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Astronism by country
List of religions by tradition
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Edited by the Journal of Astronist Philosophy
The Vendox is the most well-known symbol representing Astronism.
Last updated: DEC. 21, 2019
This page provides a list of religions categorised according to a series of traditions, each of which share similarities in practices and subjects of belief. These categorisations are made according to Astronist scholarship.
The ten traditions recognised in Astronist scholarship are the following: Abrahamic, Astronic, Dharmic, Indigenous, Iranian, Neoreligion, Pagan, Secularistic, Spiritualistic, and Taoic.
List of religions by tradition
Abrahamic (Abrahamism):
Major groups:
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Christianity (Major groups: Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Protestantism), (Minor groups: Christian Universalism, Church of the East, Ecclesia Gnostica, Esoteric Christianity, Eastern Lightning, Nontrinitarianism, Proto-Protestantism, Reformed Eastern Christianity, Spiritual Christianity, and Unification Church), (Fringe movements: Christian Identity, Christian Science, Indian Shaker Church, Native American Church).
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Islam (Major groups: Shia Islam, Sufism, and Sunni Islam), (Minor groups: Ahmadiyya, Ali-Illahism, Five-Percent Nation, Khawarij, European Islam, Jamaat al Muslimeen, Mahdavism, Moorish Science Temple of America, Nation of Islam, Quranism, and Xidaotang).
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Judaism (Denominations: Haymanot, Karaite, Kabbalah, Jewish Science, Noahidism, Rabbinic, Samaritanism, and Subbotniks).
Minor groups:
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Satanism (Denominations: Black Order, Church of Satan, LaVeyan Satanism, Luciferianism, Order of Nine Angles, Temple of Set, Theistic Satanism, The Satanic Temple.
Astronic religions (Astronicism):
Astronomical religions (Astronomism):
Extant:
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Astronism (astrony) (Major groups: Institutional Astronism) (Minor groups: Astronist Church)
Non-extant:
Nature religions (Naturism):
Humanic religions (Humanicism):
Astronic-related religions:
Dharmic religions (Dharmism):
Major groups:
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Hinduism (Major groups: Ayyavazhi, Shaivism, Shaktism, Smartism, Śrauta, Trantrism, and Vaishnavism) (Minor groups: Bhakti movement and Neo-Hinduism)
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Buddhism (Major groups: Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana) (Minor groups: American Buddhism, Humanistic Buddhism, Neo-Buddhist movement, and Nikaya Buddhism)
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Jainism (Digambara and Śvētāmbara)
Minor groups:
Indigenous religions (Indigenism)
African Traditional religions:
Afro-American religions:
Altaic religions
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Turkic-Mongolic religion (Denominations: Burkhanism, Tengrism, and Vattisen Yaly)
Native American religions:
Austronesian religions:
Tibetic religions:
Uralic religions:
Other indigenous religions:
Iranian religions:
Extant groups:
Historical/Extinct groups:
Neopagan religions (Neopaganism):
Ethnic neopaganism:
Syncretic neopaganism:
Neoreligions:
Neoreligions or new religious movements are religions that hold their origins after 1850 and that do not belong to any other recognised religious tradition. Only extant groups are listed here as short-lived religions, parody religions, cults, and cargo cults are not included.
Entheogenic religions:
Fringe religions:
Fringe religions in the neoreligious category are religions which cannot be categorised into any of the subcategories of neoreligion and are therefore considered to exist on the fringes of neoreligion.
Neo-ethnic religions:
New Thought:
Post-theistic religions:
UFO religions:
Western esotericism:
Secularistic religions:
Spiritualistic religions:
Major groups:
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New Age movement (including Mind, Body, Spirit)
Minor groups:
Taoic religions:
Major groups:
Minor groups:
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Mohism (historical)
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See also
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Astronism
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Astronist philosophy
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Comparative Astronism
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Metaphilosophy
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Astronic metaphilosophy
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Incremology
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Linguistic theology
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Religious semantics
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Surography
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