A comprehensive guide to world religions — ancient and living, Eastern and Western, African and global — with founders, beliefs, doctrines, dogma, proselytism, apostasy, life-cycle traditions, metempsychosis, reincarnation, and karma.
About This Subject
Religion is among the most consequential forces in human history. This subject covers the full spectrum of human religious experience — from the oldest known traditions to the newest movements — treating each with equal respect and equal scrutiny. Every major tradition is documented at thesis level: what it believes, how it defines faith, what it requires of adherents, what happens to those who leave, how it marks birth, marriage, and death, and how it understands the soul's fate after death.
Navigate the Subject
🗺️ Full Map of World Religions
All traditions listed — ancient, living, Eastern, Western, African, modern
📋 Ancient Doctrines
Kemet, Mesopotamia, Maya, Inca, Norse, Celtic — faith, birth, marriage, death, metempsychosis
🏛️ Ancient Religions
Kemet, Mesopotamia, Maya, Inca, Norse, Druid — beliefs, deities, practices
☸️ Eastern Religions
Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism
📋 Eastern Doctrines
Faith, dogma, proselytism, apostasy, birth, marriage, death — Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism
✡️ Abrahamic Religions
Judaism, Christianity, Islam — all branches, founders, beliefs, practices
📋 African Doctrines
Ọdinala, Yoruba, Akan, Zulu — faith, birth, marriage, death, metempsychosis
🌍 African Religions
Ọdinala, Yoruba/Ifá, Akan, Zulu, Kongo, Vodou, and diaspora traditions
📋 Modern Doctrines
Baháʼí, Eckankar, Rastafari, Mormonism, Wicca — faith, birth, marriage, death, reincarnation
✨ Modern Religions
Baháʼí, Eckankar, Rastafari, Cao Dai, Spiritism, Wicca, Mormonism
📋 Doctrine, Dogma & Life Cycle
Faith, proselytism, apostasy, birth, marriage, and death across all traditions
♾️ Metempsychosis & Karma
Reincarnation variants, karma doctrines — Igbo vs Hindu vs Buddhist vs Abrahamic
👤 Founders & Teachers
Prophets, founders, reformers, and teachers across all traditions
⬡ Trinity vs Quaternity
The Fourth Wise Man, Ọdinala's fourfold divine structure, and the principle of Quaternity in nature and human community
🌙 Igbo Time — Abalị
Why the Igbo count nights, the three nights of Jesus resolved by Igbo cosmology, and time as theology
🌀 The Igbo Soul
Chi, ọgbanje, ilo uwa — the complete Igbo philosophy of personal identity across time
📚 Sacred Texts & Downloads
Core scriptures with free download links
Our Approach
All traditions are presented with equal respect and equal scrutiny. We do not rank religions or declare any tradition true or false. We document what traditions teach, what they practice, and what historical role they have played. Where traditions have caused harm, we document it honestly. Where they have inspired beauty and human flourishing, we document that too.
This subject is cross-linked with Esoterism — the inner, mystical dimensions of religious traditions.
