianity Quakers Christian denominational family (1652–) -
Islam monotheism in Islam Islam's central monotheistic concept of a single, indivisible God -
Christianity Counter-Reformation Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism -
Christianity Mormonism Religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon -
Islam Ahmadiyya Islamic revival movement originating in the Indian subcontinent -
Judaism Pharisees Ancient Jewish sect -
Buddhist traditions Vajrayana Indian Buddhist tantric traditions given to Tibet, Bhutan, and East Asia -
Christianity Coptic Orthodox Church International Oriental Orthodox Christian church led by the Patriarch of Alexandria on the Holy See of St. Mark -
South Asian traditions Shaivism Major tradition of Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being -
Christianity Armenian Apostolic Church National church of the Armenian people -
I Ching Ancient Chinese text used for divination -
Christianity Seventh-day Adventist Church Christian denomination -
South Asian traditions Vaishnavism Major Hindu tradition that reveres Vishnu as the Supreme Being -
Christianity Pentecostalism Evangelical Christian movement -
Christianity Anabaptism Christian denominational family -
Islam Isma'ilism Branch of Shi'a Islam
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Christianity Catharism Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe -
Christianity Puritans Subclass of English Reformed Protestants - Christianity Methodism Group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity
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Islam Salafism Ultraconservative fundamentalist movement within Islam -
Christianity Oriental Orthodox churches Largest group of churches following Oriental Orthodoxy in full communion -
Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy Christian denominational family - Christianity Presbyterianism Branch of Protestant Christianity using presbyterian church government and originating in the British Isles
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Christianity Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Eastern Orthodox religious denomination based in İstanbul, Türkiye - Islam Kharijites Early Islamic rebellious sect
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Falun Gong Religious movement originating in China -
Christianity Eastern Catholic Churches 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome - Christianity Evangelicalism Evangelical Christian movement
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Theosophy Religion founded by Helena Blavatsky -
Alawites Ethnoreligious group centered in the Levant -
Christianity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Oriental Orthodox Church denomination of Ethiopia -
Islam Hanbalism One of the schools or madhabs of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam -
Judaism Hasidic Judaism Religious subgroup of modern Judaism -
New Age Spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s - orthodoxy Adherence to the actual accepted belief, especially in religion
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Wicca Modern syncretic pagan religion
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Islam Hanafism One of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence -
Christianity Nestorianism Christological doctrine arguing that human and divine persons of Jesus Christ are separate
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Ancient Egypt religion of ancient Egypt System of polytheistic beliefs and rituals of ancient Egyptian -
Islam Shafi'i School of Islamic jurisprudence -
Christianity Anglican Communion International association of churches -
Islam Malikism One of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam - South Asian traditions Shaktism Goddess-centric sect of Hinduism
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Christianity The Salvation Army Evangelical Christian church and charitable organisation -
modern paganism Group of contemporary religious movements based on ancient European and Middle Eastern religions - Christianity monophysitism Christological doctrine which emphasizes the one holy, divine aspect and nature of Christ
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Steppe, Siberia and the Arctic Tengrism Original religion of the Turkic and Mongolic peoples - Islam Zaidism Branch of Shia Islam
- Judaism Sadducees Jewish sect or group active in Judea from 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE
- esotericism Wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
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fetishism Human attribution of special powers or value to a regular object -
Judaism Orthodox Judaism One of the three major Judaism movement, and the formal one in Israel -
Christianity Western Christianity Christianity originating from the tradition of the Western Roman Empire, with its capital in Rome. consists of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and its derivatives - Christianity Adventism Christian denominational family
- Greek and Roman ancient Roman religion Form of Indo-European polytheism practised in the Roman civilization
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ecstasy Advanced emotion, subjective experience of total involvement of the subject, with an object of their awareness -
Essenes Jewish sect during the Second Temple period - Islam Ibadi Islam It is considered the third Islamic school of thought after the Sunni and Shia schools.
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Islam Twelver Shiism Branch of Shia Islam admitting 12 imams as the successors of Muhammad -
Islam Alevism Ethno-religious group
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Islam Bektashi Order Islamic Sufi syncretic and mystic order -
Christianity Eastern Christianity Christian traditions originating from Greek- and Syriac-speaking populations -
Christianity Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch Eastern Orthodox patriarchate currently headquartered in Damascus, Syria -
Indian religions Religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent -
Christianity Orthodox Church of Ukraine Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in Ukraine (2018-) -
Christianity Early Christianity Period of church history beginning with the ministry of Jesus (c. 27-30) and ending with the First Council of Nicaea (325) -
Hussites Czech pre-Protestant Christian movement -
Greek and Roman Ancient Greek religion Religion in ancient Greece -
Greek and Roman · Iranian traditions Mithraic mysteries Ancient Iranian religion in Iran and Roman Empire -
Nation of Islam Black nationalist African-American new religious movement