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x Buddhism StandingBuddha Gautama Buddha    
Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religion and is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" (the Awakened One), who was born in what is today Nepal. He lived and...
x Zen Bodhidharma, woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, 1887 Bodhidharma Madhyamaka Obaku school
Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Chán. Chán is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyāna, which means "meditation" (see etymology below). Zen emphasizes experiential Prajñā—particularly as realized in the form of...
Taoism Rinzai school
Soto Zen
x Judaism Duraeuropa-1- Abraham   Samaritanism
Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, "Judah"; in Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת, Yahedut, the distinctive characteristics of the Judean ethnos) is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), as...
Sarah Christianity
Roman Catholicism
x Calvinism John Calvin Heinrich Bullinger    
Calvinism (named for John Calvin and also called the Reformed tradition, the Reformed faith, or Reformed theology) is a theological system and an approach to the Christian life that emphasizes God's sovereignty or control over all things. The...
Pietro Martire Vermigli
Martin Bucer
Huldrych Zwingli
John Calvin
x Hinduism Brahma carving at a temple in Halebidu      
Hinduism is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma, a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law", by its adherents. Generic "types" of Hinduism that attempt to accommodate a variety of...
x Abrahamic religion Abraham Dharma Abraham    
Abrahamic religions are monotheistic faiths that recognize a spiritual tradition identified with Abraham. The term is mostly used to refer collectively to Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Bahai Faith,, although it includes other religions such...
x Islam Allah.jpg Muhammad   Sunni Islam
Islam (Arabic: الإسلام‎ al-’islām, pronounced [ʔislæːm]   ( listen)) is a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. The word Islam is a...
x Assyrian Church of the East      
x Dharmic religions Abraham Dharma        
x Taoism Incense taiwan temple fu dog Zhuangzi   Zen
Taoism (frequently pronounced /ˈtaʊ.ɪ.zəm/, though Daoism /ˈdaʊ.ɪ.zəm/ is preferred), from Chinese Daojiao 道教 (pronounced dào (help·info) jiào (help·info)), refers to a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. These...
Laozi
x Confucianism Confucius    
Confucianism, literally "The School of the Scholars," is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of the early Chinese sage Confucius. Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political,...
x Shinto Ženich a nevěsta při šintoistickém svatebním obřadu      
Shinto (神道, Shintō) is the name ascribed to the non-Buddhist religious practices of Japan. The word Shinto ("Way of the Gods") was adopted from the written Chinese (神道), combining two kanji: "shin" (神), meaning gods or spirits (originally from the...
x Sikhism Amritsar-golden-temple-00 Guru Ram Das    
Sikhism (Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkɪzəm/ (help·info) or /ˈsɪkɪzəm/ ; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖੀ, sikkhī, IPA: [ˈsɪkːʰiː] ), founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak and ten successive Sikh Gurus in fifteenth century Punjab, is the fifth-largest organized religion...
Guru Har Gobind
Guru Nanak Dev
Guru Har Krishan
Guru Har Rai
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x Restorationism       Jehovah's Witnesses
In the United States, Restorationism, sometimes called Christian primitivism, refers to the belief held by various religious movements that pristine or original Christianity should be restored, while usually claiming to be the source of that...
x Protestantism Geneva Bible John Knox Roman Catholicism Anglicanism
Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the principal traditions within Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
Thomas Cranmer Presbyterian Church
Martin Luther
Huldrych Zwingli
John Calvin
x Jainism      
Jainism (pronounced /ˈdʒaɪnɪzəm/)is an ancient Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence for all forms of living beings in this world. Its philosophy and practice relies mainly on self effort in progressing the soul on the spiritual...
x Taoic religion Vinegar tasters      
In the study of comparative religion, the East Asian religions (also known as Far Eastern religions, Chinese religions, or Taoic religions) form a subset of the Eastern religions. This group includes Caodaism, Chen Tao, Chondogyo, Confucianism,...
x Christianity Cross Paul of Tarsus Judaism Unitarianism
Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the Holy Bible. Christians believe Jesus to be the Son of God and the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament. With an estimated 2.1...
Saint Peter Unitarian Universalism
Jesus Christ Universalist Church of America
Gnosticism
Mormonism
x Anglicanism Canterbury cathedral   Protestantism Methodism
Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith. Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a...
Roman Catholicism
x Eastern Orthodox Church HY002563      
The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world, estimated to number between 225-300 million total members. It is considered by its adherents to be the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by...
x Oriental Orthodoxy HY002563      
Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus. They rejected the dogmatic definitions of...
x Madhyamaka   Nagarjuna   Zen
Madhyamaka (Sanskrit: माध्यमक, Mādhyamaka, traditional Chinese: 中觀宗, Pinyin: Zhōngguānzōng; also known as Śunyavada) is a Buddhist Mahāyāna tradition systematized by Nāgārjuna. Nāgārjuna may have arrived at his positions from a desire to achieve a...
x Methodism Wesley stained glass 9216   Anglicanism  
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to Reverend John Wesley's evangelical...
x Holiness movement        
The Holiness Movement in Christianity is a movement which teaches that the carnal nature of humanity can be cleansed through faith and by the power of the Holy Spirit if one has had his sins forgiven through faith in Jesus Christ. The benefits...
x Sunni Islam Distribution of Sunni and Shia populations Muhammad Islam  
Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘ah (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة‎ "people of the example (of Muhammad) and the community") or Ahl as-Sunnah (Arabic: أهل السنة‎) for short....
x Modern Orthodox Judaism Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein      
Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance and values with the secular, modern world. Modern Orthodoxy draws on several teachings and...
x Seventh-day Adventist Church Seventh-day Adventist Church's logo      
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (commonly abbreviated "Adventist") is a Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the...
x Conservative Judaism        
Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s....
x Baptist Rural Baptist church in Port O'Connor, Texas      
A Baptist is a Christian who subscribes to a theology and may belong to a church that, among other things, is committed to believer's baptism (as opposed to infant baptism) and, with respect to church polity, favors the congregational model. The...
x East Asian Buddhism Aomori Buddha      
East Asian Buddhism is a collective term for the schools of Buddhism that developed in the East Asian region, most of which are part of the Mahayana (which means "The Greater Vehicle") transmission. These include Chinese Buddhism, Korean Buddhism,...
x Reformed Baptist John Calvin      
The name Reformed Baptist refers both to a distinct Christian denomination, and to a description of theological leaning. Not all churches or individuals that are Reformed in doctrine identify themselves as Reformed Baptist. Reformed Baptists are...
x Early Buddhist schools        
The Early Buddhist schools are those schools into which, according to most scholars, the Buddhist monastic Sangha initially split, due originally to differences in Vinaya, and later also due to doctrinal differences and geographical separateness of...
x Presbyterianism John Calvin      
Presbyterianism refers to a number of different Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, and organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the...
x Smartism        
Smartism (or Smarta Sampradaya, Smarta Tradition, as it is termed in Sanskrit) is a denomination of the Hindu religion. The term Smarta refers to adherents who follow the Vedas and Shastras. They mainly follow the Advaita Vedanta philosophy of Adi...
x Karaite Judaism A karaite Tzitzit with blue threads      
Karaite Judaism or Karaism (pronounced /ˈkærə.aɪt, ˈkærə.ɪzəm/; Hebrew: קָרָאִים, Modern Qaraʾim Tiberian Qārāʾîm ; meaning "Followers of the Hebrew Scriptures, or Biblical Judaism"), is a Jewish movement characterized by the recognition of the...
x Charismatic movement        
The term Charismatic Movement describes the adoption (circa 1960 onwards for Protestants, 1967 onwards for Roman Catholics) of certain beliefs typical of those held by Pentecostal Christians by those within the historic denominations. The term ...
x Sufism Mevlanax      
Sufism (Arabic: تصوّف‎ - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف) is generally understood to be the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ṣūfī (صُوفِيّ), though some...
x Lutheranism {{{imagealttext}}}      
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation....
x Reconstructionist Judaism        
Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern American-based Jewish movement based on the ideas of Mordecai Kaplan (1881 – 1983). The movement views Judaism as a progressively evolving civilization. It originated as the radical left branch of Conservative...
x The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Slc mormon tempel Joseph Smith, Jr. Non-denominational Christianity  
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (abbreviated as the LDS Church, often colloquially referred to as the Mormon Church) is the largest denomination originating from the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. circa 1830....
Oliver Cowdery
x Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhist monks at a monastery in Sikkim   Vajrayana  
Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India (Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Sikkim). It is also practiced in...
x Anabaptist Thomas Muentzer      
Anabaptists (Greek ανα (again, twice) +βαπτιζω (baptize), thus "re-baptizers") are Christians of the Radical Reformation. Various groups at various times have been called Anabaptist, but the term is most commonly used to refer to the Anabaptists of...
x Reform Judaism Progresyvaus judaizmo sinagoga      
Reform Judaism refers to the spectrum of beliefs, practices and organizational infrastructure associated with Reform Judaism in North America and in the United Kingdom. The term also may refer to the Israeli Progressive Movement, the worldwide...
x Mahayana     Buddhist philosophy
Mahayana (Sanskrit: महायान, mahāyāna literally 'Great Vehicle') is one of the two main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice. It was founded in India. The name Mahayana is used in three...
Pure Land Buddhism
x Non-denominational Christianity       The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
In Christianity, the term non-denominational refers to those churches that have not formally aligned themselves with an established denomination, or remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard...
x Haredi Judaism Klaagmuur Jeruzalem      
Haredi or Chareidi Judaism is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. A follower of Haredi Judaism is called a Haredi (Haredim in the plural). In non-Jewish circles, it is sometimes referred to as Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, a term...
x Vajrayana A mandala used in Vajrayana Buddhist practices     Tibetan Buddhism
Vajrayāna Buddhism (Devanagari: वज्रयान) is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle. The period of Vajrayana Buddhism has been classified as the fifth or final period of Indian...
Shingon Buddhism
Tendai
x Tianshi Dao        
Tianshi Dao (Simplified Chinese:天师道, Traditional Chinese: 天師道, pinyin: Tiān Shī Dào) or Way of the Celestial Masters is a Chinese Daoist movement that was founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 CE. At its height, the movement controlled a theocratic state...
x Religious Society of Friends FriendsMeetingHouseManchester20051020 CopyrightKaihsuTai George Fox Puritan  
Quakerism originated in mid-17th century England, originally as a break-away branch of Puritanism. George Fox (1624-1691), an English preacher, founded the Society of Friends, whose open structure reflects his aversion to church hierarchy and...
Robert Barclay
Margaret Fell
x Eastern Christianity HY002563      
Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches which developed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity. It...
x Lingbao Ge Xuan, the supposed creater of Lingbao Daoism      
The Lingbao School (Simplified Chinese: 灵宝派; Traditional Chinese: 靈寶派; pinyin: Líng Bǎo Pài), also known as the School of the Sacred Jewel or the School of Numinous Treasure, was an important Daoist school that emerged in China in between the Jin...
x Restoration Movement Stonebw01      
The Restoration Movement (also known as the American Restoration Movement or the Stone-Campbell Movement) is a Christian movement that began on the American frontier during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century. The movement sought to...
x Evangelicalism        
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s. Most adherents consider its key characteristics to be: a belief in the need for personal conversion (or being "born again"); some expression of the gospel...
x Theravada Buddhists at the Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, near Chiang Mai, Thailand      
Theravada (Pāli: थेरवाद theravāda (cf Sanskrit: स्थविरवाद sthaviravāda); literally, "the Teaching of the Elders" or "the Ancient Teaching", is the oldest surviving Buddhist school. It was founded in India. It is relatively conservative, and...
x Vaishnavism Vishnu, as commonly depicted in his four-armed form      
Vaishnavism is a tradition of Hinduism, distinguished from other schools by its worship of Vishnu or his associated avatars, principally as Rama and Krishna, as the original and supreme God. This worship in different perspectives or historical...
x Jehovah's Witnesses Sídlo Svedkov Jehovových v bratislavských Krasňanoch Charles Taze Russell Restorationism  
Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationist, millenarian Christian religious movement. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism; they report convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual...
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
x Shi'a Islam Believed by Shias, the tombstone of Ali is in this mosque      
Shia Islam (Arabic: شيعة‎ Shī‘ah, sometimes Shi'a or Shi'ite), is the second largest denomination of Islam, after Sunni Islam. Similar to other schools of thought in Islam, Shia Islam is based on the teachings of the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an...
x Orthodox Judaism An Orthodox Jew      
Orthodox Judaism is a formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts ("Oral Torah") and as subsequently developed and applied by the later...
x Shaktism Shiva and Parvati      
Shaktism (Sanskrit: Śāktaṃ, शाक्तं; lit., "doctrine of power" or "doctrine of the Goddess") is a denomination of Hinduism that focuses worship upon Shakti or Devi – the Hindu Divine Mother – as the absolute, ultimate Godhead. It is, along with...
x Rabbinic Judaism        
Rabbinic Judaism or Rabbinism (Hebrew: "Yehadut Rabanit" - יהדות רבנית) has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the codification of the Talmud in the centuries following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE by the Roman Empire....