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The following is a '''list of [[religion]]s and spiritual traditions''', however it excludes modern religions, which can be found in [[list of new religious movements]].
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==[[Abrahamic religions]]==
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''A group of [[monotheism|monotheistic traditions]] sometimes grouped with one another for [[Comparative religion|comparative]] purposes, because all refer to a patriarch named [[Abraham]].''


===[[Bábism]]===
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*[[Azali]]


===[[Bahá'í Faith]]===
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*'''[[Arianism]]'''
*'''[[Catholicism]]'''
**[[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]
**[[Anglicanism]]
**[[Eastern Orthodoxy]]
**[[Oriental Orthodoxy]]
**[[Assyrian Church of the East]]
*'''[[Protestantism]]'''
**Pre-Lutheran Protestants
***[[Hussites]]
***[[Lollards]]
***[[Waldensians]]
**[[Lutheranism]]
**[[Reformed Churches|Reformed]]
***[[Puritans]]
***[[Presbyterianism]]
***[[Congregational church|Congregationalism]]
**[[Anabaptists]]
**[[Methodism]]
**[[Pietism]] and [[Holiness movement]]
**[[Baptists]]
**[[Brethren]]
**[[Catholic Apostolic Church|Irvingites]]
**[[Pentecostalism]]
**[[Charismatic movement|Charismatics]]
**[[African Initiated Church]]es
**[[United and uniting churches]]
**[[Religious Society of Friends]]
**[[Restorationism]]
**[[Christian Israelite Church|Southcottites]]
**[[Adventism]] and [[Millerites]]
**[[British Israelism]]
*'''[[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saints]]'''
*'''Nontrinitarian Groups'''
**[[Christadelphians]]
**[[Iglesia ni Cristo]]
**[[Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus]]
**[[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
**[[Oneness Pentecostalism]]
**[[Unitarianism]] and [[Universalism]]
*'''[[Messianic Judaism]]'''
*'''[[Spiritualism (religious movement)|Christian Spiritualism]]'''
**[[Swedenborgianism]]
**[[Spiritism]]
**[[New Thought]]
**[[Christian Science]]
*'''[[Esoteric Christianity]]'''


=== [[Gnosticism]] ===
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* '''Christian Gnosticism'''
** [[Ebionites]]
** [[Cerdonians]]
*** [[Marcionism]] (not entirely Gnostic)
** [[Colorbasians]]
** [[Simonians]]
* '''Early Gnosticism
** [[Borborites]]
** [[Cainites]]
** [[Carpocratians]]
** [[Ophites]]
* '''[[Hermeticism]]'''
* '''Medieval Gnosticism'''
** [[Cathars]]
** [[Bogomils]]
** [[Paulicianism]]
** [[Tondrakians]]
* '''Persian Gnosticism'''
** [[Mandaeanism]]
** [[Manichaeism]]
*** [[Bagnolians]]
* '''[[Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism]]'''
** [[Sethians]]
*** [[Basilidians]]
*** [[Thomas the Apostle|Thomasines]]
*** [[Valentinians]]
**** [[Bardesanite]]s


=== [[Islam]]===
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**[[Ahl-e Haqq]] (Yarsan)
**[[Ahmadi]]
**[[Druze]]
**[[United Submitters International|Submission]]


*'''[[Kalam|Kalam Schools]]'''
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**[[Ash'ari]]
**[[Kalam]]
**[[Maturidi]]
**[[Murji'ah]]
**[[Mu'tazili]]


*'''[[Kharijite]]'''
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**[[Ibadi]] (Only surviving sect)
**[[Harūriyya]]
**[[Azraqi]]
**[[Sufri]]


*'''[[Shi'a Islam|Shi'a]]'''
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**[[Ismailis]]
***[[Mustaali]] / [[Bohra]]
**[[Jafari]]
***[[Twelvers]]
***[[Alawites]]
***[[Alevi]] / [[Bektashi]]
**[[Zaiddiyah]]


*'''[[Sufism]]'''
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**[[Bektashi]]
**[[Chishti]]
**[[Mevlevi]]
**[[Naqshbandi]]
**[[Tariqah]]
**[[Quadiriyyah]]
**[[Suhrawardiyya]]
**[[Tijaniyyah|Tijani]]


*'''[[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]'''
I.E.
**[[Hanafi]]
***[[Berailvi]]
***[[Deobandi]]
**[[Hanbali]]
***[[Wahhabi]]
**[[Maliki]]
**[[Shafi'i]]


===[[Judaism]]===
* [http://www.revver.com/video/943297/wonder-boy-iii-the-dragons-trap-guru-larrys-retro-corner/ ''Wonder Boy III Retro Corner''] - [[XLEAGUE.TV]]/[[ScrewAttack]]'s video feature on the title.
(see also: [[Jew]]; [[Hebrews]]; [[Jewish Denominations]]; [[Jewish ethnic divisions]])
*'''Contemporary divisions'''
**[[Conservative Judaism]] ([[Masorti]]/[[Conservadox Judaism|Conservadox]])
***[[Union for Traditional Judaism]]
**[[Humanistic Judaism]] (atheistic, not always identified as a religion)
**[[Karaite Judaism]]
**[[Orthodox Judaism]]
***[[Haredi Judaism]]
***[[Hasidic Judaism]]
***[[Modern Orthodox Judaism]]
**[[Reconstructionist Judaism]] (regards Jewish identity as primarily cultural, not religious)
**[[Reform Judaism]]
*'''Historical groups'''
**[[Essenes]]
**[[Pharisees]] (ancestor of Rabbinic/Orthodox Judaism)
**[[Sadducees]]
** Sects that believed [[Jesus]] was a prophet
***[[Ebionites]]
***[[Elkasite]]s
***[[Nazarene]]s
**[[Zealot]]s
***[[Sicarii]]
**[[Sabbateans]]
***[[Frankists]]


===[[Rastafari]]===
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===[[Sabians]]===
*[[Yazdânism|Sabians of Harran]]
*[[Mandaean|Mandaean Nasaræan Sabeans]]

===[[Samaritanism]]===

==[[Indian religions]]==
''Mostly religions that originated in [[Greater India]] that share a number of key concepts, namely [[Dharma]] and [[Karma]] and religions and traditions related to, and descended from, them.

===[[Ayyavazhi]]===
===[[Buddhism]]===
(see [[Schools of Buddhism]])
*[[Nikaya Buddhism|Nikaya schools]] (which have historically been called [[Hinayana]] in the West)
**[[Theravada]]
***Sri Lankan [[Amarapura Nikaya]]
***Sri Lankan [[Siam Nikaya]]
***Sri Lankan [[Ramanna Nikaya|Ramañña Nikaya]]
***Bangladeshi [[Sangharaj Nikaya]]
***Bangladeshi [[Mahasthabir Nikaya]]
***Thai [[Maha Nikaya]]
****[[Dhammakaya Movement]]
***Thai [[Thammayut Nikaya]]
***[[Thai Forest Tradition]]
*[[Mahayana]]
**[[Humanistic Buddhism]]
**[[Madhyamika]]
**[[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren]]
***[[Soka Gakkai]]
**[[Pure Land]]
**[[Tathagatagarbha]]
**[[Tiantai]]
***[[Tendai]]
**[[Yogacara]]
**[[Zen]]
***[[Caodong]]
***[[Fuke Zen]]
***[[Kwan Um School of Zen]]
***[[Sanbo Kyodan]]
***[[Sōtō]]
***[[Ōbaku (school of Buddhism)]]
***[[Rinzai]]
*[[Vajrayana]]
**[[Shingon Buddhism]]
**[[Tibetan Buddhism]]
***[[Bön]]
***[[Gelukpa]]
***[[Kagyu]]pa
***[[Nyingmapa]]
***[[Sakyapa]]
****[[Jonangpa]]

===[[Hinduism]]===
(see also [[Hindu denominations]], [[Contemporary Hindu movements]])
*[[Agama Hindu Dharma]] (''Javanese Hinduism'')
*[[Lingayatism]]
*[[Reform movement]]s
**[[Arya Samaj]]
**[[Brahmo Samaj]]
*[[Shaivism]]
*[[Shaktism]]
*[[Tantrism]]
*[[Smartism]]
*[[Vaishnavism]]
**[[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]
***[[ISKCON]] ([[Hare Krishna]])

*Six major schools and movements of [[Hindu philosophy]]
**[[Nyaya]]
**[[Purva mimamsa]]
**[[Samkhya]]
**[[Vaisheshika]]
**[[Vedanta]] (Uttara Mimamsa)
***[[Advaita Vedanta]]
***[[Aurobindo|Integral Yoga]]
***[[Vishishtadvaita]]
***[[Dvaita Vedanta]]
**[[Yoga]]
***[[Ashtanga Yoga]]
***[[Bhakti yoga|Bhakti Yoga]]
***[[Hatha yoga]]
***[[Siddha Yoga]]
***[[Tantric Yoga]]
*[[Hindu revivalism]]

===[[Jainism]]===
*[[Digambara]]
*[[Shvetambara]]

===[[Sikhism]]===
*[[Khalsa]]
**[[Nihang]]
*[[Namdhari]] or Kuka Sikhs
*[[Sahajdhari]] Sikh

==[[Iranic religions]]==
''Religions originating in [[Greater Iran]]''
===[[Manichaeism]]===
===[[Mazdakism]]===
===[[Yazdânism]]===
* [[Alevi]]
* [[Yarsani]]
* [[Yazidi]]
===[[Zoroastrianism]]===
* [[Zurvanism]]
* [[Magus]] (see [[Three Wise Men]])

== Taoic/East Asian religions ==
''Religions originating in [[East Asian religions|east Asia]].''

===[[Caodaism]]===
===[[Chondogyo]]===
===[[Confucianism]]===
* [[Neo-Confucianism]]
* [[New Confucianism]]

===[[Shinto]]===
* [[Oomoto]]
* [[Tenrikyo]]

===[[Taoism]]===
===[[I-Kuan Tao]]===
===[[Chinese folk religion]]===
===[[Falun Gong]]===

==[[African diasporic religions]]==
''Religions originating but not entirely located in [[Africa]]''
*[[African Initiated Church]]
*[[Anago]]
*[[Batuque (religion)|Batuque]]
*[[Candomblé]]
*[[Kumina]]
*[[Macumba]]
*[[Mami Wata]]
*[[Obeah]]
*[[Oyotunji]]
*[[Quimbanda]]
*[[Santería]] (''[[Lukumi]]'')
*[[Umbanda]]
*[[Vodou]] (''[[Dahomey mythology]]'')
*[[Vodou]] (''[[Haitian mythology]]'')

==[[Pagan|Pagan religions]] (Historical Polytheism, Indigenous Traditional)==
''Traditionally, these faiths have all been classified "Pagan" due to common elements of [[animism]], [[shamanism]] and [[polytheism]]. However in recent times, scholars have begun to dispute this, preferring the terms "indigenous/primal/folk/ethnic religions", "historical polytheism" and "Neo-Paganism". The number of Pagan adherents is difficult to account for, as many followers worship in solitude. Paganism traditionally encompasses all Polytheistic belief systems as well as those spiritual practices that do not have any particular deities.

===Indigenous religions===
''The orally transmitted canon of [[indigenous peoples]], many involving some variant of [[animism]] and many defunct''

====[[African traditional religions]]====
;West Africa
*[[Akan mythology]]
*[[Ashanti mythology]] (Ghana)
*[[Dahomey mythology|Dahomey (Fon) mythology]]
*[[Efik mythology]] (Nigeria, Cameroon)
*[[Igbo mythology]] (Nigeria, Cameroon)
*[[Isoko mythology]] (Nigeria)
*[[Yoruba mythology]] (Nigeria, Benin)

;Central Africa
*[[Bushongo mythology]] (Congo)
*[[Bambuti mythology|Bambuti (Pygmy) mythology]] (Congo)
*[[Lugbara mythology]] (Congo)

;East Africa
*[[Akamba mythology]] (East Kenya)
*[[Dinka mythology]] (Sudan)
*[[Lotuko mythology]] (Sudan)
*[[Masai mythology]] (Kenya, Tanzania)

;Southern Africa
*[[Khoikhoi mythology]]
*[[Lozi mythology]] (Zambia)
*[[Tumbuka mythology]] (Malawi)
*[[Zulu mythology]] (South Africa)

====[[Eurasian Indigenous Religions|Eurasian]]====
;Asian
*[[Bön]] (Tibet)
*[[Siberian Shamanism]] (Siberia)
*[[Tengriism]] (Indigenous Mongol, Tartar & Kazakh belief)

;European
*[[Estonian mythology]]
*[[Shamanism among Eskimo peoples|Eskimo religion]]
*[[Finnish mythology]] and [[Finnish paganism]]
*[[Shamanistic remnants in Hungarian folklore|Hungarian folk religion]]
*[[Sami religion]] (including the [[Noaidi]])
*[[Tadibya]]

====[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] religions====
*[[Abenaki mythology]]
*[[Blackfoot mythology]]
*[[Chickasaw mythology]]
*[[Choctaw mythology]]
*[[Creek mythology]]
*[[Crow mythology]]
*[[Guarani mythology]]
*[[Haida mythology]]
*[[Ho-Chunk mythology]]
*[[Hopi mythology]]
*[[Huron mythology]]
*[[Inca mythology]]
*[[Inuit mythology]]
*[[Iroquois mythology]]
*[[Kwakiutl mythology]]
*[[Lakota mythology]]
*[[Leni Lenape mythology]]
*[[Mesoamerican]] mythology
**[[Aztec mythology]]
**[[Maya mythology]]
**[[Olmec mythology]]
*[[Midewiwin]]
*[[Navajo mythology]]
*[[Nootka mythology]]
*[[Pawnee mythology]]
*[[Salish mythology]]
*[[Seneca mythology]]
*[[Selk'nam#Religion|Selk'nam religion]]
*[[Tsimshian mythology]]
*[[Urarina]] [[ayahuasca]] [[shamanism]] and [[animism]]
*[[Ute mythology]]
*[[Zuni mythology]]

====Pacific religions====
*[[Australian Aboriginal mythology]]
*[[Austronesian people|Austronesian beliefs]]
**[[Balinese mythology]]
**[[Javanese beliefs]]
**[[Melanesian mythology]]
**[[Micronesian mythology]]
***[[Modekngei]]
***[[Nauruan indigenous religion]]
**[[Philippine mythology]]
***[[Anito]]
***[[Gabâ]]
***[[Kulam]]
**[[Polynesian mythology]]
***[[Hawaiian mythology]]
***[[Maori mythology]]
****[[Maori religion]]
***[[Rapa Nui mythology]]
****[[Moai]]
****[[Tangata manu]]
*[[Chinese mythology]]
*[[Japanese mythology]]

====[[Cargo cults]]====
''Religions appearing in [[Oceania|Pacific]] tribal societies in the wake of [[Western culture]].''
*[[John Frum]]
*[[Johnson cult]]
*[[Prince Philip Movement]]
*[[Vailala Madness]]

===Historical Polytheism===
{{see|Prehistoric religion|History of religion}}{{Reflist}}

====Ancient Near East====
{{main|Ancient Near Eastern religions}}
*[[Ancient Egyptian religion]]
*[[Ancient Semitic religions]]
*[[Mesopotamian mythology]]
**[[Arabian mythology]] (pre-[[Islam]]ic)
**[[Babylonian and Assyrian religion]]
***[[Babylonian mythology]]
***[[Chaldean mythology]]
**[[Canaanite mythology]]
***[[Canaanite religion]]
**[[Hittite mythology]]
**[[Persian mythology]]
**[[Sumerian mythology]]

====Indo-European====
{{main|Proto-Indo-European religion}}

*[[Indo-Iranian religion]]
**[[Zoroastrianism]]
**[[Historical Vedic religion]]
*[[Baltic mythology|Baltic polytheism]]
*[[Celtic polytheism]]
**[[Brythonic mythology]]
**[[Gaelic mythology]]
*[[Germanic polytheism]]
**[[Anglo-Saxon mythology|Anglo-Saxon religion]]
**[[Norse mythology|Norse religion]]
**[[Continental Germanic mythology|Continental Germanic religion]]
*[[Ancient Greek religion|Greek polytheism]]
*[[Hungarian mythology|Hungarian polytheism]]
*[[Finnish polytheism]]
*[[Ancient Roman religion|Roman polytheism]]
*[[Slavic polytheism]]
*[[Roma]]

====Hellenism====
{{main|Hellenistic religion}}
*[[Mystery religion]]s
**[[Eleusinian Mysteries]]
**[[Mithraism]]
**[[Orphism]]
*[[Pythagoreanism]]
*[[Early Christianity]]
*[[Gallo-Roman religion]]

==Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious or spiritual movements==
===[[Spiritualism]]===
===[[New Age]]===
===[[Esotericism]]===
*[[Alchemy]]
*[[Anthroposophy]]
*[[Esoteric Christianity]]
*[[Occultism]]
*[[Rosicrucian]]
**[[Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis]]
**[[Rosicrucian Fellowship]]
*[[Surat Shabd Yoga|Surat Shabda Yoga]]
*[[Thelema]]

===[[Mysticism]]===
*[[Christian mysticism]]
*[[Hinduism|Hindu mysticism]]
**[[Tantra]]
***[[Ananda Marga|Ananda Marga Tantra-Yoga]]
*[[Kabbalah]] (also part of [[Judaism]])
**[[Kabbalah Centre]]
*[[Martinism]]
*[[Merkabah]] (also part of [[Judaism]])
*[[Meher Baba]]
*[[Sufism]]

===[[Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path|Left-Hand Path]]===
''Faiths teaching that the ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it.''

*[[Luciferianism]]
*[[Satanism]]
*[[Setianism]]

===[[Magic (religion)]]===
*[[Hoodoo]] (''Rootwork'')
**[[New Orleans Voodoo]]
*[[Kulam]] - Filipino witchcraft
*[[Magick]]
**[[Chaos magic]]
**[[Enochian magic]]
**[[Demonolatry]]
***[[Goetia]]
*[[Pow-wow (folk magic)|Pow-wow]]
*[[Seid (shamanic magic)]]
*[[Vaastu Shastra]] <small>([[Hinduism]])</small>
*[[Witchcraft]]

===Organizations promoting [[Ecumenism]]===
*[[Dances of Universal Peace]]
*[[Interreligious organisations]]
** [[Focolare Movement]]
** [[Humanity's Team]]
*[[Subud]]

===Systems claiming not to be religions, but which have characteristics of religion===

*[[Aesthetic Realism]]
*[[Fellowship of Reason]]
*[[Juche]]
*[[Nazi mysticism]]



=Other categorisations=


==By demographics==
{{main|Religious demographics}}
*[[List of religious populations]]

==By area==
{{see|Religion geography}}
*[[Religion in Africa]]
*[[Religion in North America]]
*[[Religion in South America]]
*[[Religion in Asia]]
*[[Religion in Australia]]
*[[Religion in Europe]]
*[[Pacific religions|Oceania / Pacific]]
*[[Religion by country]]
**[[List of state-established religions]]
** [[Christianity by country]]
***[[Roman Catholicism by country]]
***[[Protestantism by country]]
** [[Islam by country]]
** [[Buddhism by country]]
** [[Hinduism by country]]
** [[Judaism by country]], [[Jewish population]]
** [[Sikhism by country]]
*[[Buddhism by region]]

==See also==
* [[Major world religions]]
* [[List of religious organizations]]
* [[Monotheism]]
* [[New religious movement]]s
* [[List of fictional religions]]
* [[List of people by belief]]
* [[Sacred text]]
* [[Mythology]]
* [[Civil religion]]
*[[Ancestor worship]]
*[[Animism]]
*[[Ditheism]] ([[Dualism]])
**[[Monolatrism]]
*[[Legalism (Chinese philosophy)|Legalism]]
*[[Maltheism]]
*[[Monism]]
*[[Monotheism]]
*[[Mystery religion]]
*[[Humanism]]
**[[Secular Humanism]]
*[[Objectivism (Ayn Rand)|Objectivism]]
*[[Rationalism]]
*[[Pandeism]]
*[[wiktionary:panendeism|Panendeism]]
*[[Panentheism]]
*[[Pantheism]]
**[[Cosmotheism]]
*[[Polytheism]]
**[[Henotheism]]
**[[Kathenotheism]]
**[[Polydeism]]
*[[Psychonautics]]
*[[Shamanism]]
*[[Suitheism]]
*[[Totemism]]
*[[Deism]]
**[[Pandeism]]
**[[Panendeism]]
**[[Polydeism]]
*[[Ethical Culture]]
*[[Mohism]]

==External links==
*[http://www.adherents.com Statistics on religious belief or adherence]

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The following is a list of religions and spiritual traditions, however it excludes modern religions, which can be found in list of new religious movements.

Abrahamic religions

A group of monotheistic traditions sometimes grouped with one another for comparative purposes, because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.

Bábism

Bahá'í Faith

Christianity

See List of Christian denominations.

Gnosticism

Islam

see Divisions of Islam.

Judaism

(see also: Jew; Hebrews; Jewish Denominations; Jewish ethnic divisions)

Rastafari

Sabians

Samaritanism

Indian religions

Mostly religions that originated in Greater India that share a number of key concepts, namely Dharma and Karma and religions and traditions related to, and descended from, them.

Ayyavazhi

Buddhism

(see Schools of Buddhism)

Hinduism

(see also Hindu denominations, Contemporary Hindu movements)

Jainism

Sikhism

Iranic religions

Religions originating in Greater Iran

Manichaeism

Mazdakism

Yazdânism

Zoroastrianism

Taoic/East Asian religions

Religions originating in east Asia.

Caodaism

Chondogyo

Confucianism

Shinto

Taoism

I-Kuan Tao

Chinese folk religion

Falun Gong

African diasporic religions

Religions originating but not entirely located in Africa

Pagan religions (Historical Polytheism, Indigenous Traditional)

Traditionally, these faiths have all been classified "Pagan" due to common elements of animism, shamanism and polytheism. However in recent times, scholars have begun to dispute this, preferring the terms "indigenous/primal/folk/ethnic religions", "historical polytheism" and "Neo-Paganism". The number of Pagan adherents is difficult to account for, as many followers worship in solitude. Paganism traditionally encompasses all Polytheistic belief systems as well as those spiritual practices that do not have any particular deities.

Indigenous religions

The orally transmitted canon of indigenous peoples, many involving some variant of animism and many defunct

African traditional religions

West Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa

Eurasian

Asian
European

Native American religions

Pacific religions

Cargo cults

Religions appearing in Pacific tribal societies in the wake of Western culture.

Historical Polytheism

Further information: Prehistoric religion and History of religion

Ancient Near East

Main article: Ancient Near Eastern religions

Indo-European

Main article: Proto-Indo-European religion

Hellenism

Main article: Hellenistic religion

Nonsectarian and trans-sectarian religious or spiritual movements

Spiritualism

New Age

Esotericism

Mysticism

Left-Hand Path

Faiths teaching that the ultimate goal is separating consciousness from the universe, rather than being absorbed by it.

Magic (religion)

Organizations promoting Ecumenism

Systems claiming not to be religions, but which have characteristics of religion


Other categorisations

By demographics

Main article: Religious demographics

By area

Further information: Religion geography

See also

External links

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