Outline of religion explained

See also: Index of religion-related articles. 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

See main article: Major religious groups.

Demographics

See main article: List of religious populations.

List of religions

See main article: List of religions and spiritual traditions.

Religion by region

Religion by continent

AfricaAntarcticaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceania (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

BeninBurkina FasoCape VerdeCôte d'IvoireGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaMaliMauritaniaNigerNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneTogo

Religion in North Africa

AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoSudanSouth SudanTunisia

Religion in Central Africa

AngolaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadThe Democratic Republic of the CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonRepublic of the CongoRwandaSão Tomé and Príncipe

Religion in East Africa

BurundiComoros • Djibouti • EritreaEthiopiaKenyaMadagascarMalawiMauritiusMozambiqueRwandaSeychellesSomalia (Somaliland) • TanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

Religion in Southern Africa

Religion in Antarctica

Religion in Asia

Religion in Central Asia

KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan

Religion in East Asia

Tibet

Hong KongMacau

JapanNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaTaiwan

Religion in North Asia

Russia

Religion in Southeast Asia

BruneiBurma (Myanmar)CambodiaEast Timor (Timor-Leste)IndonesiaLaosMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam

Religion in South Asia

AfghanistanBangladeshBhutanMaldivesNepalPakistanSri 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

ArmeniaAzerbaijanBahrainCyprus (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • GeorgiaIranIraqIsraelJordanKuwaitLebanonOman • State of Palestine • QatarSaudi ArabiaSyriaTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesYemen

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) • ArmeniaAzerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)

Religion in Europe

Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • AlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFaroe IslandsFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermany • Gibraltar • GreeceGuernseyHungaryIcelandIreland • Isle of Man • ItalyJerseyKazakhstanKosovoLatviaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaMoldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • MontenegroNetherlandsNorth MacedoniaNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakiaSlovenia

Spain

Autonomous communities of Spain: Catalonia

United Kingdom

England (Birmingham, Cornwall, London, Sussex) • Northern IrelandScotlandWales

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

BelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanama

Religion in the Caribbean

Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • BahamasBarbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • CubaDominicaDominican Republic • Grenada • HaitiJamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and TobagoTurks and Caicos IslandsUnited States Virgin Islands

Religion in Oceania (includes the continent of Australia)

Religion in Australasia

Religion in Dependencies/Territories of Australia

Christmas Island • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island

New Zealand

Religion in Melanesia

FijiIndonesia (Oceanian part only) • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New GuineaSolomon IslandsVanuatu

Religion in Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (USA) • KiribatiMarshall IslandsNauru • 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 • SamoaTokelau (NZ) • TongaTuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France)

Religion in South America

ArgentinaBoliviaBrazilChileColombiaEcuadorFalkland IslandsGuyanaParaguayPeruSurinameUruguayVenezuela

Religious studies

See main article: Religious studies.

Religious concepts

Religious belief

Approaches to the beliefs of others

Religious behaviour and experiences

Religion-specific topics

African traditional and diasporic topics

See main article: African traditional religion and Afro-American religion.

Anitism topics

See main article: Philippine mythology.

Ayyavazhi topics

See main article: Ayyavazhi.

Bábism topics

See main article: Outline of Bábism and Bábism.

Baháʼí Faith topics

See main article: Outline of the Baháʼí Faith.

Buddhism topics

See main article: Outline of Buddhism and Buddhism.

Cao Dai topics

Christianity topics

See main article: Outline of Christianity and Christianity.

Hinduism topics

See main article: Outline of Hinduism and Hinduism.

Islam topics

See main article: Outline of Islam and Islam.

Jainism topics

See main article: Index of Jainism-related articles and Jainism.

Judaism topics

See main article: Outline of Judaism.

Mandaeism topics

See main article: Mandaeism and Outline of Mandaeism.

Modern Paganism topics

New Age topics

New religious movement topics

See main article: New religious movement.

Open source religion topics

See main article: Open source religion.

Rasta topics

Satanism topics

Shintō topics

Sikhism topics

See main article: Outline of Sikhism and Sikhism.

Spiritism topics

See main article: Kardecist spiritism.

Taoism topics

See main article: Taoism and Outline of Taoism.

Tenrikyo topics

See main article: Tenrikyo.

Vegetarianism and religion topics

See main article: Vegetarianism and religion.

In Indian religions

In Abrahamic religions

In other religions

Zoroastrianism topics

See main article: Zoroastrianism.

Irreligion topics

See main article: Irreligion.

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Notes and References

  1. Eric Baratay, l'anthropocentrisme du christianisme occidental, Si les lions pouvaient parler, essais sur la condition animale, sous la direction de Boris Cyrulnik, Gallimard,
  2. Genesis 1:29-31, Isaiah 11:6-9
  3. Genesis 1:29-1:31, Isaiah 11:6-11:9, Isaiah 65:25
  4. Web site: Sarx.
  5. Web site: CreatureKind.