Religion

Articles about religions, beliefs, worship and religious institutions.

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Umbanda

Umeå Pentecostal Church

Unification Church

Unification Church

A summary of the Unification Church (Family Federation), its origins, core beliefs, organization, practices such as mass weddings, and some historical and public controversies.

Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic)

Unitarian Universalism

Unitarian Universalism: beliefs, history, and community life

Unitarianism

Unitarianism: beliefs, history, and distinctions

United Church of Canada

United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts

United Methodist church

United Methodist Church of Sweden

United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

Uniting Church in Sweden

Uniting Church in Sweden (Equmeniakyrkan)

Universal priesthood (doctrine)

Priesthood of All Believers (Universal Priesthood)

Upanishad

Upanishads: the Vedantic scriptures of Hindu philosophical thought

Uriel

Uriel: Archangel of Light and Wisdom

Vailala Madness

Vailala Madness: an early Papuan millenarian movement (1919–1922)

Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism

Vaishravana

Vaiśravaṇa (Vessavaṇa) — Guardian King and Wealth Deity in Buddhism

Vaishya

Vaishya: the traditional merchant and agricultural varna

Vajrayana

Vajrayana Buddhism: the Tantric or Diamond Vehicle

Växjö Cathedral

Vedas

Vedas

Vedas: Foundations of Vedic literature and early Hindu thought

The Vedas are a collection of ancient Indian sacred texts in Vedic Sanskrit. Composed and preserved orally, they underlie ritual practice, philosophy, and later Hindu traditions.

Venerable

Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala

Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala

Vestal Virgin

Vestal Virgins: Priestesses of Vesta in Ancient Rome

Virgin birth of Jesus

Virginity

Virginity: social, cultural, medical, and historical perspectives

Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu: Hindu god of preservation, avatars, and Vaishnava tradition

Vishnu is a principal deity in Hinduism, revered as the preserver of the universe in Vaishnavism. This article summarizes his theology, iconography, major avatars, historical role,

Vocation

Vocation: Meaning, Origins, and Social Role

Voodoo

Vulgate

Vulgate (Latin Bible)

Wahhabi

Wahhabism (Wahhabi movement)

Watatsu Shrine

Western Christianity

Wicca

Wicca: Origins, Beliefs, and Contemporary Traditions

Winti

Winti: Afro-Surinamese Traditional Religion

Witchcraft

Witchcraft: beliefs, practices, history, and cultural roles

Witches' Sabbath

Witches' Sabbath: Belief, motifs, history and cultural legacy

Women and Islam

Women and Islam: Roles, Rights, Interpretations, and Contemporary Debates

Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong)

Wordless Book

Worship

Worship: Forms, Meaning, and Social Role

Wudu

Wudu: Islamic Ritual Ablution and Its Practice

Xenu

Yajurveda

Yazidis

Yazidis

YHWH

Yodohime jinja

Yodohime Jinja (Kawakami Jinja) — Shinto shrine in Saga Prefecture