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Philosophy[edit]

This section contains 206 articles.

See also: Philosophers

Basics[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Philosophy (Level 1)
  2. Analytic philosophy (Level 4)
  3. Environmental philosophy
  4. Philosophy of science (Level 3)
  5. Philosophy of mathematics (Level 4)
  6. Philosophy of mind (Level 4)
  7. Philosophy of history
    1. Modernization theory
  8. Philosophy of language (Level 4)
  9. Philosophy of religion (Level 4)
  10. Political philosophy (Level 4)
  11. Social philosophy
  12. Theoretical philosophy
  13. Critical thinking (Level 4)
  14. Heuristic

History of philosophy[edit]

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Western philosophy (Level 3)
    1. Ancient philosophy (Level 4)
      1. Ancient Greek philosophy (Level 4)
        1. Pre-Socratic philosophy
    2. Medieval philosophy (Level 4)
    3. Renaissance philosophy (Level 4)
    4. Modern philosophy (Level 4)
      1. Scottish Enlightenment
    5. Contemporary philosophy (Level 4)
    6. French philosophy
    7. German philosophy
      1. German idealism
    8. American philosophy
  2. Eastern philosophy (Level 3)
    1. Chinese philosophy (Level 4)
    2. Indian philosophy (Level 4)

Philosophical branches, approaches and concepts[edit]

This section contains 147 articles.

Ethics[edit]

This section contains 41 articles.

  1. Ethics (Level 2)
Concepts[edit]

This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Conscience (Level 4)
  2. Duty
  3. Free will (Level 3)
  4. Golden Rule (Level 4)
  5. Good and evil (Level 3)
    1. Good
    2. Evil
  6. Is–ought problem (Level 4)
  7. Morality (Level 4)
    1. Secular ethics
    2. Secular morality
  8. Norm (philosophy)
  9. Plagiarism (Level 4)
  10. Principle
  11. Sanctity of life
  12. Value (ethics and social sciences) (Level 4)
  13. Vice
  14. Virtue (Level 4)
    1. Cardinal virtues
  15. Wisdom (Level 4)
Approaches[edit]

This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Applied ethics
    1. Bioethics
    2. Environmental ethics
      1. Anthropocentrism
      2. Biocentrism (ethics)
    3. Macroethics and microethics
  2. Normative ethics
    1. Consequentialism (Level 4)
      1. Utilitarianism (Level 4)
        1. Act utilitarianism
        2. Rule utilitarianism
    2. Deontology (Level 4)
      1. Divine command theory
      2. Kantian ethics
    3. Virtue ethics
      1. Aristotelian ethics
  3. Humanism (Level 4)
  4. Metaethics
  5. Nihilism (Level 4)
  6. Moral relativism

Logic[edit]

This section contains 19 articles.

  1. Logic (Level 2)
  2. Argument (Level 4)
  3. A priori and a posteriori (Level 4)
  4. Contingency (philosophy)
  5. Deductive reasoning (Level 4)
  6. Fallacy (Level 4)
    1. Formal fallacy
  7. Inductive reasoning (Level 4)
    1. Problem of induction
  8. Inference (Level 4)
  9. Dialectic (Level 4)
    1. Socratic method (Level 4)
  10. Paradox (Level 4)
    1. Epimenides paradox
    2. Zeno's paradoxes
  11. Philosophical logic
    1. Informal logic
    2. Bias
  12. Syllogism

Epistemology[edit]

This section contains 24 articles.

  1. Epistemology (Level 3)
Concepts[edit]

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Belief (Level 3)
  2. Common sense (Level 4)
  3. Concept (Level 4)
  4. Experience (Level 4)
  5. Ineffability
  6. Knowledge (Level 2)
  7. Luck
  8. Opinion (Level 4)
  9. Paradigm (Level 4)
  10. Rationality
  11. Reason (Level 3)
  12. Superstition (Level 4)
  13. Thought experiment (Level 4)
  14. Truth (Level 3)
  15. Worldview (Level 4)
    1. Life stance
  16. Uncertainty
Approaches[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Empiricism (Level 4)
  2. Holism
  3. Naturalism (philosophy) (Level 4)
  4. Occam's razor (Level 4)
  5. Rationalism (Level 4)
  6. Reductionism (Level 4)

Metaphysics[edit]

This section contains 27 articles.

  1. Metaphysics (Level 3)
Concepts[edit]

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Allegory of the cave
  2. Atomism
  3. Existence (Level 4)
    1. Meaning of life
  4. Liminality
  5. Ontology (Level 3)
  6. Causality
  7. Mental representation (Level 4)
  8. Reality (Level 4)
  9. Abstraction (Level 4)
  10. Nothing
    1. The Void (philosophy)
  11. Problem of universals
  12. Theory of mind
  13. Nondualism
  14. Self
  15. Other (philosophy)
Approaches[edit]

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Determinism (Level 4)
  2. Idealism (Level 4)
  3. Materialism (Level 4)
  4. Dialectical materialism
    1. Physicalism
  5. Metaphysical naturalism
  6. Monism (Level 4)
  7. Mind–body dualism (Level 4)
  8. Relativism (Level 4)

Aesthetics[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Aesthetics (Level 3)
Concepts[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Beauty (Level 4)
  2. Essentially contested concept
  3. Mimesis
  4. Perfection
  5. Picturesque
  6. Sublime (philosophy)
  7. Uncanny valley

Philosophy of language[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Language game (philosophy)
  2. Meaning (philosophy) (Level 4)

Philosophy of mind[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Qualia

Philosophy of science[edit]

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Deductive-nomological model
  2. Demarcation problem
  3. Fact (Level 4)
  4. Fallibilism
  5. Falsifiability
  6. Hypothesis (Level 4)
  7. Inductivism
  8. Natural philosophy (Level 4)
  9. Pseudoscience (Level 4)
    1. Parapsychology (Level 4)
      1. Telepathy
  10. Scientific skepticism
  11. Theory (Level 4)

Religious philosophy[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Religious philosophy
    1. Jewish philosophy
    2. Christian philosophy (Level 4)
      1. Natural law
    3. Islamic philosophy (Level 4)
    4. Buddhist philosophy (Level 4)
  2. Existence of God
    1. Cosmological argument
    2. Ontological argument
    3. Teleological argument
  3. Theodicy
    1. Problem of evil

Philosophical schools and traditions[edit]

This section contains 28 articles.

  1. Absurdism
  2. Aristotelianism
  3. Charvaka
  4. Confucianism (Level 3)
    1. Four Books and Five Classics
    2. Neo-Confucianism
  5. Continental philosophy
  6. Existentialism
  7. Kantianism
  8. Legalism (Chinese philosophy) (Level 4)
  9. Logical positivism
    1. Vienna Circle
  10. Objectivism
  11. Phenomenology (philosophy) (Level 4)
  12. Theory of forms (Level 4)
  13. Posthumanism
  14. Sophist (Level 4)
  15. Positivism (Level 4)
  16. Pragmatism (Level 4)
  17. Scholasticism
  18. Skepticism (Level 4)
  19. Stoicism (Level 4)
  20. Structuralism
  21. Taoist philosophy
    1. Wu wei
    2. Ziran
  22. Thomism (Level 4)
  23. Transhumanism

Religion and spirituality[edit]

This section contains 166 articles.

See also: Philosophers and Religious figures

Basics[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Religion (Level 2)
  2. Comparative religion (Level 4)
  3. Ethnic religion
  4. Evolutionary origin of religion
  5. Faith and rationality
  6. Folk religion (Level 4)
  7. Morality and religion
  8. Mysticism (Level 4)
  9. Occult
  10. Relationship between religion and science
  11. Religious studies
  12. Religious violence
  13. Secularization
  14. Theology (Level 4)
    1. Ecotheology
    2. Exegesis
    3. Feminist theology
  15. Theories about religion

Deity[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Deity (Level 2)
    1. God (Level 3)
    2. Conceptions of God
    3. Goddess (Level 4)
      1. Mother goddess
    4. Creator deity
    5. Demigod
    6. Sky deity
    7. Solar deity
    8. Vegetation deity
  2. Divinity

Practices[edit]

This section contains 40 articles.

  1. Adoration
  2. Asceticism
  3. Cult (religious practice)
  4. Fasting (Level 4)
  5. Celibacy (Level 4)
  6. Speaking in tongues
  7. Heresy (Level 4)
  8. Hermit
  9. Icon (Level 4)
  10. Iconoclasm (Level 4)
  11. Idolatry (Level 4)
  12. Liturgy (Level 4)
  13. Martyr
  14. Meditation (Level 3)
  15. Monk
  16. Pilgrimage (Level 4)
  17. Prayer (Level 3)
  18. Prophecy (Level 4)
    1. Oracle
    2. Prophet
    3. False prophet
  19. Proselytism
  20. Relic (Level 4)
  21. Religious conversion (Level 4)
  22. Religious ecstasy
  23. Revelation
  24. Ritual (Level 3)
    1. Fertility rite
    2. Rite of passage
    3. Sacrifice (Level 4)
  25. Saint (Level 4)
  26. Faith healing
  27. Spiritual practice
  28. Tithe
  29. Trance
  30. Veneration
    1. Veneration of the dead (Level 4)
  31. Vision (spirituality)
  32. Worship (Level 4)
  33. Retreat (spiritual)

Beliefs[edit]

This section contains 32 articles.

  1. Animism (Level 4)
  2. Apologetics (Level 4)
  3. Apostasy (Level 4)
  4. Astrology (Level 4)
    1. Astrological sign
    2. Chinese zodiac
    3. Chaos (cosmogony)
  5. Blessing
  6. Creationism
    1. Intelligent design
  7. Creation myth (Level 4)
  8. Doctrine
  9. Curse (Level 4)
  10. Divination (Level 4)
  11. Eschatology (Level 4)
  12. Faith (Level 4)
  13. Magic (supernatural) (Level 4)
    1. Black magic
    2. Energy (esotericism)
    3. Necromancy
    4. Thaumaturgy
    5. Theurgy
    6. Witchcraft (Level 4)
  14. Origin myth (Level 4)
  15. Religious experience (Level 4)
  16. Sacredness (Level 4)
    1. Profane (religion)
    2. Sacred space
  17. Spirituality (Level 3)
  18. Supernatural (Level 4)
  19. Theophany
  20. Totem (Level 4)

Death[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Burial (Level 4)
  2. Cemetery (Level 4)
  3. Cremation (Level 4)
  4. Crypt
  5. Funeral (Level 4)
  6. Mausoleum
  7. Mummy (Level 4)

Afterlife[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Afterlife (Level 3)
  2. Heaven (Level 4)
  3. Hell (Level 4)
  4. Reincarnation (Level 4)
  5. Resurrection (Level 4)
  6. Soul (Level 3)
  7. Spirit (animating force)
  8. Underworld

Institutions[edit]

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Altar (Level 4)
  2. Anti-clericalism (Level 4)
  3. Bishop
    1. Diocese
  4. Blasphemy
  5. Creed (Level 4)
  6. Cult (Level 4)
  7. Missionary
  8. Monastery (Level 4)
  9. Priest (Level 4)
  10. Religious denomination
  11. Schism (Level 4)
  12. Sect (Level 4)
  13. Shrine
  14. State religion (Level 4)
  15. Temple (Level 4)

Theistic philosophies[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Theism (Level 4)
  2. Deism (Level 4)
    1. Christian deism
    2. Pandeism
  3. Fundamentalism (Level 4)
  4. Monotheism (Level 4)
  5. Orthodoxy (Level 4)
  6. Paganism (Level 4)
  7. Panentheism (Level 4)
  8. Polytheism (Level 4)
  9. Syncretism (Level 4)

Pantheism and nontheistic religions[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Pantheism (Level 4)
  2. Nontheistic religion

Non-theistic philosophies[edit]

This section contains 21 articles.

  1. Atheism (Level 3)
    1. Demographics of atheism
    2. Negative and positive atheism
    3. New Atheism
  2. Agnosticism (Level 4)
  3. Antitheism
  4. Criticism of religion
    1. Parody religion
    2. Russell's teapot
  5. Freethought (Level 4)
  6. Irreligion
  7. Nontheism
  8. Secularism (Level 3)
    1. Civil naming ceremony
    2. Secularism in France
    3. Secular coming-of-age ceremony
    4. Secular education
    5. Secularity
    6. Separation of church and state
      1. Separation of church and state in the United States
  9. Secular humanism

Abrahamic religions[edit]

This section contains 412 articles.

Basics[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

Main branches[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Abrahamic religions
    1. Judaism (Level 3)
    2. Christianity (Level 3)
    3. Islam (Level 3)
    4. Gnosticism (Level 4)
    5. Druze (Level 4)
    6. Baháʼí Faith (Level 4)
    7. Rastafari (Level 4)

Common concepts[edit]

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Amen
  2. Angel (Level 4)
  3. Bible (Level 3)
  4. Covenant (biblical)
  5. Holy Spirit (Level 4)
  6. Messiah (Level 4)
  7. Sin (Level 4)
  8. Salvation (Level 4)
  9. Predestination (Level 4)
  10. Ten Commandments (Level 4)

Books of the Bible[edit]

This section contains 70 articles.

  1. Biblical canon
  2. Old Testament (Level 4)
    1. Book of Genesis
      1. Genesis creation narrative
    2. Book of Exodus
      1. The Exodus
    3. Book of Leviticus
    4. Book of Numbers
    5. Book of Deuteronomy
    6. Book of Joshua
    7. Book of Judges
    8. Book of Ruth
    9. Books of Samuel
    10. Books of Kings
    11. Books of Chronicles
    12. Book of Ezra
    13. Book of Nehemiah
    14. Book of Esther
    15. Book of Job
    16. Psalms
    17. Book of Proverbs
    18. Ecclesiastes
    19. Song of Songs
    20. Book of Isaiah
    21. Book of Jeremiah
    22. Book of Lamentations
    23. Book of Ezekiel
    24. Book of Daniel
    25. Twelve Minor Prophets
    26. Deuterocanonical books
      1. Book of Tobit
      2. Book of Judith
      3. Book of Baruch
      4. Book of Sirach
      5. 1 Maccabees
      6. 2 Maccabees
      7. Book of Wisdom
    27. Biblical apocrypha
  3. New Testament (Level 4)
    1. Gospel of Matthew
      1. Sermon on the Mount
    2. Gospel of Mark
    3. Gospel of Luke
      1. Parable of the Good Samaritan
    4. Gospel of John
    5. Acts of the Apostles
    6. Epistle to the Romans
    7. First Epistle to the Corinthians
    8. Second Epistle to the Corinthians
    9. Epistle to the Galatians
    10. Epistle to the Ephesians
    11. Epistle to the Philippians
    12. Epistle to the Colossians
    13. First Epistle to the Thessalonians
    14. Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
    15. First Epistle to Timothy
    16. Second Epistle to Timothy
    17. Epistle to Titus
    18. Epistle to Philemon
    19. Epistle to the Hebrews
    20. Epistle of James
    21. First Epistle of Peter
    22. Second Epistle of Peter
    23. First Epistle of John
    24. Second Epistle of John
    25. Third Epistle of John
    26. Epistle of Jude
    27. Book of Revelation
    28. New Testament apocrypha
      1. Nag Hammadi library

Christianity[edit]

This section contains 171 articles.

Basics[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Christians
  2. Church (congregation) (Level 4)
    1. National church

Theology[edit]

This section contains 67 articles.

  1. Biblical hermeneutics
  2. Born again
    1. Sinner's prayer
  3. Catholicity (Level 4)
    1. Catholic social teaching
    2. Purgatory (Level 4)
  4. Angels in Christianity
    1. Archangel
    2. Cherub
    3. Fallen angel
    4. Guardian angel
    5. Ophanim
    6. Seraph
    7. Throne (angel)
  5. Christian eschatology
    1. Antichrist
    2. Apocalyptic literature
    3. The Beast (Revelation)
    4. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    5. Rapture
    6. Great Tribulation
    7. Second Coming (Level 4)
    8. Armageddon
    9. Millennialism
    10. Last Judgment
    11. New Earth (Christianity)
  6. Christian mission
    1. Great Commission
  7. Fall of man
    1. Original sin
    2. Seven deadly sins
    3. Mortal sin
    4. Venial sin
    5. Indulgence
    6. Contrition
    7. Repentance in Christianity
  8. Christian ethics
    1. Good works
    2. Modesty
    3. Christian pacifism
    4. Christian views on marriage
    5. Unconditional love
    6. Charity (Christian virtue)
    7. Agape
    8. Great Commandment
  9. Devil in Christianity
  10. Five solae
  11. Hell in Christianity
  12. Criticism of Christianity
  13. The gospel
  14. Grace in Christianity (Level 4)
  15. Justification (theology)
  16. Kingdom of God (Christianity)
  17. Life of Jesus
    1. Chronology of Jesus
    2. Nativity of Jesus
    3. Ministry of Jesus
    4. Last Supper
    5. Crucifixion of Jesus
    6. Resurrection of Jesus
  18. Restorationism
  19. Sacred tradition
  20. Spiritual gift
  21. Trinity (Level 4)
    1. God the Father
    2. God the Son
    3. Holy Spirit in Christianity

Denominations[edit]

This section contains 58 articles.

  1. Christian denomination
  2. Catholic Church (Level 3)
    1. Celtic Christianity
    2. Eastern Catholic Churches (Level 4)
    3. Pope (Level 4)
    4. Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
    5. Roman Curia
    6. College of Cardinals
  3. Charismatic Christianity
  4. Eastern Christianity (Level 4)
    1. Eastern Orthodox Church (Level 3)
      1. Eastern Orthodoxy
      2. Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
      3. Greek Orthodox Church
      4. Russian Orthodox Church (Level 4)
    2. Oriental Orthodox Churches (Level 4)
      1. Armenian Apostolic Church
      2. Coptic Orthodox Church (Level 4)
      3. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Level 4)
  5. Protestantism (Level 3)
    1. Anabaptism
      1. Amish
      2. Schwarzenau Brethren
      3. Hutterites
      4. Mennonites
    2. Anglicanism (Level 4)
      1. Church of England
        1. Archbishop of Canterbury
    3. Arminianism (Level 4)
    4. Baptists (Level 4)
      1. Free Will Baptist
      2. Southern Baptist Convention
    5. Black church
    6. Reformed Christianity (Level 4)
      1. Congregationalism
      2. Continental Reformed Protestantism
      3. Presbyterianism
    7. Evangelicalism (Level 4)
    8. Lutheranism (Level 4)
    9. Mainline Protestant
    10. Methodism (Level 4)
      1. United Methodist Church
      2. African Methodist Episcopal Church
    11. Moravian Church
    12. Pentecostalism (Level 4)
    13. Quakers (Level 4)
      1. Shakers
    14. Seventh-day Adventist Church (Level 4)
  6. Nontrinitarianism (Level 4)
    1. Arianism
    2. Jehovah's Witnesses (Level 4)
    3. Mormonism (Level 4)
      1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
      2. Book of Mormon
    4. Socinianism
    5. Unitarianism (Level 4)
      1. Unitarian Universalism
  7. World Mission Society Church of God

Practices[edit]

This section contains 43 articles.

  1. Christian culture
  2. Christian mysticism
    1. Hesychasm
  3. Christian prayer
    1. Apostles' Creed
    2. Jesus Prayer
    3. Lectio Divina
    4. Lord's Prayer (Level 4)
    5. Nicene Creed
    6. Rosary
  4. Church (building) (Level 4)
    1. Basilica
    2. Cathedral
    3. Chapel
  5. Christian monasticism
    1. Dominican Order
    2. Franciscans
    3. Order of Saint Augustine
    4. Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
    5. Jesuits
      1. Ignatian spirituality
    6. Rule of Saint Benedict
      1. Ora et labora
  6. Church service
    1. Christian liturgy
    2. Church music
    3. Mass in the Catholic Church
    4. Sermon
  7. Ecumenism (Level 4)
  8. Liturgical year
  9. Sacrament
    1. Anointing of the sick
    2. Baptism (Level 4)
    3. Confirmation
    4. Eucharist (Level 4)
    5. Holy orders
    6. Sacrament of Penance
  10. Christian symbolism
    1. Alpha and Omega
    2. Chi Rho
    3. Christian cross
      1. Crucifix
    4. Ichthys

Judaism[edit]

This section contains 50 articles.

  1. Torah (Level 4)
  2. Hebrew Bible (Level 4)
    1. Parashah
  3. Oral Torah
    1. Talmud (Level 3)
    2. Midrash
  4. Targum
  5. Halakha (Level 4)
    1. Tzedakah
    2. Brit milah
    3. Kashrut (Level 4)
  6. Rabbinic Judaism
  7. Jewish religious movements
    1. Essenes
    2. Pharisees
    3. Orthodox Judaism (Level 4)
    4. Haredi Judaism
    5. Conservative Judaism (Level 4)
    6. Reform Judaism (Level 4)
  8. Kabbalah
    1. Adam Kadmon
    2. Ein Sof
    3. Sefirot
      1. Binah (Kabbalah)
      2. Chesed
      3. Chokhmah
      4. Gevurah
      5. Hod (Kabbalah)
      6. Keter
      7. Malkuth
      8. Netzach
      9. Tiferet
      10. Yesod
    4. Tree of life (Kabbalah)
  9. Synagogue (Level 4)
  10. Rabbi (Level 4)
  11. Angels in Judaism
  12. Chazal
  13. Conversion to Judaism
  14. Gematria
  15. Havdalah
  16. Jewish holidays
  17. Minyan
  18. Mitzvah
  19. Names of God in Judaism
  20. Tallit
  21. Tefillin
  22. Jewish symbolism
    1. Temple menorah
    2. Star of David

Islam[edit]

This section contains 103 articles.

Basics[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Islamic studies
  2. Glossary of Islam
  3. Muslim world
  4. Criticism of Islam
  5. Ibadah
  6. Imam (Level 4)
  7. Mosque (Level 4)
    1. Mihrab
    2. Minaret
    3. Minbar
    4. Muezzin
  8. Muslims

Texts[edit]

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Kutub al-Sittah
  2. Islamic holy books
  3. Sīrah
  4. Quran (Level 3)
    1. Juz'
    2. Surah
    3. Āyah
    4. I'jaz
    5. Hafiz (Quran)
    6. Tajwid
    7. Tafsir
  5. Sunnah
    1. Hadith (Level 4)

Schools[edit]

This section contains 30 articles.

  1. Islamic schools and branches (Level 4)
  2. Sunni Islam (Level 3)
    1. Salafi movement
    2. Atharism
    3. Hanafi school
    4. Shafi'i school
    5. Hanbali school
    6. Maliki school
    7. Ash'arism
    8. Maturidism
    9. Wahhabism
  3. Shia Islam (Level 3)
    1. Twelve Imams
    2. Ja'fari school
    3. Alevism
    4. Isma'ilism
    5. Twelver Shi'ism
    6. Zaydism
  4. Sufism (Level 4)
    1. Tariqa
    2. Mevlevi Order
    3. Shadhili
    4. Suhrawardiyya
    5. Bektashi Order
    6. Badawiyya
    7. Tijaniyyah
    8. Chishti Order
  5. Kharijites
    1. Ibadi Islam
  6. Mu'tazilism

Terms[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Halal (Level 4)
  2. Haram (Level 4)
  3. Jihad
    1. Mujahideen
  4. Ummah
  5. Sharia (Level 4)
    1. Fatwa
  6. Fiqh (Level 4)
    1. Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
    2. Taqlid
    3. Ulama
    4. Madhhab
    5. Ahkam
    6. Sources of Sharia
      1. Ijma
      2. Qiyas
      3. Adat
      4. Istihsan

Beliefs[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Iman (Islam)
  2. Allah (Level 4)
    1. Names of God in Islam
    2. Tawhid
  3. Prophets and messengers in Islam
  4. Angels in Islam
  5. Islamic eschatology
    1. Akhirah
    2. Jannah
    3. Jahannam
    4. Predestination in Islam
  6. Aqidah

Practices[edit]

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Five Pillars of Islam (Level 4)
    1. Shahada
    2. Salah
      1. Qibla
      2. Adhan
    3. Zakat
    4. Fasting in Islam
    5. Hajj (Level 4)
      1. Black Stone
  2. Ritual purity in Islam
    1. Wudu
  3. Arba'in pilgrimage
  4. Bishwa Ijtema

Other[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Companions of the Prophet
    1. Rashidun
    2. The ten to whom Paradise was promised
    3. Ahl al-Bayt
    4. Wives of Muhammad

Eastern religions[edit]

This section contains 189 articles.

Basics[edit]

This section contains 29 articles.

Major religions[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Indian religions
    1. Hinduism (Level 3)
    2. Buddhism (Level 3)
    3. Jainism (Level 3)
    4. Sikhism (Level 3)
  2. Taoism (Level 3)
  3. Shinto (Level 3)
  4. Manichaeism (Level 4)

Common concepts[edit]

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Ahimsa
  2. Dharma (Level 4)
  3. Guru
  4. Karma (Level 4)
  5. Mandala
  6. Moksha
  7. Om (Level 4)
  8. Qi (Level 4)
  9. Saṃsāra
  10. Śramaṇa
  11. Swastika (Level 4)
  12. Yin and yang (Level 4)
  13. Impermanence
  14. Anattā
  15. Śūnyatā
  16. Svabhava

Common practices[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Bhajan
  2. Mantra (Level 4)
  3. Tantra (Level 4)
  4. Yoga (Level 4)
  5. Phowa

Hinduism[edit]

This section contains 31 articles.

Concepts[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Ātman (Hinduism)
  2. Brahmin (Level 4)
  3. Hindus
  4. Ishvara
  5. Itihasa-Puranic chronology
    1. Avatar
    2. Kali Yuga

Schools[edit]

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Ayyavazhi
  2. Bhakti yoga
  3. Brahmo Samaj
  4. Ganapatya
  5. Shaivism (Level 4)
  6. Shaktism (Level 4)
  7. Smarta tradition
  8. Vaishnavism (Level 4)
  9. Vedanta (Level 4)

Texts[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Vedas (Level 3)
    1. Rigveda
      1. Gayatri Mantra
  2. Vedic chant
  3. Bhagavata Purana
  4. Brahmana
  5. Aranyaka
  6. Puranas
  7. Upanishads (Level 4)
  8. Bhagavad Gita (Level 3)
  9. Ramayana (Level 4)

Practices[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Hindu temple
  2. Kumbh Mela (Level 4)
  3. Puja (Hinduism)
  4. Yajna

Buddhism[edit]

This section contains 105 articles.

Traditions[edit]

This section contains 24 articles.

  1. Mahayana (Level 3)
    1. Chan Buddhism
    2. Pure Land Buddhism
      1. Amitābha
    3. Zen (Level 4)
      1. Rinzai school
      2. Sōtō
  2. Theravada (Level 3)
  3. Vajrayana (Level 4)
    1. Tibetan Buddhism
      1. Dalai Lama
      2. Nyingma
      3. Kagyu
        1. Drukpa Kagyu
        2. Karma Kagyu
      4. Gelug
      5. Sakya
      6. Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)
  4. Chinese Buddhism
  5. Hinayana
  6. Buddhism in the West
  7. Dzogchen
    1. Ground (Dzogchen)
  8. Mahamudra

Concepts[edit]

This section contains 44 articles.

  1. Bodhisattva
    1. Avalokiteśvara (Level 4)
    2. Guanyin
  2. Four Noble Truths (Level 4)
    1. Duḥkha
    2. Pratītyasamutpāda
    3. Nirodha
    4. Noble Eightfold Path
  3. Nirvana (Level 4)
  4. Rebirth (Buddhism)
    1. Bardo
  5. Skandha
    1. Rūpa
    2. Vedanā
    3. Samjna (concept)
    4. Saṅkhāra
    5. Vijñāna
  6. Yana (Buddhism)
  7. Refuge in Buddhism
  8. Tathātā
  9. Buddha-nature
  10. Brahmavihara
    1. Maitrī
    2. Karuṇā
    3. Mudita
    4. Upekṣā
  11. Middle Way
  12. Three marks of existence
  13. Trikaya
    1. Dharmakāya
    2. Saṃbhogakāya
    3. Nirmāṇakāya
  14. Enlightenment in Buddhism
  15. Yidam
    1. Tara (Buddhism)
  16. Yab-Yum
  17. Tertön
  18. Terma (religion)
  19. Bodhicitta
  20. Rigpa
  21. Five Pure Lights
  22. Svasaṃvedana
  23. Rainbow body
  24. Sangha

Texts[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Bardo Thodol
  2. Diamond Sutra (Level 4)
  3. Jataka tales
  4. Lotus Sutra
  5. Pali Canon (Level 4)
    1. Sutta Piṭaka
    2. Vinaya Piṭaka
    3. Abhidharma
  6. Prajnaparamita
  7. Tripiṭaka
  8. Longchen Nyingthig
  9. Seventeen tantras

Practices[edit]

This section contains 25 articles.

  1. Buddhist meditation
    1. Lotus position
    2. Zazen
    3. Samatha-vipassana
  2. Buddhist monasticism
    1. Bhikkhu
    2. Bhikkhunī
    3. Vinaya
  3. Butsudan
  4. Pāramitā
  5. Lojong
  6. Lamrim
  7. Ngöndro
  8. Tonglen
  9. Six Dharmas of Naropa
  10. Tummo
  11. Semde
  12. Longdé
  13. Menngagde
  14. Ganachakra
  15. Zhitro
  16. Trul khor
  17. Pointing-out instruction
  18. Dark retreat
  19. Dream yoga

Jainism[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Pravachanasara
  2. Tattvartha Sutra
  3. Digambara
  4. Śvetāmbara
  5. Mount Meru
  6. Tirthankara

Other[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

Sikhism[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Guru Granth Sahib (Level 4)
  2. Golden Temple (Level 4)
  3. Sikh gurus

Taoism[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Tao
    1. De (Chinese)
  2. Taoist diet
  3. Three Treasures (Taoism)
Books[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Daozang
  2. Tao Te Ching (Level 4)
  3. Zhuangzi (book) (Level 4)

Shinto[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Association of Shinto Shrines
  2. Ema (Shinto)
  3. Harae
  4. Kagura
  5. Kojiki (Level 4)
  6. Misogi
  7. Shinto shrine

Bon[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Bon

Other religions[edit]

This section contains 79 articles.

Other religions: General[edit]

This section contains 26 articles.

  1. Candomblé
  2. Chinese folk religion (Level 3)
    1. Feng shui
  3. Haitian Vodou (Level 4)
  4. Mandaeism
    1. Mandi (Mandaeism)
    2. Drabsha
    3. Hayyi Rabbi
    4. Ginza Rabba
      1. Left Ginza
      2. Right Ginza
    5. Mandaean Book of John
    6. Qolasta
  5. Santería
  6. Shamanism (Level 3)
  7. Spiritualism (movement) (Level 4)
  8. Traditional African religions (Level 3)
    1. West African Vodun
    2. Yoruba religion (Level 4)
      1. Ifá
      2. Odinala
  9. Zoroastrianism (Level 4)
    1. Ahriman
    2. Ahura Mazda
    3. Avesta (Level 4)
    4. Parsis

Ancient religions[edit]

This section contains 23 articles.

  1. Prehistoric religion (Level 4)
    1. Paleolithic religion
  2. Ancient Egyptian religion (Level 4)
  3. Ancient Greek religion (Level 4)
    1. Eleusinian Mysteries
  4. Ancient Mesopotamian religion (Level 4)
  5. Ancient Semitic religion
    1. Canaanite religion
  6. Aztec religion (Level 4)
  7. Ancient Celtic religion (Level 4)
  8. Germanic paganism (Level 4)
  9. Gothic paganism
  10. Historical Vedic religion
  11. Maya religion (Level 4)
  12. Mithraism
  13. Mohism
  14. Old Norse religion (Level 4)
  15. Proto-Indo-European mythology
  16. Religion in ancient Rome (Level 4)
    1. Roman festivals
  17. Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia (Level 4)
  18. Slavic paganism (Level 4)
  19. Tengrism

Western esotericism[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Western esotericism (Level 4)
  2. Freemasonry (Level 4)
    1. Masonic lodge
    2. Shriners
  3. New Age (Level 4)
  4. New Thought
  5. Perennial philosophy
  6. Rosicrucianism
  7. Ariosophy
  8. Theosophy
  9. Astral projection
  10. Séance

New religious movements[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. New religious movement (Level 3)
  2. Cargo cult
  3. Caodaism
  4. Christian Science
  5. Falun Gong (Level 4)
  6. Ghost Dance
  7. Modern paganism (Level 4)
    1. Druidry (modern)
    2. Polytheistic reconstructionism
      1. Heathenry (new religious movement)
    3. Wicca (Level 4)
  8. Nation of Islam
  9. Satanism (Level 4)
    1. LaVeyan Satanism
  10. Scientology
  11. Tenrikyo
  12. Unification Church
  13. UFO religion

Mythology[edit]

This section contains 369 articles.

Mythology: General[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Folklore (Level 2)
  2. Myth (Level 3)
    1. Comparative mythology (Level 4)
  3. Tall tale
  4. Urban legend
  5. Axis mundi
  6. Euhemerism
  7. Hero
  8. Trickster
  9. Cosmic egg
  10. World tree

By culture and religion[edit]

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology (Level 4)
  2. Chinese mythology (Level 4)
  3. Christian mythology
  4. Egyptian mythology (Level 4)
  5. Greek mythology (Level 3)
  6. Hindu mythology
  7. Irish mythology
  8. Islamic mythology
  9. Japanese mythology (Level 4)
  10. Jewish mythology
  11. Korean mythology (Level 4)
  12. Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas (Level 4)
  13. Norse mythology (Level 4)
  14. Persian mythology (Level 4)
  15. Polynesian mythology
  16. Roman mythology (Level 4)

Abrahamic and Judaic mythology[edit]

This section contains 54 articles.

  1. Abraham (Level 3)
    1. Sarah
    2. Hagar
    3. Lot (biblical person)
  2. Adam and Eve (Level 4)
    1. Adam
    2. Lilith (Level 4)
    3. Eve
    4. Cain and Abel (Level 4)
    5. Seth
  3. Amos (prophet)
  4. Daniel (biblical figure) (Level 4)
  5. David (Level 4)
    1. Goliath
  6. Elijah (Level 4)
    1. Elisha
  7. Esther
  8. Ezekiel
  9. Ezra (Level 4)
  10. Gabriel
  11. Isaac (Level 4)
    1. Rebecca
  12. Isaiah (Level 4)
  13. Ishmael (Level 4)
  14. Jacob (Level 4)
    1. Esau
    2. Rachel
  15. Jeremiah
  16. Job (biblical figure)
  17. Jonah
  18. Joseph (Genesis) (Level 4)
  19. Melchizedek
  20. Methuselah
  21. Michael (archangel)
  22. Moses (Level 3)
    1. Aaron
    2. Joshua
    3. Jethro (biblical figure)
  23. Nehemiah
  24. Noah (Level 4)
  25. Raphael (archangel)
  26. Ruth (biblical figure)
  27. Samson
    1. Delilah
  28. Samuel
  29. Satan (Level 4)
    1. Lucifer
  30. Saul
  31. Solomon (Level 4)
    1. Queen of Sheba
  32. Yahweh (Level 4)
    1. Elohim
    2. Elyon
    3. Jehovah

African mythology[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Anansi (Level 4)
  2. Baron Samedi

Australian aborigine mythology[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. The Dreaming
  2. Rainbow Serpent

Canaanite mythology[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Asherah
  2. El (deity)
  3. Moloch

Carthaginian mythology[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Dido

Celtic mythology[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Brigid
  2. Celtic Otherworld
  3. Cú Chulainn
  4. Lugh
  5. Manannán mac Lir
  6. Tuatha Dé Danann

Central Asian mythology[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Erlik
  2. Tengri (Level 4)
  3. Umay

Chinese mythology[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Chiyou
  2. Erlang Shen
  3. Hou Yi
  4. Jade Emperor (Level 4)
  5. Mazu
  6. Nüwa
  7. Shennong
  8. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (Level 4)
    1. Yellow Emperor (Level 4)
  9. Tudigong
  10. Yu Shi

Egyptian mythology[edit]

This section contains 21 articles.

  1. Amun (Level 4)
  2. Anhur
  3. Anubis (Level 4)
  4. Apep
  5. Aten
  6. Atum
  7. Geb
  8. Hathor (Level 4)
  9. Horus (Level 4)
  10. Isis (Level 4)
  11. Nephthys
  12. Nut (goddess)
  13. Osiris (Level 4)
  14. Ptah
  15. Ra (Level 4)
  16. Set (deity)
  17. Sekhmet
  18. Sobek
  19. Tefnut
  20. Thoth (Level 4)
  21. Wadjet

Germanic mythology[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Sigurd

Greek and Roman mythology[edit]

This section contains 52 articles.

Greek mythological people[edit]

This section contains 22 articles.

  1. Greek hero cult
  2. Achilles (Level 4)
  3. Aeneas (Level 4)
  4. Agamemnon
  5. Andromeda (mythology)
  6. Argonauts
  7. Atlas (mythology)
  8. Castor and Pollux
  9. Electra
  10. Europa (consort of Zeus)
  11. Ganymede (mythology)
  12. Helen of Troy
  13. Heracles (Level 4)
  14. Icarus
  15. Jason
  16. Medea
  17. Midas
  18. Odysseus (Level 4)
  19. Oedipus
  20. Orion (mythology)
  21. Perseus (Level 4)
  22. Sisyphus

Greek deities[edit]

This section contains 22 articles.

  1. Greek primordial deities
    1. Eros
    2. Gaia
  2. Greek water deities
  3. Titans (Level 4)
  4. Twelve Olympians
    1. Aphrodite (Level 4)
    2. Apollo (Level 4)
    3. Ares
    4. Artemis (Level 4)
    5. Athena (Level 4)
    6. Demeter (Level 4)
    7. Dionysus
    8. Hephaestus (Level 4)
    9. Hera (Level 4)
    10. Hermes (Level 4)
    11. Hestia
    12. Poseidon (Level 4)
    13. Zeus (Level 4)
  5. Chthonic
    1. Charon
    2. Hades (Level 4)

Roman deities and mythological people[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Jupiter (god) (Level 4)
  2. Juno (mythology)
  3. Mars (mythology) (Level 4)
  4. Minerva (Level 4)
  5. Pluto (mythology)
  6. Romulus and Remus
  7. Venus (mythology) (Level 4)
  8. Vulcan (mythology)

Hindu mythology[edit]

This section contains 25 articles.

  1. Trimurti
    1. Brahma (Level 4)
    2. Vishnu (Level 4)
    3. Shiva (Level 4)
      1. Lingam
  2. Agni
  3. Balarama
  4. Durga
    1. Navadurga
  5. Ganesha (Level 4)
  6. Indra
  7. Hanuman
  8. Kali (Level 4)
  9. Kartikeya
  10. Krishna (Level 4)
  11. Lakshmana
  12. Lakshmi
  13. Parvati
  14. Radha
  15. Rama (Level 4)
  16. Ravana
  17. Saraswati
  18. Sita
  19. Surya
  20. Vaishno Devi

Indo-Iranian mythology[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Mitra

Korean mythology[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Dangun

Mesopotamian mythology[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Anshar
  2. Anu
  3. Dumuzid
  4. Enki (Level 4)
  5. Enlil (Level 4)
  6. Enmerkar
  7. Gilgamesh
  8. Inanna (Level 4)
  9. Marduk
  10. Ninhursag
  11. Shamash

Native American mythology[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Coyote (mythology) (Level 4)
  2. Great Spirit (Level 4)
  3. Huehueteotl
  4. Huītzilōpōchtli
  5. Kachina
  6. Kokopelli
  7. Manitou
  8. Mixcoatl
  9. Pachamama
  10. Quetzalcoatl (Level 4)
  11. Tezcatlipoca
  12. Viracocha

Norse mythology[edit]

This section contains 22 articles.

  1. Æsir
    1. Baldr
    2. Frigg
    3. Heimdall
    4. Loki
    5. Odin (Level 4)
      1. Sleipnir
    6. Thor (Level 4)
      1. Mjölnir
    7. Týr
  2. Asgard
    1. Valhalla
  3. Jötunn
    1. Ymir
  4. Vanir
    1. Freyja (Level 4)
  5. Ragnar Lodbrok
  6. Ragnarök
    1. Fenrir
  7. Valkyrie
  8. Yggdrasil
    1. Jörmungandr

Polynesian mythology[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Pele (deity)
  2. Māui

Shinto mythology[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Amaterasu (Level 4)
  2. Emperor Jimmu
  3. Inari Ōkami
  4. Raijin
  5. Susanoo-no-Mikoto

Mythological creatures[edit]

This section contains 83 articles.

Legendary creatures[edit]

This section contains 78 articles.

  1. Legendary creature (Level 4)
  2. Banshee
  3. Basilisk
  4. Behemoth
  5. Bogeyman
  6. Bunyip
  7. Centaur (Level 4)
  8. Cerberus
  9. Changeling
  10. Chimera (mythology)
  11. Chupacabra
  12. Crocotta
  13. Cyclopes
  14. Daeva
  15. Death (personification) (Level 4)
  16. Demon (Level 4)
    1. Succubus
    2. Incubus
  17. Devil (Level 4)
  18. Dragon (Level 4)
    1. Chinese dragon
    2. European dragon
      1. Wyvern
    3. Sea serpent
  19. Dwarf (folklore)
  20. Elf
  21. Fairy (Level 4)
  22. Garuda
  23. Ghost (Level 4)
    1. Poltergeist
    2. White Lady
  24. Ghoul
  25. Giant (Level 4)
  26. Gnome
  27. Golem
  28. Gorgons
    1. Medusa
  29. Griffin
  30. Jackalope
  31. Jinn (Level 4)
  32. Kami
  33. Kelpie
    1. Loch Ness Monster
  34. Kraken
  35. Leprechaun (Level 4)
  36. Lernaean Hydra
  37. Leviathan
  38. Manticore
  39. Mermaid (Level 4)
  40. Minotaur (Level 4)
  41. Monster
  42. Nephilim
  43. Nymph
  44. Ogre
  45. Pegasus (Level 4)
  46. Phoenix (mythology) (Level 4)
  47. Rakshasa
  48. Revenant
  49. Shapeshifting
  50. Siren (mythology) (Level 4)
  51. Sphinx (Level 4)
  52. Sprite (folklore)
  53. Thunderbird (mythology)
  54. Troll
  55. Unicorn (Level 4)
  56. Vampire (Level 4)
    1. Penanggalan
  57. Wendigo
  58. Werewolf (Level 4)
    1. Rougarou
  59. Wild man
  60. Yōkai
    1. Kappa (folklore)
    2. Kitsune
    3. Mononoke
    4. Oni
    5. Tengu
  61. Zombie (Level 4)

Cryptids[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Cryptozoology
  2. Bigfoot
  3. Mothman
  4. Yeti
  5. Yowie

Mythological places[edit]

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Atlantis (Level 4)
  2. Camelot
  3. El Dorado (Level 4)
  4. Fountain of Youth
  5. Garden of Eden
    1. Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
    2. Tree of life (biblical)
  6. Greek underworld
  7. Iram of the Pillars
  8. Labyrinth
  9. Paradise (Level 4)
  10. Seven Cities of Gold
  11. Shangri-La
  12. Sodom and Gomorrah
  13. Tower of Babel
  14. Utopia (Level 4)
  15. Yomi

Mythological items[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Ark of the Covenant
  2. Excalibur
  3. Golden Fleece
  4. Holy Grail (Level 4)
  5. Holy Lance
  6. Pandora's box
  7. Philosopher's stone


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