Religion

Articles about religions, beliefs, worship and religious institutions.

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Aalim

Abrahamic religions

Abram

Absolution

Absolution: Christian rite of forgiveness, forms and history

Adam and Eve

Additions to Daniel

Additions to Daniel (Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, Song of the Three)

Adhan

Adinath Temple, Maheshkhali

Adultery

Adultery: definition, etymology, legal status, religious views and social impact

African traditional religion

Afro-Brazilian religions

Afterlife

Afterlife: beliefs, traditions, and interpretations

Agni

Agnostic theism

Ahimsa

Ahimsa: Principle of Nonviolence in Indian Religions and Ethics

Ahl al-Bayt

Ahl al-Bayt: the Family of the Prophet in Islamic Tradition

Ahl-e Haqq

Ahl-e Haqq (Yarsanism): the Kurdish 'People of Truth' tradition

Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyya

Ahura Mazda

Ahura Mazda — Supreme Deity of Zoroastrianism

Aimaq Hazara

Aimaq Hazara — A subgroup of Aimaq people of Hazara origin

Al-Masih ad-Dajjal

Alawites

Alawites

Albanian Orthodox Church

Albanian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania)

Aleph

Aleph (Hebrew letter)

Allah

Allah

Allah: the Arabic name for God — meaning, theology, history and use

Allah is the Arabic word for God used widely in Islam and by Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians. This article explains its linguistic origin, theological role, attributes and cult

Altar

Altar lamp

Amidah

Amidah (Shemoneh Esrei): Central Standing Prayer in Jewish Liturgy

Amir al-Mu'minin

Amish

Amish

Amrit Sanskar

Amrit Sanskar (Amrit Sanchar): Sikh initiation into the Khalsa

Anabaptist

Anabaptist

Anchorite

Ancient Church of the East

Ancient Order of the Rosicrucians

Angel

Angel

Angel (spiritual being)

An angel is a supernatural messenger or servant of the divine found in many religious and cultural traditions, notably within Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baháʼí faith.

Anglican Church of Canada

Anglican Diocese of Calgary

Anglicanism

Angra Mainyu

Angra Mainyu (Ahriman): The Destructive Spirit in Zoroastrianism

Animism

Animism: the belief in spirits within nature and living things

Annihilationism

Annihilationism: the Christian doctrine of conditional immortality

Annulment

Annulment (marriage): civil and religious declarations of invalidity

Anointing of the Sick

Anointing of the Sick (Christian sacrament)

Antichrist

Antichrist: concept, biblical origins, interpretations and influence

Apocatastasis

Apostasy

Apostasy in Islam