Religion

Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions and rituals associated with such belief. In its broadest sense some have defined it as the sum total of answers given to explain humankind's relationship with the universe. In the course of the development of religion, it has taken many forms in various cultures and individuals.

See also

Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions

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• Attributes of some religions: clergy – creed – cult – dogma – orthodoxy – priests
• Arguments for and against the existence of God
• Criticism: Criticism of Religion
• Entities of some religious worldviews: angel – animal worship – demigod – demon – devas – devil – ekam – god – goddess – prophet – sky father – solar deity – spirit
• Irreligion
• Lists: list of religious topics – Major world religions – list of religions – list of religious populations – list of deities – List of people who have said they are a god
• Non-religious beliefs: agnosticism – atheism – secularism – Secular Humanism
• Other elements of some religious worldviews:Dharma Yukam – afterlife – chosen people – creation belief – end of the world – evil - heaven – hell – karma – miracles – moksha – nirvana – resurrection – revelation – soul – spiritual possession – supernatural
• Problematic effects of some religions: religious violence
• Religious practices: divination – ecstasy – exorcism – faith – magic – meditation – mysticism – prayer – repentance – sacrifice – shunning – superstition – veneration – worship
• Practices frowned upon by religions: apostasy – heresy – idolatry – sin
• Related subjects: mythology – philosophy of religion – theology – pseudoreligion – angelology – demonology
• Religious beliefs: anarchism – transtheism – deism – henotheism – maltheism – monism – monotheism – pantheism – panentheism – polytheism – theism
• Religious organizations: cult – sect – denomination – ecclesia
• Scholarly approaches to religion: anthropology of religion – comparative religion – psychology of religion – sociology of religion
• Types of religions: ancestor worship – civil religion – folk religion – fundamentalism – mystery religion – New Age – paganism – shamanism – spirituality – totemism – animism
• Religion and social issues

Related philosophical stances

• Balagangadhara offers a fundamental rethinking of religion.
• Dualism (Philosophy of mind) - the view that the mental and the physical have a fundamentally different nature as an answer to the mind-body problem.
• Idealism (Philosophy) - any theory positing the primacy of spirit, mind, or language over matter. It includes claiming that thought has some crucial role in making the world the way it is.
• Vitalism - the doctrine that life cannot be explained solely by mechanism. Often, the non-material element is referred to as the soul, the "vital spark," or a kind of energy.