The Western religions are the religions that originated within Western culture, which are thus historically, culturally, and theologically distinct from...

Abrahamic religions and Iranian religions), Indian religions, East Asian religions, African religions, American religions, Oceanic religions, and classical...

are often juxtaposed against other categories, such as folk religions, Indigenous religions, and new religious movements (NRMs), which are also used by...

example, Islam with Eastern religions. Abrahamic religions make up the largest major division in the study of comparative religion. By total number of adherents...

spiritual world should be embraced. Gnostic ideas influenced many ancient religions, which teach that gnosis (variously interpreted as enlightenment, salvation...

The Eastern religions are the religions which originated in East, South and Southeast Asia and thus have dissimilarities with Western, African and Iranian...

influence are Afro-American religion, which have their origins in Central and West Africa. Middle Eastern religions: Abrahamic religions are the largest group...

and other religions and creeds which constitute an inseparable part of the historical heritage of Russia's peoples", including ethnic religions or paganism...

estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, though nearly all of them have regionally based, relatively small followings. Four religions—Christianity, Islam...

their traditional beliefs with the practice of Abrahamic religions. These two Abrahamic religions are widespread across Africa, though mostly concentrated...

religions, sometimes also termed Dharmic religions or Indic religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent. These religions,...

divided religions into three broad categories: world religions, a term which refers to transcultural, international faiths; Indigenous religions, which...

religions also provided cohesion through a unified doctrine and practice shared by the nationwide community. The officially recognized new religions number...

Kingdoms adopted foreign religions such as Buddhism and Confucianism, which coexisted alongside native Korean traditional religions. Buddhism was introduced...

studies, an ethnic religion is a religion or belief associated with notions of heredity and a particular ethnic group. Ethnic religions are often distinguished...

American religions, Baltic and Slavic religions, Confucianism, and the religions of Africa and Oceania. Eliade, Mircea ed. Encyclopedia of Religion (16 vol...

Chinese folk religion. The People's Republic of China is officially an atheist state, but the government formally recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Taoism...

Ethnic religions (also "indigenous religions" or "ethnoreligions") are generally defined as religions which are related to a particular ethnic group (ethnoreligious...

Publications. p. 127. "General Essay on Western Christianity", Overview Of World Religions. Division of Religion and Philosophy, University of Cumbria....

specific religions as religions, arguing that they are instead heresies, even if they are widely viewed as a religion in the academic world. Religion is a...

by religion: Abrahamic religions (West Asian religions or Western religions) Eastern religions Dharmic religions (Indian religions) Taoic religions (East...

major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian religions or Dharmic religions and represent...

"indigenous religions". The scholar of religion Carole M. Cusack noted that "indigenous religions" were rejected from the "world religions" category because...

Lugira, the Traditional African religions are the only religions "that can claim to have originated in Africa. Other religions found in Africa have their origins...

of major Indian religions is not significant, or at least is of a different nature than in Western religions. Many Indian religions place greater emphasis...

Frisian and Saxon religions became extinct, and elements of the extinguished pagan religions were incorporated into the Christian religion even after conversion...

The history of religion in Japan has been characterized by the predominance of animistic religions practiced by its mainland, Ryukyuan, and Ainu inhabitants...

respective religions are of recent pedigree. The formation of ancient religions as objects of study coincided with the formation of religion itself as...

Eastern religions refers to religions originating in the Eastern world—India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia—and thus having dissimilarities with Western religions...

second-largest religion in those countries. Ancient European religions included veneration for deities such as Zeus. Modern revival movements of these religions include...