Religions of the World

The following list of religious traditions of the world was compiled from a survey of articles found in

• Ellwood, Robert S. and Alles, Gregory D., editors.  The Encyclopedia of World Religions.  Revised, Second Edition.   New York, N.Y.:  Facts on File, Inc., 2007.  One volume.   xii + 514 pp

Most of these religions are listed below under the continent of origination.  At the end of this list, see other religions not easily classified by geographic region.

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Prehistoric Religions
Primal Religions
Shamanism

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Arctic Religions

Pacific Ocean Religions

Africa   

       African Religions
       Egyptian Religion
       Isis, Isaic Religion

Asia

Middle East
     Mesopotamian Religions
     Canaanite Religion
     Zoroastrianism
     Judaism
     Christianity
     Gnosticism
     Manichaeism
     Islam
     Sufism
     Kabbalah

India
     India, Religions of
      Indus Valley Religion
      Hinduism
      Buddhism
      Jainism
      Sikhism
      Tantrism
      Yoga

Tibet
      Tibetan Religions

China
     Chinese Religion
     Confucianism
     Taoism

Japan and Korea
     Japanese Religion
     Shinto
     Korean Religion

Vietnam
      Vietnamese Religions   

Europe

    Nordic Religion
     Celtic Religion

     Greek Religion
     Roman Religion
     Mystery Religions

North America

     Native American Religions
     Aztec Religion

South America

     Inca Religion
      Maya Religion

Australia

     Australian Religions

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Mysticism

New Religions

New Age Movement

Spiritualism

UFO Religion