sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings. The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness...

Religious texts, including scripture, are texts which various religions consider to be of central importance to their religious tradition. Religious texts...

A religious habit is a distinctive set of clothing worn by members of a religious order. Traditionally, some plain garb recognizable as a religious habit...

Religious abuse is abuse administered through religion, including harassment, humiliation, spiritual abuse or religious violence. Religious abuse may...

Religious violence covers phenomena in which religion is either the target or perpetrator of violent behavior. All the religions of the world contain...

A religious order is a subgroup within a larger confessional community that has members who lead a contemplative lifestyle devoted to prayer and service...

Religious Zionism (Hebrew: צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, romanized: Tziyonut Datit) is a religious denomination that views Zionism as a fundamental component of...

Religious syncretism is the blending of religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation of other beliefs into an existing religious tradition...

Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is...

A religious corporation is a type of religious non-profit organization, which has been incorporated under the law. Often these types of corporations are...

Religious literacy (faith literacy) is the knowledge of, and ability to understand, religion. There has been an ongoing reflection on what counts as literacy...

Religious exclusivism, or religious exclusivity, is the doctrine or belief that only one particular religion or belief system is true. This is in contrast...

The term religious right may refer to religiously motivated right-wing or conservative movements such as: Religious conservatism Christian right Jewish...

A religious exemption or religious accommodation is a legal privilege that exempts members of a certain religion from a law, regulation, or requirement...

A religious name is a type of given name bestowed for religious purposes, and which is generally used in such contexts.[citation needed] In baptism, Catholics...

Religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans. Sacred art directly relates to religious art in the...

Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members who profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute....

Religious clothing is clothing which is worn in accordance with religious practice, tradition or significance to a faith group. It includes clerical clothing...

A religious delusion is defined as a delusion, or fixed belief not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence, involving religious themes or...

Religious community may refer to: Church (congregation), a Christian organization or congregation that meets in a particular location Confessional community...

Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society. It can indicate one or more of...

A religious brother (abbreviated Br. or Bro. as a title, also called a lay brother) is a lay male member of a religious institute or religious order who...

Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions. Examples of religiously derived legal codes include Christian canon law...

Religious cosmology is an explanation of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe from a religious perspective. This may include beliefs...

"Spiritual but not religious" (SBNR), also known as "spiritual but not affiliated" (SBNA), or sometimes "more spiritual than religious", is a popular phrase...

A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name and tradition, among other activities. The term refers to the...

Religious terrorism is a type of religious violence where terrorism is used as a strategy to achieve certain religious goals or which are influenced by...

Religious tolerance or religious toleration may signify "no more than forbearance and the permission given by the adherents of a dominant religion for...

Religious assimilation refers to the adoption of a majority or dominant culture's religious practices and beliefs by a minority or subordinate culture...

Religious ecstasy is a purported form of altered state of consciousness characterized by greatly reduced external awareness and reportedly expanded interior...

Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious...

A religious war or a war of religion, sometimes also known as a holy war (Latin: sanctum bellum), is a war and conflict which is primarily caused or justified...

meaning travel for religious or spiritual purposes, and the viewing of religious monuments and artefacts, a branch of sightseeing. Religious tourism has been...

Religious naturalism is a framework for religious orientation in which a naturalist worldview is used to respond to types of questions and aspirations...

Religious liberalism (also called liberal religion and, in theistic religion, liberal theology) is a broad approach to religion that emphasizes the authority...

Religious Confucianism is an interpretation of Confucianism as a religion. It originated in the time of Confucius with his defense of traditional religious...

"Religious development" refers to the formation of religious beliefs and values in individuals. Processes of religious development may be studied within...

individual's or community's religious orientation involves presumptions about the existence and nature of God or gods, religious prescriptions about morality...

Religious police may refer to: Cathedral constable Islamic religious police This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Religious...

fundamental aspects are unresolved: Whether to count "historically predominant religious culture(s)". Whether to count only those who actively "practice" a particular...

Religious communalism may refer to: Religious communism, common ownership within a religious community Religious communalism (South Asia), sectarian conflict...

Religious Musings was composed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1794 and finished by 1796. It is one of his first poems of critical merit and contains many...

Religious stratification is the division of a society into hierarchical layers on the basis of religious beliefs, affiliation, or faith practices. According...

Religious fanaticism or religious extremism is a designation used to indicate uncritical zeal or obsessive enthusiasm that is related to one's own, or...

Religious disaffiliation is the act of leaving a faith, or a religious group or community. It is in many respects the reverse of religious conversion....

The Religious Science movement, or Science of Mind, was established in 1926 by Ernest Holmes and is a spiritual, philosophical and metaphysical spiritual...

A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion. Religious symbols...

Religious humanism or ethical humanism is an integration of humanist philosophy with congregational rites and community activity that center on human...

This article is an index of pages on religious fiction, genres of fiction which deal with various religious or spiritual themes and topics. Christian fiction...

In the Catholic Church, a religious institute is "a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary...

Religious persecution is the systematic oppression of an individual or a group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations...

A religious sister (abbreviated: Sr.) is a Christian woman who has taken public vows in a religious order dedicated to apostolic works. Though often referred...

Religious Jews are Jews who practice and observe Judaism, as opposed to Secular Jews, They may be affiliated with: Rabininic: Orthodox Judaism Haredi...

Religious court may refer to either a religious group's internal tribunal, or a state-affiliated court with religious jurisdiction: Beth din, in Judaism...

A new religious movement (NRM), also known as a new religion or a modern religion, is a religious or spiritual group that has modern origins and is peripheral...

A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles...

A religious school is a school that either has a religious component in its operations or its curriculum, or exists primarily for the purpose of teaching...

Religious socialism is a type of socialism based on religious values and religious worldviews. Members of several major religions have found that their...

A religious movement is a theological, social, political, or philosophical interpretation of religion that is not generally represented and controlled...

that intentionally has religious ideas, religious experience, or religious practice as its core focus. In some countries, religious broadcasting developed...

This is a list of religious populations by number of adherents and countries. Pew Research Center published in 2025 an estimation of the proportions of...

Religious discrimination is treating a person or group differently because of the particular religion they align with or were born into (hereditary)....

Religious coercion may refer to Blue laws, when enforcing religious standards Forced conversion Some aspects of state religion This disambiguation page...

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian...

Religious activities generally need some infrastructure to be conducted. For this reason, there generally exist religion-supporting organizations, which...

Religious communism is a form of communism that incorporates religious principles. Scholars have used the term to describe a variety of social or religious...

Religious offenses are actions that are considered to violate religious sensibilities and arouse negative emotions in people with strong religious beliefs...

In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion (although in the United Kingdom the term religious instruction would refer...

The Religious Zionist Party (Hebrew: הציונות הדתית, romanized: HaTzionut HaDatit, lit. 'The Religious Zionism'), known as Tkuma (Hebrew: תקומה, lit. 'Revival')...

A religious official is a person, in a clergy or Holy Order, who has the authority over religious ceremonies or rituals (worship). It may mean: Priest...

Religious segregation is the separation of people according to their religion. The term has been applied to cases of religious-based segregation which...

Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap...

Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and...

Religious democracy is a form of democracy where the values of a particular religion or state religion are preferred. The term applies to all democratic...

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections is a publication written in 1746 by Jonathan Edwards describing his philosophy about the process of Christian...

A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major...

A tablet, in a religious context, is a term used for certain religious texts. Judaism and Christianity maintain that Moses brought the Ten Commandments...

self-concept. Religious identity is not necessarily the same as religiousness or religiosity. Although these three terms share a commonality, religiousness and...

Religious instinct has been hypothesized by some scholars as a part of human nature. Support for such a position being found in the fact that (as Talcott...

Religious conflict may refer to: Religious abuse Religious censorship Religious discrimination Religious intolerance Religious persecution Religious violence...

A religious colloquy is a meeting to settle differences of doctrine or dogma, also called a colloquium (meeting, discussion), as in the historical Colloquy...

Religious guilds were voluntary associations formed in medieval Europe to promote collective devotional life, mutual support and charitable activity among...

Freedom of religion or religious liberty, also known as freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual...

Religious nationalism can be understood in a number of ways, such as nationalism as a religion itself, a position articulated by Carlton Hayes in his...

Religious skepticism is a type of skepticism relating to religion. Religious skeptics question religious authority and are not necessarily antireligious/clerical...

The Religious Front was a political alliance in Israel, formed by the Orthodox parties Hapoel HaMizrachi and Poalei Agudat Yisrael to contest elections...

Religious philosophy is philosophical thinking that is influenced and directed as a consequence of teachings from a particular religion. It can be done...

organizations, including some religions Religious stratification, the stratification of society based on religious beliefs or other faith-based considerations...

Religious economy may refer to: Theory of religious economy, the interpretation of religious persons and organizations interacting within a market framework...

The religious views of the English rock band the Beatles evolved over time and differed among members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and...

Religious horror is a subgenre of horror film that incorporates religious themes, beliefs, traditions, symbols, rituals, and imagery into its narratives...

The Religious–Nationalists (plural form in Persian: ملّی‌مذهبی‌ها, romanized: Melli–Mazhabi ha, lit. 'The Nationalist–Religious Ones') or the National–Religious...

Religious intolerance or religious bigotry is intolerance of another's religious beliefs, practices, faith or lack thereof. Statements which are contrary...

Religious satire is a form of satire that refers to religious beliefs and can take the form of texts, plays, films, and parody. From the earliest times...

Religious fraud is a term used for civil or criminal fraud carried out in the name of a religion or within a religion, e.g. false claims to being kosher...

Religious antisemitism is the aversion to or discrimination against Jews as a whole based on religious doctrines of supersession, which expect or demand...

A religious reform (from Latin re-: "back, again", and formare: "to form"; i.e. put together: "to restore, reconstruct, rebuild") aims at the reform of...

also religious affiliation. Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, and Protestantism were faiths practiced in the country. The religious demography...

Religious vows are the public vows made by the members of religious communities pertaining to their conduct, practices, and views. In the Buddhist tradition...

Various religions prescribe or recommend religious or faith-based fasting. Examples from the Abrahamic religions include Lent in Christianity; Ramadan...

Religious attribution in social psychology refers to how individuals use religious explanations in order to explain or understand a particular experience...

Religious drama may refer to: Natya - the sacred Hindu temple drama Liturgical drama - Christian drama Auto sacramental - Spanish religious drama This...

Religious observance includes all overt kinds of religious behavior. Research in this area shows the extent and patterning of religious activities in...

Religious censorship is a form of censorship where freedom of expression is controlled or limited using religious authority or on the basis of the teachings...

A military order (Latin: ordo militaris) is a Latin Catholic religious order of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar, the Knights...

Hinduism (/ˈhɪnduˌɪzəm/) is an umbrella term for a range of Indian religious and spiritual traditions (sampradayas) that are unified by adherence to the...

A religious profession is the solemn admission of men or women into consecrated life by means of the pronouncement of religious vows, typically the evangelical...

Religious republic could refer to: Christian republic Islamic republic This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Religious republic...

Totally Religious is an album by the English band the Screaming Blue Messiahs, released in 1989. It was co-produced by previous Screaming Blue Messiahs...

Religious group may refer to: Confessional community, a group of people with similar religious beliefs Ethnoreligious group, a group of people with a common...

A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection. All major historical religions have...

Religious alienation is a term some use to describe how religion creates an impediment to human self-understanding. Although the roots of alienation lie...

Religious behaviours are behaviours motivated by religious beliefs. Religious actions are also called 'ritual' and religious avoidances are called taboos...

Jewish religious clothing is apparel worn by Jews in connection with the practice of the Jewish religion. Jewish religious clothing has changed over time...

Religious language may refer to: Sacred language Problem of religious language Category:Religious terminology This disambiguation page lists articles...

by her followers as Mother God, was an American religious leader and the co-founder of the new religious movement Love Has Won. Carlson and her followers...

Cults are social groups which have unusual, and often extreme, religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals. Extreme devotion to a particular...

The following is a list of the world's wealthiest religious organizations. Forbes list of billionaires List of wealthiest families List of wealthiest...

in European cultural history in its influence on later juridical and religious vocabulary in Europe, particularly of the Christian Church. This glossary...

Mysticism encompasses religious traditions of human transformation aided by various practices and religious experiences. Popularly, mysticism is used...

In sociology of religion, religious capital is the investment an individual makes into their religious faith. The investment is the time and physical work...

foundations of religious liberty in America, the impact of religious liberty on American society, current threats to domestic religious liberty, strategies...

The following is a list of religious slurs or religious insults in the English language that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about...

Singh (1666–1708), named the Guru Granth Sahib, which is the central religious scripture in Sikhism, as his successor. This brought the line of human...

Religious values reflect the beliefs and practices which a religious adherent partakes in. Most values originate from sacred texts of each respective religion...

India – India at a Glance: Religious Compositions". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 25 August 2015. "Population by religious community – 2011". 2011 Census...

called an elopement. Marriage takes many forms, depending on cultural and religious values of the people involved and the cultural expectations of the society...

atheism Demographics of religion List of countries by irreligion List of religious populations Religions by country Religiosity and intelligence Wealth and...

Albert Einstein's religious views have been widely studied and often misunderstood. Albert Einstein stated "I believe in Spinoza's God". He did not believe...

Religious epistemology broadly covers religious approaches to epistemological questions, or attempts to understand the epistemological issues that come...

Scrupulosity, also known as religious obsessive–compulsive disorder or scrupulous–compulsive disorder (SCD), is a mental disorder defined by intrusive...

The Religious Chronicle is an ancient Mesopotamian register of portents such as the straying of wild animals into urban areas and extraordinary natural...

the secular government and the religious hierarchy. Religious officials formed the Ulama, who had control of religious teachings and theology, and also...

the population of the Arabian Peninsula and created a single Islamic religious polity. Following his death in 632, his followers expanded Muslim rule...

The Religious Issue (Portuguese: Questão Religiosa) was a crisis that took place in the Empire of Brazil in the 1870s, which, having started on 3 March...

Anglican religious orders are communities of men or women (or in some cases mixed communities of men and women) in the Anglican Communion who live under...

religious doctrines as justified if it is supported by sufficient evidence. Suggested examples of evidence for religious doctrines include religious experiences...

Religious banking may refer to: Christian finance Islamic banking and finance Buddhist economics Economics of religion This disambiguation page lists...

Religious affiliation of adults in the United States, per Gallup (2020–2024) Protestantism (44.8%) Catholicism (21.8%) Other Christians (2.40%) Judaism...

has been excluded, and thus available statistics are estimates made by religious and non-governmental agencies. The country is majority Sunni Muslim (estimated...

would call a "monk" or "nun". More precisely, a religious is a member of a religious order or religious institute, someone who belongs to "a society in...

The Religious of the Assumption, also known as the Sisters of the Assumption, is an international Roman Catholic congregation of pontifical right. Founded...

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits...

India has been home to a large number of religious thinkers and spiritualists. The most important of such religious thinkers include Buddha, Guru Nanak, and...

collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of observing the Mosaic covenant, which...

Enclosed religious orders are religious orders whose members strictly separate themselves from the affairs of the external world. The term cloistered is...

A religious test is a legal requirement to swear faith to a specific religion or sect, or to renounce the same. The Test Act 1673 in England obligated...

group (or an ethno-religious group) is a group of people with a common religious and ethnic background or, in some cases, a religious background exclusively...

Weekday Religious Education (WRE) or Released Time for Religious Instruction (RTRI) is a released time religious education program for public school students...

is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning...

Folk beliefs (0.20%) Christianity (1.40%) Islam (1.30%) Other (0.30%) Religious affiliation among persons claiming one (The World Factbook 2021) Unaffiliated...

odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. The use of three lines to...

Jewish religious movements, sometimes called "denominations", include diverse groups within Judaism which have developed among Jews from ancient times...

The concept of the regional religious system (RRS) 區域宗教系統 was first put forth in an article co-authored by Jiang Wu 吳疆, Daoqin Tong 童道琴, and Karl Ryavec...

Declaration of Religious Harmony of Singapore is a statement that affirms the importance of, and the commitment of Singaporeans towards, religious harmony....

the time without the Alsace-Lorraine, where the law does not apply) of religious associations also say parochial or sometimes in some churches, presbyteries...

as an addiction. A 2016 Psychology Today article stated that the more religious people are, the more likely they are to restrict their sexual fantasies...

stated that in Iran, 72% of respondents said they were religious, 27% said they were not religious, and 1% said they were atheist. Online surveys conducted...

Entheogens are psychoactive substances used in spiritual, religious, recreational, therapeutic, and experimental contexts to induce altered states of...

the duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other...

absorbed into local societies, which introduced lasting cultural and religious influences. European powers later competed to monopolise trade in the...

Religious trauma syndrome (RTS) is classified as a set of symptoms, ranging in severity, experienced by those who have participated in or left behind...

A new religious movement (NRM) is a religious or spiritual group or community with practices of relatively modern origins. NRMs may be novel in origin...

Religious uniformity occurs when government is used to promote one state religion, denomination, or philosophy to the exclusion of all other religious...

only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultures. The number 2 is the second...

Galatians who inhabit Pessinous do not touch pork." In spite of the common religious stigma associated with pigs, pork remains the most consumed meat of any...

religions are a set of monotheistic religions that respect or admire the religious figure Abraham as a patriarch and/or as a prophet, namely Judaism, Christianity...

Kierkegaard regained a sort of morality in the religious (although he would not agree that it was ethical; the religious suspends the ethical), and Jean-Paul Sartre's...

international laws of war bar firing upon or from a religious building. Religious architecture expresses the religious beliefs, aesthetic choices, and economic and...

general. He opposed the British government's introduction of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act, something he writes about in his contribution to Free Expression...

is a woman authorized to perform the sacred rites and or duties of a religious organization, often used for pagan, and witch-related titles, or positions...

al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an esoteric religious group of Arabs who adhere to Druzism or the Druze faith, an Abrahamic...

The following is a non-exhaustive list of links to specific religious texts which may be used for further, more in-depth study. Pyramid Texts Coffin Texts...

"Religious" is the second single from American R&B singer R. Kelly's studio album, Untitled (2009). The song was released on October 10, 2009, on R. Kelly's...

"Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal." The word hierarchy has religious roots and translates to 'rule of a high priest.' Authority is a core tenet...

of definitions, as found in traditional, modern, and ethical concepts. Religious rituals for regaining virginity exist in many cultures. Some men and women...

religious experience, also known as a spiritual experience or sacred experience, is a subjective experience which is interpreted within a religious framework...

dissident factions within the movement. Religious Zionism is a variant that combines secular nationalism and religious conservatism. Advocates of Zionism have...

apocalyptic and messianic frameworks. They remained embedded in Jewish religious life and did not initially conceive of themselves as departing from Israel...

The city of Paris, France is home to a large number of religious buildings, of many different religions. Religion in Paris (2011) Catholicism (61.0%)...

religious affiliation in the United States Senate reflects the variety of religion in the United States, despite not being in line with the religious...

Nun A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience...

spelled Yezidis (/jə.ˈziː.diz/ ; Êzidî), are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that...

This is an index of religious honorifics from various religions. Ecclesiastical titles are the formal styles of address used for members of the Christian...

define and understand, one standard model of religion that is used in religious studies courses defines it as [a] system of symbols which acts to establish...

generally regarded by scholars of religion as referring to a largely modern religious phenomenon which, while itself a reinterpretation of religion as defined...

Religious violence in Odisha consists of civil unrest and riots in the Indian state of Odisha in 1990s and early 2000s. Violence also took place against...

Below are lists of religious converts. The term proselyte is often used as a synonym for religious converts, although historically it first referred solely...

scientific method, the Enlightenment promoted ideals of individual liberty, religious tolerance, progress, and natural rights. Its thinkers advocated for constitutional...

The religious beliefs of Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, have been a matter of debate. His opinions regarding religious matters...

Religious America was a 1974 American television documentary series produced for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station WGBH-TV in Boston...

jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the state. Conceptually, the term refers to the creation...

be burned and on June 17, 1244, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were set on fire in the streets of Paris. 1263: the Disputation...

Religious to Damn was an indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York fronted by Afghan-American songwriter Zohra Atash. Atash formed the group in 2009 in...

affected by cultural, political, legal, philosophical, moral, ethical, and religious aspects of life. Interest in sexual activity normally increases when an...

was the twelfth-largest Protestant religious body in the world and the sixth-largest highly international religious body. It is ethnically and culturally...

Religious practices in ancient Greece encompassed a collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology, in the form of both popular public religion and cult...

Corps. This soldier provides expertise in religious support and religious support operations. The Religious Affairs Specialists, which is military occupational...

Shas (Hebrew: ש״ס) is a Haredi religious political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardi chief rabbi, who...

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and theologian William James. It comprises...

There are a variety of religious views on suicide. Regarding suicide in the ancient European religions, both Roman and Greek, had a relaxed attitude....

attended religious services, and read religious material weekly. Twenty-three percent of those studied did not identify themselves as religious practitioners...

developed arguments for and against the existence of God. In monotheistic religious belief systems, God is usually viewed as the principal foundation of faith...

dubbed Yahwism (for Yahweh) by modern scholars, having a theology that religious Jews believe to be the expression of the Mosaic covenant between God and...

system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices; the service or worship of God or the supernatural. Religious belief is distinct from religious practice...

Religious views on truth vary both between and within religions. The most universal concept of religion that holds true in every case is the inseparable...

for various religious or secular aims. The Western concept of fraternities developed in the Christian context, notably with the religious orders in the...

exclusively known as Saint Dominic (Spanish: Santo Domingo), was a Castilian religious priest and the founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). He is the...

Neopaganism, is a modern pagan religion. Scholars of religious studies classify it as a new religious movement. Developed in Europe during the early 20th...

The Elizabethan religious settlement was the set of religious and political arrangements made for England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603)...

ministry of religious affairs (sometimes with a similar name, like ministry of endowments) is a government department responsible for religious matters,...

Governorate (present-day Yarkovsky District in Tyumen Oblast). He had a religious conversion experience after embarking on a pilgrimage to a monastery in...

International Religious Freedom Report 2013, Afghanistan. International Religious Freedom Report 2013, Indonesia. International Religious Freedom Report...

The Coalition for Religious Freedom is a religious right organization founded by Tim LaHaye and Robert Grant to lobby against government regulation of...

organization, movement, or religious denomination. The word is most frequently applied to a split in what had previously been a single religious body, such as the...

2009). "Poe's Law, Group Polarization, and the Epistemology of Online Religious Discourse". SSRN 1332169. Chivers, Tom (October 23, 2009). "Internet rules...

He had both Hindu and Muslim followers, but when pressed on his own religious affiliations, he refused to identify himself with one to the exclusion...

A religious intentional community is a residential community with a shared religious identity designed to have a high degree of group cohesiveness and...

belief that the solution to the downfall among India's religious communities was a grassroots religious revival." As the British Empire began to dissolve in...

religious affairs. The Ministry of Religious Services appoints religious councils, and covers 40% of the shortfall in approved budgets for religious facilities...

Satanism is a group of religious, ideological, or philosophical beliefs based on Satan—particularly his worship or veneration. Because of the ties to...

determining whether it constitutes a myth. Myths are often endorsed by religious and secular authorities, and may be natural or supernatural in character...

restricted to theology and can also express skeptical attitudes toward non-religious claims. Agnosticism contrasts with theism, which affirms God's existence...

The National Religious Party (Hebrew: מִפְלָגָה דָּתִית לְאֻומִּית, Miflaga Datit Leumit), commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew abbreviation Mafdal...

suited, trained, or qualified. Although the term is now often used in non-religious contexts and is related to cultivating motivated, self-directed, and positively...

The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American...

A religious goods store, also known as a religious bookstore, religious gifts store or religious supplies shop, is a store specializing in supplying materials...

This is a list of religious leaders who have been convicted of serious crimes before, during or after their period as a religious leader. Tony Alamo –...

The No Religious Test Clause of the United States Constitution is a clause within Article VI, Clause 3: Senators and Representatives before mentioned...

modern scientists, psychologists and philosophers. Additionally, many religious traditions, including Abrahamic and Dharmic traditions, hold that death...

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity and the history behind religion. It is...

Berger, have been called one of the contemporary world's most dynamic religious movements. Historically speaking however, Protestantism includes only...

Religious tourism in India is a focus of Narendra Modi's national tourism policy. Uttarakhand has been popular as a religious and adventure tourism hub...

Religious violence in India includes acts of violence by followers of one religious group against followers and institutions of another religious group...

USA and small First Nations or bands in Canada, as each having unique religious practices. Theology may be monotheistic, polytheistic, henotheistic, animistic...

belonging to the complex, highlighting the extent of socioeconomic and religious integration in the lives of the Ugaritic people. Architecturally, the...

worldwide adherents, called Muslims. Islam is the world's second-largest religious population after Christianity. Muslims believe that there is a primordial...

according to a claim in 1949. The movement was influenced by existing religious practice in the Sulphur Bay area of Tanna, particularly the worship of...

The Bible is an anthology of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and important in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The...

philosophers have studied Nazism with a specific focus on its religious and pseudo-religious aspects. It has been debated whether Nazism would constitute...

translated as eulogist or panegyrist; is attributed to a religious singer. There is a kind of religious singer(s) in Islamic culture who are called Maddah that...

Religious affiliations can affect the electability of the presidents of the United States and shape their stances on policy matters and their visions...

by the UN have found evidence of increasing incitement of hatred and religious intolerance by "ultra-nationalist Buddhists" against Rohingyas while the...

Initiated in 529, they are the oldest of all the religious orders in the Latin Church. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, especially...

and rationalistic theology that rejects prophecies, revelations, and religious texts as legitimate or reliable sources of divine knowledge, Deism instead...

The Presidency of Religious Affairs (Turkish: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, commonly referred to as the Diyanet or DİB) is a state institution established...

(1793–1794). Paine's religious views as expressed in The Age of Reason caused quite a stir in religious society, effectively splitting the religious groups into...

'catechism'. Often the word doctrine specifically suggests a body of religious principles as promulgated by a church. Doctrine may also refer to a principle...

religious reforms, centralizing worship in Jerusalem and eliminating the worship of foreign gods. According to the Hebrew Bible, Josiah's religious reforms...

The Prince Philip movement is a religious sect followed by the Kastom people around the villages of Yaohnanen and Yakel on the southern Tanna Island in...

Sacral architecture (also known as sacred architecture or religious architecture) is a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction...

other traditional subjects. Throughout his childhood, he continued his religious education with the assistance of his relatives, including his mother's...

The Politics of Religious Apostasy: The Role of Apostates in the Transformation of Religious Movements is a 1998 book edited by David G. Bromley. It presents...

the physical world and thus accessible to creatures in various ways. In religious experience, transcendence is a state of being that has overcome the limitations...

Godel was not unmoved by religious concerns. On the contrary, his library included many books and tracts devoted to various religious sects; among his notebooks...

The Family International (TFI) is an American new religious movement founded in 1968 by David Brandt Berg. The group has gone under a number of different...

needed] An example of a religious notion from this shared past is the concept of *dyēus, which is attested in several distinct religious systems.[citation needed]...

established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization. A heretic is a proponent of heresy. Heresy in Judaism...

task force of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, the Sikh religious body. The Akali Dal considers itself the principal representative of Sikhs...

cult to be enacted, to be practiced. In the Catholic Church, outward religious practice in cultus is the technical term for Roman Catholic devotions...

Religious revival may refer to: Christian revival, a period of unusual blessing and activity in the life of the Christian Church Revival meeting, a series...

widely professed religion in Russia, with significant minorities of non-religious people and adherents of other faiths. Russia has the world's largest Orthodox...

In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains or personal effects...

after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe. Other motives...

Religious views on pornography are based on the broader views of religions on topics such as modesty, dignity, and sexuality. Different religious groups...

people are Muslim, 40% Christian and 10% adherent of their own indigenous religious traditions. A 1974 study analyzed Yoruba marriages in the town Oka Akoko...

Ancient Mesopotamian religion encompasses the religious beliefs (concerning the gods, creation and the cosmos, the origin of humanity, and so forth) and...

with them or their religious practices. Members are not allowed to engage in other similar mental therapies or procedures, religious or otherwise. Scientology's...

Religious views on capitalism have been philosophically diverse. Numerous religious philosophers have defended the natural right to property while simultaneously...

Commission on International Religious Freedom has documented official and ongoing religious persecution and religious-freedom violations against the...

sparked religious riots that have led to loss of human life and in one 1893 riot alone, more than 100 people were killed for the cause. For religious reasons...

philosophical, or religious beliefs. NDEs usually occur during reversible clinical death. Explanations for NDEs vary from scientific to religious. Neuroscience...

article provides an incomplete list and broad overview of significant religious sites and places of spiritual importance throughout the world. Sites are...

Islamic religious police (also known as morality police or sharia police) are official Islamic religious enforcement agencies, often found in Muslim-majority...

following is a list of affiliates for the Daystar Television Network, a religious television network in the United States. "Stations for Network – Daystar"...

rituals undertaken in their honour. Customs vary between cultures and religious groups. Funerals have both normative and legal components. Common secular...

derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam. Afro-American religions share...

the act of setting oneself on fire. It is mostly done for political or religious reasons, often as a form of protest or in acts of martyrdom, and known...

of notable moments in the history of women's ordination in the world's religious traditions. It is not an exhaustive list of all historic or contemporary...

and acts of charity. Mosques often organize large iftar gatherings and religious lessons during the month. Cultural expressions vary between countries...

Religious Program Specialist (RP) is a designated rating within the United States Navy. As an essential member of Professional Naval Chaplaincy, RPs fulfill...

The Russian Religious Renaissance was a period from roughly 1880 -1950 which witnessed a great creative outpouring of Russian philosophy, theology and...

The Institute for Religious Research (IRR) is an American Christian apologetics and counter-cult organization based in Cedar Springs, Michigan. It declares...

Religious views on the self vary widely. The self is a complex and core subject in many forms of spirituality.[citation needed] Considering the self leads...

of Glasgow due to his religious views. By this time he had published the Philosophical Essays, which were decidedly anti-religious. This represented a turning...

pejorative sense strays far from the formal sense in which it is applied to religious belief. The pejorative sense is not limited to theistic attitudes alone...

Asia and parts of Indochina. Javanese heritage has created magnificent religious monuments such as Borobudur and Prambanan which are among the world's...

categories in society, and use it to explain political, cultural, or religious conflicts between groups. Others conceive of sectarianism as a set of...

characteristics within that person's society. In the latter case, known as religious antisemitism, a person's hostility is driven by their religion's perception...

consider the regulation of religion by a secular state. Religious minorities and non-religious citizens tend to support political secularism while members...

no religion. The list is categorized alphabetically with their former religious affiliation, where known. According to The New York Times, 25,000 Americans...

The Bachelor of Religious Education (BRE) is an undergraduate degree. It offers a broad education in the areas of scripture and Christian theology. This...

to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham (or Allah)...

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more...

movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic...

The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the...

mythical personification of evil as conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive...

norms which most often involve religious rules and terms. Some areas, countries or cities have an economy based on religious tourism. Examples include Islamic...

Religious economy refers to religious persons and organizations interacting within a market framework of competing groups and ideologies. An economy makes...

described as both religious and non-religious, as an aspect of a new religious movement, as rooted in Hinduism, and as a non-religious practice for self-development...

medical background is apparent in many, including some that are seen as religious or spiritual in origin. Taboos can help use a resource more efficiently...

Starting in the 20th century, organized humanist movements are mostly non-religious aligned with secularism, with some exceptions such as the Humanist Society...

the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. A feast is "an annual religious celebration, a day dedicated to a particular saint". The system rose from...

of disciplines, including anthropologists, archeologists, historians, religious studies scholars, philosophers, and psychologists. Hundreds of books and...

Anglican religious life at one time boasted hundreds of orders and communities, and thousands of religious. An important aspect of Anglican religious life...

Separatism is the advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, regional, governmental, or gender separation from the larger group. As with...

Islamic law or sharia is a religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition which allows polygyny. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly...

called the Yasna, which forms the core of Zoroastrian liturgy. Zoroaster's religious philosophy divided the early Iranian gods of Proto-Indo-Iranian paganism...

survey) Islam (95%) Other (5%) Religion in Turkey consists of various religious beliefs. Turkey is officially a secular state and various surveys claim...

The United Religious Front (Hebrew: חֲזִית דָּתִית מְאוּחֶדֶת, Jăziyþ Dáþiyþ Mëuwjedeþ) was a political alliance of the four major religious parties in...

The judicial system of Israel consists of secular courts and religious courts. The law courts constitute a separate and independent unit of Israel's Ministry...

This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime from January 1, 1901, to December 31...

The Master of Religious Education (MRE) is a terminal academic degree in preparation for professional teaching ministry, usually offered by Christian...

[ʃaˈriːʕa]), also transliterated as Sharī'ah, Shari'a, or Shariah, is a body of religious law that form the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly...

Buddhafield is a religious movement in the United States. It began in the 1980s in Hollywood, and continues in Hawaii today, often recruiting through...

Watch "authorities restrict religious freedom by preventing registration of religious communities, subjecting former religious prisoners to arbitrary controls...

around the world, with some countries granting it religious status, while others treat it as a non-religious belief system, a commercial enterprise, or a suspicious...

Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicide of its members in 1997. Often described as a cult, it was founded...

conflicts, riots and other forms of violence between communities of different religious faith or ethnic origins. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime includes...

Religious of Perpetual Adoration is a Roman Catholic religious order formed in 1857 by Anna de Meeus, in Brussels, Belgium. Anna de Meeûs (1823-1904) was...

Brethren is a name adopted by a wide range of mainly Christian religious groups throughout history. The largest movement is Anabaptist. Apostolic Brethren...

Catholic French monarchy. His polemics witheringly satirized intolerance and religious dogma, as well as the French institutions of his day. His best-known work...

is composed of a hierarchical structure of religious officials or clergy. In an ecclesiocracy, the religious leaders assume a leading role in the state...

as extramarital sex that is or was considered objectionable on social, religious and moral grounds, and which often resulted in legal consequences. Although...

six Jews remaining in 2016. The U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2023 put the estimated number of Christians in Yemen...

Christ." This text also demonstrates the frequent use of allegory in religious texts during the Medieval Period, following the tradition and example...

Religious violence in Nigeria refers to Christian–Muslim strife in Nigeria tracing back to 1953. The present religious violence in Nigeria is dominated...

African Orisa (Òrìṣà [òɾìʃà]), or Isese (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people. Its homeland...

The religious minorities in Pakistan are Hindus, Christians, Kalasha, Bahais, Parsis and Sikhs, Ahmadis and minority Muslim sects like Zikri and Shia...

guarantees freedom of religion. Kyrgyzstan is a multicultural and multi-religious country with Islam, Buddhism, Baháʼí, Christianity (including Russian...

The Religious Freedom Act was an 1811 law passed by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts. It repudiated a decision made by Chief Justice Theophilus...

seminarians and is associated with a worldwide network of chapels, schools, religious communities, and lay supporters. It is known for its opposition to several...

Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, have performed a prominent role within their...

The Religious Instruction Bill also known as the Cuenco Bill was a proposed legislation sponsored by House of Representatives member Miguel Cuenco. It...

is the "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often think of faith as confidence based on a perceived degree...

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and...

proselytizing efforts to convert the Mandinka from their traditional religious beliefs into Islam. In Ghana, for example, the Almoravids had divided...

crematoria allow relatives to view the charging. This is sometimes done for religious reasons, such as in traditional Hindu and Jain funerals, and is also customary...

Anthroposophy is a spiritual new religious movement that was founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner that postulates the existence...

This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including gurus, sants, monks, yogis and spiritual masters. A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual...

Hindus share religious views and practices. Sinhalese Buddhists have adopted religious elements from Hindu traditions in their religious practices. Some...

These varying terms imply both immoral or religious consequences, charged whether via civil law or religious law. American researcher Alfred Kinsey found...

fasting, abstinence, as well as pious kneeling. Also common among Christian religious orders in the past were the wearing of sackcloth, as well as self-flagellation...

great religious tolerance by European standards, guaranteed by the Warsaw Confederation Act of 1573, though the practical degree of religious freedom...

of formal religious affiliation, a significant number of religiously unaffiliated Asian Americans maintain a connection to various religious or philosophical...

Messianic Communities, and the Community Apostolic Order, is a cult and new religious movement. It was founded by Gene Spriggs and it sprang out of the Jesus...

Religious affiliation in Sweden (2021) Church of Sweden (Lutheran) (53.2%) Other Protestants (3.50%) Eastern Orthodox Church (1.50%) Catholic Church (1...

pedagogical works. Erasmus lived against the backdrop of the growing European religious reformations and relocated regularly. He influenced a large circle of...

religion, belief and conscience. In the 2023 census, Islam was the largest religious affiliation in Albania, forming the narrow absolute majority with around...

Ferdows Religious School (Persian: مدرسه علمیه علیا, romanized: Madreseh Elmiyeh Oliya) is a historic school with octagonal design, located in the southwest...

The anti-religious campaign of communist Romania was initiated by the People's Republic of Romania and continued by the Socialist Republic of Romania...

to reduce pain and physiologic stress. Circumcision is undertaken for religious, cultural, social, and medical reasons. It may be medically necessary...

This is a list of religious life by faith. As it can be a matter of rebuttal as to whether an organization is in fact religious, organizations only appear...

Numerous religious traditions have taken a stance on abortion but few are absolute. These stances span a broad spectrum, based on numerous teachings,...

relates that when asked about his religious affiliation, Planck replied that although he had always been deeply religious, he did not believe "in a personal...

Mormonism is the theology and religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New...

psychiatrists because of the similarities between religious experiences and psychotic episodes. Religious experiences often involve reports of auditory and/or...

systems Major religious groups Nonsectarian Phyletism Religious education Religious law Religious toleration Religious intolerance Religious supremacism...

The list of foods with religious symbolism provides details, and links to articles, of foods which are used in religious communities or traditions to...

The Religious Torah Front (Hebrew: חזית דתית תורתית, Hazit Datit Toratit) was a political alliance in Israel composed of Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat...

Religious rejection of politics, sometimes known as political quietism, is a philosophy that can be found in a life of contemplation of nature. Adherents...

"Religious and Famous" is a song by Christian rock band 7eventh Time Down from their second album, Just Say Jesus. It was released in 2014 as the album's...

also known as neopaganism and contemporary paganism, is a range of new religious movements variously influenced by the indigenous beliefs of pre-modern...

Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe...

The Religious of the Perpetual Adoration was a religious congregation of the Catholic Church. It was founded by Sister Elizabeth Zwirer, in Einsiedeln...

and claims to avoid preferential treatment for a citizen based on their religious beliefs, affiliation or lack of either over those with other profiles...

centuries, German cities also became hubs of heretical and sometimes anti-religious freethinking, challenging the influence of religion and contributing to...

This is a list of films with religious themes. Following is a list of highest-grossing religious films. Grosses presented here are worldwide box office...

Maimonides issued a ruling in the case of a man who was ordered by a beth din (religious court) to divorce his wife and refused that "we coerce him until he states...

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was drafted in 1777 by Thomas Jefferson in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and introduced into the Virginia General...

as distinct from atheism. According to atheists' arguments, unproven religious propositions deserve as much disbelief as all other unproven propositions...

policies of the state of Israel, anti-Zionism has also been expressed within religious contexts which have, at times, colluded and collided with the ethnopolitical...

acceptable decoration (e.g., common body piercing in many societies), and religious rites of passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of cultures), as well...

cauldron or kettle symbolises charity and is a reference to the Sikh religious obligation to provide langar, the free distribution of food, to all people...

International is relayed by numerous low-powered translators nationwide. As a religious station, CSN International flagship KAWZ is allowed to place translators...

"Religious Morality", (from Mind, 1963). "Religious Morality: a Reply to Flew and Campbell", (from Mind, 1964). "God and the Good", (from Religious Studies...

Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and became its first Superior...

challenges an established political or religious system, doctrine, belief, policy, or institution. In a religious context, the word has been used since...

connected through the history of India, they constitute a wide range of religious communities, and are not confined to the Indian subcontinent. Evidence...

explicitly noted the existence of indigenous religious writings. There are also Spanish records of indigenous religious books and scrolls, along with indigenous...

Amendment. The First Amendment applies only to state actors. With regard to religious freedom, the Court has frequently cited Thomas Jefferson's call for "a...

Satanism, in contrast to nontheistic Satanism. It is an umbrella term for religious groups that consider Satan to objectively exist as a deity, supernatural...

describe yourself as religious, somewhat religious, or not religious? (2020) Religious (28.9%) Somewhat religious (42.3%) Not religious (26.7%) Don't know...

associated with the Catholic Church. They formed and identified with various religious groups advocating greater purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal...

salaf, giving these writings precedence over what they claim as "later religious interpretations". The Salafi movement aimed to achieve a renewal of Muslim...

Religious sinicization (from "sinicize", meaning somebody or something modified under Chinese influence) usually refers to "the indigenisation of religious...

The Religious Studies Center (RSC) at Brigham Young University (BYU) sponsors and publishes scholarship on the culture, history, scripture, and doctrine...

Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna Movement, is a Hindu religious organization. It follows the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, which emphasizes...

commonly interpreted as the separation of civil society and religious society. It discourages religious involvement in government affairs, especially in the...

ietsism, spiritual but not religious, freethought, anti-theism, apatheism, non-belief, pandeism, secular humanism, non-religious theism, pantheism, panentheism...

Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint...

found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man"...

The Religious Rehabilitation Group (Abbreviation: RRG; Malay: Kumpulan Pemulihan Keagamaan; Jawi: كومڤولن ڤموليهن كاڬامأن; Chinese: 宗教改造小组; Tamil: மத...

Religious intellectualism in Iran (Persian: روشنفکری دينی) is a process that involves philosophers, sociologists, political scientists and cultural theorists...

The city of Jerusalem is sacred to many religious traditions, including the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam which consider it a...

However, this space is used by religious and non-religious students alike, so it can be used to hold religious/non-religious events. Many Canadian universities...

Religious ministry may refer to: Minister (Christianity) Christian ministry, activity by Christians to spread or express their faith Ministry of Jesus...

clergyman who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism. After his proclamation of the Second Coming...

more common occurrence in the teen and young adult dating experience. Religious and moralist views from the preceding decades also led to public outcry...

Religious Education at Brigham Young University (BYU) (formerly called the College of Religious Education) administers programs related to Latter-day...

Hindu state. This movement has often been criticised for misusing Hindu religious sentiments to divide people along communal lines and for distorting the...

Polytheism, is a modern polytheistic religion based on ancient Greek religious practices. Its practitioners worship the Greek gods through prayer, offerings...

The problem of religious language considers whether it is possible to talk about God meaningfully if the traditional conceptions of God as being incorporeal...

romanized: Tnuat HaMizrahi), is a religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak...

The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A centralized and hierarchical group...

(merit vows) and four śikşā vratas. The Sallekhana (or Santhara) vow is a "religious death" ritual observed at the end of life, historically by Jain monks...

become one of the most infamous feuds in the history of mathematics. The religious opinions of Hobbes remain controversial, as many positions have been attributed...

including private sector corporations, non-profits, military organizations, religious groups, sports leagues and so on. It usually implies a geographically...

called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates...

Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology is an academic anthology published by Ashgate in 2009 and edited by the Norwegian religious scholar Jesper...

that Quebec is a lay state (secular state). It prohibits the wearing of religious symbols by certain public employees in positions of authority and those...

artists concerns artists known, at least in part, for their works of religious Catholic art. It also includes artists whose position as a Roman Catholic...

until the Scientific Revolution were achieved by societies organized by religious traditions. Ancient pagan, Islamic, and Christian scholars pioneered individual...

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is a religious publishing house based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1911 by Dutch American William B. Eerdmans...

to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system. Pilgrimages frequently involve a journey or search of moral...

The Religious of Jesus and Mary (French: Religieuses de Jésus-Marie), abbreviated as R.J.M., form a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated...

Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. It is assumed...

Multiple religious belonging, also known as double belonging, refers to the idea that individuals can belong to more than one religious tradition. While...

be religious. The Pew Research Center and Public Religion Research Institute have conducted studies of reported frequency of attendance to religious service...

given religious freedom and privileges while serving their sentences. This includes access to a chaplain or religious advisor, authorised religious reading...

Islam or Muslims in general. Islamophobia is characterised as a form of religious or cultural bigotry in which Muslims are stereotyped as a geopolitical...

merging of various distinct beliefs or schools of thought, particularly religious ones. For instance, features and components of one religion are incorporated...

country's total population. South Africa is a secular state with a diverse religious population. Its constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Many religions...

Christianity (2.00%) Others (9.00%) Don't know / no response (1.00%) Religious affiliation among persons claiming one (The World Factbook 2021 estimate)...

denials of evolution have come from religious groups, rather than from the scientific community. Although many religious groups have found reconciliation...

Talmud, the Zealots are characterized as non-religious, that is not following the contemporary religious leadership. They are called the Biryonim (בריונים)...

The meaning of a spiritual retreat can be different for different religious communities. Spiritual retreats are an integral part of many Buddhist, Christian...

citizens. In a religious context, humility can mean a self-recognition of a deity and subsequent submission to that deity as a religious member. Outside...

(from Latin: paganus, lit. 'rustic') collectively referred to the diverse religious practices of all people who were pantheists. More specifically, it denoted...

The views of the various different religions and religious believers regarding human sexuality range widely among and within them, from giving sex and...

222, while he was still a teenager. His short reign was notorious for religious controversy and alleged sexual debauchery. A close relative to the Severan...

pre-Islamic Kurdish religious substratum and the teachings of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir. Scholars generally regard it as an independent religious tradition with...

Hindu Sawan Month, to the day of Shivratri. Kanwar refers to a genre of religious performances where devotees ritually carry water of the Ganges River from...

territory in 2020 according to a 2025 Pew Research Center report. The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the...

in Greece Religious minorities in India Religious minorities in Iran Religious minorities in Iraq Religious minorities in Pakistan Religious minorities...

of religion is the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing...

Religious views on love vary widely between different religions. "Love is the mystery of divine revelations! Love is the effulgent manifestation! Love...

religion or traditional religious beliefs and practices. It involves opposition to organized religion, religious practices or religious institutions. The term...

The religious views of William Shakespeare are the subject of an ongoing scholarly debate dating back more than 150 years. The general assumption about...

Proselytism (/ˈprɒsəlɪtɪzəm/ ) is the policy of attempting to convert people's religious beliefs. Carrying out attempts to instill beliefs can be called proselytization...

Snake handling, also called serpent handling, is a religious rite observed in a small number of isolated churches, mostly in the United States, usually...

institution",[citation needed] it could be considered a type of religious anarchism. Other religious organizations, for example Seventh-day Adventist, Jehovah's...

of enthusiasm. The term was confined to a belief in religious inspiration, or to intense religious fervor or emotion. From this, a Syrian sect of the fourth...

interpretive frameworks to the diverse contents of religious traditions as well as to both religious and irreligious individuals. The various methods and...

Nudity factors into various religious traditions and teachings, and forms part of the basis for modern attitudes and behaviors regarding nudity. In the...

ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Most of the population...

Tract A tract is a literary work and, in current usage, often religious in nature. The notion of what constitutes a tract has changed over time; by the...

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism, a parodic new religious movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion. The parody originated...

Rizalista religious movements refers to the new religious movement and a form of Folk Catholicism adopted by a number of ethnic religious groups in the...

Religious Liberty is a sculpture commissioned by B'nai B'rith and dedicated "to the people of the United States" as an expression of support for the Constitutional...

prior to the introduction of Christianity to New Zealand was the main religious belief for Māori. By 1845, more than half of the Māori population attended...

Religious Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press. It addresses problems of the philosophy of religion in...

Death'), often shortened to Santa Muerte (lit. 'Holy Death'), is a new religious movement, female deity, folk-Catholic saint, and folk saint in Mexican...

and the religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab signed a pact founding a socio-religious reform movement that propagated the Wahhabi religious doctrine...

The Azuchi religious debate (安土宗論, Azuchi shūron) took place between monks of the Nichiren and Jōdo-shū sects of Japanese Buddhism, at Jōgon-in near Oda...

capacity of human beings. "Enlightenment" was a means to capture natural religious truths, as distinguished from mere mythology. This perspective was influenced...

Society of Jesus is the leader of the Society of Jesus, the Catholic religious order also known as the Jesuits. He is generally addressed as Father General...

of media platforms such as radio and television for the marketing of religious messages, particularly Christianity and especially Evangelical Christianity...

anthropological construct. A 2016 comparative study found that the oldest religious belief, present in the most recent common ancestor of hunter-gatherer...

The following is a list of current Catholic religious institutes. Most are Latin Catholic; however, Eastern Catholic institutes are also included. The...

possessions. By several metrics, including racial and ethnic background, religious affiliation, and percentage of rural and urban divide, the state of Illinois...

response to Western cultural influence; grown globally since the 1970s, with religious Muslims viewing it as a symbol of modesty and faith or a form of adornment...

(1912). He also wrote plays and essays concerning philosophical, moral and religious themes. In the 1870s, Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed...

thwarted by Parliament but, during her five-year reign, more than 280 religious dissenters were burned at the stake, in what became known as the Marian...

on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words Christ and Christian derive from the...

what is called "religious perfection", which is pursued by those committed to living religious life, such as members of religious orders. All Catholics...

Christian denominations, such as Lutheranism and Anglicanism, coronation is a religious rite. As such, Western-style coronations have often included anointing...

fornication. For many people, the term carries an overtone of moral or religious disapproval, but the significance of sexual acts to which the term is...

controversies. While in some countries it has attained legal recognition as a religious, a charitable, or a tax-exempt organization, it has also been described...

Aboriginal peoples of Canada Flags of French-speaking people of North America Religious flags International flags Sexual identity symbols (including flags) Flags...

Chinese folk religion or folk beliefs, comprises a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora. This includes...

Other religions (0.30%) Univision Noticias survey of Cubans (2015) Non-religious 44 (43.1%) Catholic 27 (26.5%) Evangelical or Protestant 7 (6.86%) Santería...

female monastics (nuns), particularly communities of teaching or nursing religious sisters. Historically, a convent denoted a house of friars (reflecting...

also strongly feel the practice originated in West Africa among native religious curing practices there. The origin of the word is unclear; Walker (1935)...

and Tibeto-Burman groups. Even among lowland Lao, many pre-Buddhist phi religious beliefs have been incorporated into Theravada Buddhist practice. Catholics...

or sometimes a dedicated space within an open floor plan building, for religious devotion, basic sleeping accommodations, and a domestic cooking range...

Islam constitute the world's second largest and fastest growing major religious grouping, maintaining suggested 2017 projections in 2022. As of 2020,...

Postcolonial theology Religious anarchism Religious anti-Zionism Religious apoliticism Religious communism Religious egalitarianism Religious environmentalism...

In the context of religious cosmogony, Chaos (Ancient Greek: χάος, romanized: kháos) refers to the division of reality outside or in contrast to the ordered...

dede (also called dedebaba) (means grandfather in Turkish) is a socio-religious leader in the Islamic Alevi and non-Islamic Ishiki community. It is one...

Religious Experience Reconsidered (2009) is a book by Ann Taves on the study of religious experience. She proposes a new approach, which takes into account...

various periods also been used in images of rulers and heroes. In the religious art of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism...

Christian, 11.25% other religious beliefs and 2.25% no religious belief. In 2023, the country was scored 1 out of 4 for religious freedom. It was noted...

People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra, in the shapes of natural...

Religious views on smoking vary widely. Indigenous peoples of the Americas have traditionally used tobacco for religious purposes, while Abrahamic and...

definition of Jewish identity with little or no attention given to its religious aspects. The concept of Jewish secularism first arose in the late 19th...

Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (Spanish: Religiosas de la Beata Virgen María, abbreviated RVM, is a Catholic centralized religious institute of...

Theosophy is a religious movement established in the United States in the late 19th century. Founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and based...

transformation. In Sikhism, dharma indicates the path of righteousness, proper religious practices, and performing moral duties. The word dharma (/ˈdɑːrmə/) has...

movement, with representatives of a wide variety of religions and new religious movements. The Jain scholar and jurist Virchand Gandhi was invited as...

Iranian religious music is defined as the music that has been used in streets, mosques, holy places and on religious occasions. Zoroastrian religious music...

religion of the 20th century and interpreter of religious experience, he established paradigms in religious studies. His theory that hierophanies form the...

people for religious offenses Religious conversion Religious intolerance Religious offense Religious freedom Religious discrimination Religious trauma syndrome...

many works that would now be classified as occult studies, and he wrote religious tracts that dealt with the literal interpretation of the Bible. He kept...

introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult converts. As Daniel R. Hyde has shown,...

Sectarianism in Glasgow takes the form of long-standing religious and political sectarian rivalry between Catholics and Protestants. From roughly the...

May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader who has been the head of the Nation of Islam since 1981, a new religious movement which combines black...

relationships with alcohol, reflecting diverse cultural, social, and religious practices across different traditions. While some religions strictly prohibit...

Christ and the Sisters of Mercy. "Religious institutes" is a modern term encompassing both "religious orders" and "religious congregations", which were once...

ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and others. According to the 2022 revision of the World Population...