Religious school

Church of England and Anglican Communion: Catholic liturgical tradition with Protestant theology.

19th-century religion (Baha'u'llah): unity of God, religions, and humanity.

17th-century Protestant branch: baptism of conscious believers, independence of local communities.

The teaching of Buddha Shakyamuni on the Four Noble Truths and the path to liberation from suffering.

The largest Christian church: recognizes the supremacy of the Pope, seven sacraments, reliance on Scripture and Tradition.

Veneration of ancestors, deities, and spirits, syncretism with Buddhism and Taoism (a separate category in Pew surveys).

A monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ; the largest in the world by number of followers.

A movement that maintains adherence to Halakha, taking into account historical changes.

Churches of the Byzantine tradition (Constantinople, Russian, etc.): liturgy, Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, rejection of papal supremacy.

A collection of Indian traditions: Vedas, dharma, karma, rebirth (samsara), liberation (moksha).

A moderate branch of Islam, tracing its origins to the Kharijites; prevalent mainly in Oman.

Monotheistic religion: Quran and the example of the Prophet Muhammad, five pillars of faith.

Indian religion: ahimsa (non-violence), asceticism, liberation of the soul from karma.

Monotheistic religion of the Jewish people: Torah, Talmud, God's covenant with Israel.

A branch of the Reformation according to the teachings of Martin Luther: justification by faith, Augsburg Confession (1530).

"Great Vehicle": bodhisattva ideal; China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam.

Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Syriac and other churches that did not accept the Council of Chalcedon (451).

A movement that considers the Torah to be divinely given and requires strict observance of Halakha.

20th-century Protestant movement: baptism in the Holy Spirit and its gifts; one of the fastest-growing.

Movements that emerged from the Reformation of the 16th century: “Scripture alone, faith alone, grace alone”, the universal priesthood of believers.

19th-century movement: adaptation of ritual to modernity, emphasis on the ethics of the prophets.

A branch of the Reformation according to the teachings of John Calvin: God's sovereignty, predestination; Presbyterian and Reformed churches.

A Chinese religion with temples, clergy, and longevity practices, based on the Tao and the works of Laozi.

A branch of Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the supreme deity.

A branch of Hinduism that reveres the Great Goddess (Shakti) as the supreme principle.

A branch of Islam that recognizes the right to lead the community for the descendants of Ali; Imamate, schools: Twelvers, Ismailis, Zaidis.

Japanese tradition of venerating kami (deities and spirits), ritual purity.

Religion of Punjab, founded by Guru Nanak (15th century): one God, holy book Guru Granth Sahib.

A branch of Hinduism: equal reverence for several deities, Shankara's Vedantic philosophy.

Mystical branch of Islam: the path of spiritual purification, brotherhoods-tariqats; exists within Sunnism and Shiism.

The majority of Muslims: reliance on the Quran and Sunnah, four legal schools (madhhabs).

"The Way of the Elders": Pali Canon, ideal of the arhat; Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.

A branch of Hinduism that worships Vishnu and his incarnations — Rama and Krishna — as the supreme deity.

Tantric Buddhism: Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan, Buryatia, Tuva, Kalmykia.

Ancient religion of Iran (Zarathushtra): Ahura Mazda, struggle between good and evil, veneration of fire.