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• apophatism go
  the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)
  
• cataphatism go
  the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image')
  
• analogy, doctrine of analogy go
  the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater
  
• cult, cultus, religious cult go
  a system of religious beliefs and rituals
  
• cult go
  a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false
  
• ecclesiasticism go
  religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices
  
• mysticism, religious mysticism go
  a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
  
• nature worship go
  a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena
  
• revealed religion go
  a religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind
  
• theism go
  the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
  
• paganism, pagan religion, heathenism go
  any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
  
• Christianity, Christian religion go
  a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
  
• Hinduism, Hindooism go
  a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system
  
• Brahmanism, Brahminism go
  the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
  
• Jainism go
  religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism
  
• Sikhism go
  the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam
  
• Buddhism go
  the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth
  
• Taoism, Hsuan Chiao go
  popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
  
• Shinto, Shintoism go
  the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma
  
• Manichaeism, Manichaeanism go
  a religion founded by Manes in the third century
  
• Mithraism, Mithraicism go
  ancient Persian religion
  
• Zoroastrianism, Mazdaism go
  system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster
  
• Bahaism go
  a religion founded in Iran in 1863
  
• shamanism, Asian shamanism go
  an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
  
• shamanism go
  any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
  
• Wicca go
  the polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess