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Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that generally involve a faith in a spiritual nature and a study of inherited ancestral traditions, knowledge and wisdom related to understanding human life. The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to faith as well as to the larger shared systems of belief.
Religion and culture have a very thin line separating them, so people can confuse a cultural ritual with a religious ritual. Religion is the way of belief on the theory of creation, existence and death. It was initially introduced to unite people on the grounds of faith, fear and society to enable the then heads to rule and drive the group or clan. Slowly, religions engineered to evolve into stronger and wider beliefs. Various preachers have driven their thoughts across centuries to prove that their religion is superior. Lately, religion has become a mixed flavour of serving to mankind with more free thinkers and isolation of superstitions. The 20th century saw many reformers to get rid of some foolish and evil rituals. Today, religion is more of a belief, a provider of the definition of life and its cycle and eventually self esteem. A belief system can refer to a religion or a world view. A world view (or worldview) is a term calqued from the German word Weltanschauung ( [ˈvɛlt.ʔanˌʃaʊ.ʊŋ] (help·info)) Welt is the German word for 'world,' and Anschauung is the German word for 'view' or 'outlook'. It is a concept fundamental to German philosophy and epistemology and refers to a wide world perception. Additionally, it refers to the framework of ideas and beliefs through which an individual interprets the world and interacts in it. Do you believe? Religion and belief systems: Overview • Lists • Outlines • Portals • Categories • Glossaries • Indexes
Allah • Belief • Biblical inspiration • Buddha • Confucius • Deity • Demon • Devil • Exorcism • Heresy • Inspiration • Faith • God • Jesus • Holy Spirit • Morality • Mythology • Occult • Prayer • Prophecy • Revelation • Ritual • JSS Mahavidyapeetha (JSS MVP) • Sin • Supernatural • Virtue Belief Systems – Acosmism • Agnosticism • Animism • Antitheism • Atheism • Binitarianism • Deism • Determinism • Duotheism • Esotericism • Eutheism and dystheism • Freethought • Gnosticism • Henotheism • Humanism • Ignosticism • Kathenotheism • Monism • Monotheism • Monolatrism • Mysticism • New Age • Nondualism • Nontheism • Pandeism • Panentheism • Pantheism • Polydeism • Polytheism • Secular • Skepticism • Spiritualism • Theism • Theopanism • Theosophy • Transcendentalism • Transtheism • Trinitarianism • Unitarianism Major beliefs of the world – Antireligion • Ayyavazhi • Bahá'í Faith • Buddhism • Cao Dai • Chinese folk religion • Christianity • Confucianism • Diasporic • Falun Gong • Hinduism • Irreligious • Islam • Neopaganism • Jainism • Judaism • Rastafari • Scientology • Sikhism • Spiritism • Shinto • Taoism • Tenrikyo • Unitarian Universalism • Zoroastrianism See also: Criticism of religion
Major religious groups • Religions and spiritual traditions Ninety-nine names of Allah • Angels • Ayyavazhi • Bible stories • Biblical names • Buddhism • Glossary of Buddhism • Cathedrals • Christian denominations • Deities • Demons • Indigetes (Roman gods & goddesses) • Founders • Greek mythological characters • Hinduism • Islamic terms in Arabic • Jesus • Dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ • People claimed to be Jesus • Languages by year of first Bible translation • Monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England • Mormonism • Muslims • Biblical nameless • Patriarchs of Antioch • Patriarchs of Constantinople • Popes • Sexually active popes • Saints • 613 Mitzvot• Israelites
Belief systems
Allah • Bible • Buddhas • Deities • Demons • Exorcism • God • Jesus • Mythology • Occult • Prayer • Prophecy • Quran • Religious ethics • Religious law • Ritual • Spirituality • Theology Belief systems • Religious faiths, traditions, and movements • Agnosticism • Animism • Atheism • Deism • Determinism • Esotericism • Gnosticism • Humanism • Monism • Monotheism • Mysticism • New Age • Paganism • Pantheism • Polytheism • Shamanism • Skepticism • Spiritualism • Theosophy • Transcendentalism • Unitarianism Major beliefs of the world • Agnosticism • Atheism • Ayyavazhi • Bahá'í Faith • Buddhism • Cao Dai • Chinese folk religion • Christianity • Confucianism • Druidry • Falun Gong • Hinduism • Islam • Jainism • Judaism • Mormonism • Neopaganism • Rastafarianism • Satanism • Scientology • Sikhism • Spiritism • Shinto • Taoism • Tenrikyo • Unitarian Universalism • Wicca • Zoroastrianism Mythology • Mythology by culture • Abrahamic mythology • Buddhist mythology • Christian mythology • Hindu mythology • Islamic mythology • Jewish mythology See also: Criticism of religion
Belief Systems – Acosmism • Agnosticism • Animism • Anti-Catholic • Antitheism • Atheism • Binitarianism • Deism • Determinism • Duotheism • Esotericism • Eutheism • Freethought • Gnosticism • Henotheism • Humanism • Ignosticism • Kathenotheism • Monism • Monotheism • Monolatrism • Mysticism • New Age • Nondualism • Nontheism • Pandeism • Panentheism • Pantheism • Polydeism • Polytheism • Secularism • Skepticism • Spiritualism • Theism • Theopanism • Theosophy • Transcendentalism • Transtheism • Trinitarianism • Unitarianism Major religious groups –
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