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
Religious demographics List of religious populations Trends in adherence Growth of religion Desecularization Secularization
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 • 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 • 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
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 Demon Demonology List of theological demons 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 Creation myth Religious naturalism Sacred Sacred space Sacred time Shamanism Sin Soul Spirituality List of spirituality-related topics Supernaturalism Tao Theology Agnosticism Antitheism Atheism Deism Deity List of deities Dualism God Henotheism Immanence Monism Monolatrism Monotheism Nondualism Nontheistic religions Pandeism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Post-theism Theism Transcendence Divination Prophecy
Approaches to the beliefs of others Exclusivism Inclusivism
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
Anitism topics
Anito Philippine shamans Bathala Dambana
Ayyavazhi topics
Ayyavazhi scriptures List of Ayyavazhi-related topics
Bábism topics
Baháʼí Faith topics
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá The Báb Baháʼí teachings Baháʼu'lláh History of the Baháʼí Faith
Buddhism topics
Attainment Arahant Bodhisattva Buddha Basic concepts Four Noble Truths Five Aggregates Three marks of existence Dependent Origination Karma Rebirth Saṃsāra Nirvana Noble Eightfold Path Branches of Buddhism Theravada Mahayana Vajrayana Buddhism by country Buddhist monasticism Monk Nun Buddhist philosophy Buddhist texts Mahayana sutras Pāli Canon Cultural elements of Buddhism Gautama Buddha Glossary of Buddhism History of Buddhism Index of Buddhism-related articles List of Buddhists Practice Meditation Buddhist vegetarianism Morality Wisdom Three Jewels Buddha (the Teacher) Dhamma (the Teaching) Sangha (the Community)
Cao Dai topics Cao Dai
Christianity topics
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 List of popes List of saints Roman Catholicism by country Protestantism Protestantism by country Religious texts Bible Garden of EdenEric Baratay, l'anthropocentrisme du christianisme occidental, Si les lions pouvaient parler, essais sur la condition animale, sous la direction de Boris Cyrulnik, Gallimard, (references to herbivorous diet), Antilegomena Deuterocanonical books Gospels Epistles New Testament Old Testament Timeline of Christian missions
Hinduism topics
Diet in Hinduism Hindu denominations History of Hinduism List of Hinduism-related articles
Islam topics
Allah Ninety-nine names of Allah Glossary of Islam Hajj History of Islam Index of Islamic and Muslim related articles Islam by country Islamic schools and branches Ahmadiyya Sunni Shia Sufi Muhammad Religious texts Hadith Hadith collections Nahj al-Balagha Sahih Bukhari Hadith Qudsi Isnad – Ilm ar-rijal – Narrators of hadith Matn List of Islamic texts Quran – Sura – Ayat Asbab al-nuzul Naskh Quranic literalism Tafsir Qudsi – tafsir Salat Zakat
Jainism topics
History of Jainism Jain vegetarianism Nonviolence (Ahimsa) applied to animals
Judaism topics
Israel Jew Jewish Jewish religious movements Jewish vegetarianism Judaism by country List of Jewish history topics Origins of Judaism
Mandaeism topics
Mandaeans Mandaean priest List of Mandaean priests Mandaean cosmology Mandaean calendar List of Mandaic manuscripts
Modern Paganism topics
Asatru Kemetism List of Modern pagan movements Neoshamanism Wicca Witchcraft
New Age topics List of New Age topics
New religious movement topics
List of new religious movements
Open source religion topics
Rasta topics
Mansions of Rastafari
Shintō topics
Shinto sects and schools
Sikhism topics
Diet in Sikhism History of Sikhism Sikh gurus Sikh scriptures Bani – Gurbani Chaupai Dasam Granth Guru Granth Sahib Jaap Sahib Japji Sahib Mul Mantra Sukhmani Sahib
Spiritism topics
History of Spiritism
Taoism topics
History of Taoism Taoist schools Taoist meditation Taoist scripture
Tenrikyo topics
Joyous Life Ofudesaki Osashizu Oyasama Tenri-O-no-Mikoto
Unitarian Universalism topics
Vegetarianism and religion topics
Philosophic issues in topics in religion and vegetarianism Exogenous criticism of other religions where there may be vegetarianism