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=Philosophy and religion =


 * For philosophers, see People: Philosophers. For religious figures, see People: Religious figures.

Philosophy: General

 * 1)  Philosophy (Level 1)

Philosophy by region and period

 * 1)  Western philosophy (Level 3)
 * 2)  Ancient Greek philosophy
 * 3)  Medieval philosophy
 * 4)  Renaissance philosophy
 * 5)  Modern philosophy
 * 6)  Contemporary philosophy
 * 7)  Eastern philosophy (Level 3)
 * 8)  Chinese philosophy
 * 9)  Indian philosophy
 * 10)  Ancient philosophy

Philosophical schools and traditions

 * 1)  Analytic philosophy
 * 2)  Confucianism (Level 3)
 * 3)  Legalism (Chinese philosophy)
 * 4)  Phenomenology (philosophy)
 * 5)  Positivism
 * 6)  Pragmatism
 * 7)  Sophist
 * 8)  Stoicism
 * 9)  Thomism

Religious philosophy

 * 1)  Buddhist philosophy
 * 2)  Christian philosophy
 * 3)  Islamic philosophy

Ethics

 * 1)  Ethics (Level 2)

Concepts

 * 1)   Free will (Level 3)
 * 2)  Good and evil (Level 3)
 * 3)  Conscience
 * 4)  Golden Rule
 * 5)  Is–ought problem
 * 6)  Morality
 * 7)  Plagiarism
 * 8)  Value (ethics and social sciences)
 * 9)  Virtue
 * 10)  Wisdom

Approaches

 * 1)  Consequentialism
 * 2)  Deontology
 * 3)  Humanism
 * 4)  Nihilism
 * 5)  Relativism
 * 6)  Utilitarianism

Logic

 * 1)  Logic (Level 2)
 * 2)  Argument
 * 3)  A priori and a posteriori
 * 4)  Critical thinking
 * 5)  Dialectic
 * 6)  Socratic method
 * 7)  Inference
 * 8)  Deductive reasoning
 * 9)  Fallacy
 * 10)  Inductive reasoning
 * 11)   Paradox
 * 12)  Thought experiment

Epistemology

 * 1)   Epistemology (Level 3)

Concepts

 * 1)  Knowledge (Level 2)
 * 2)  Truth (Level 3)
 * 3)  Reason (Level 3)
 * 4)  Belief (Level 3)
 * 5)  Common sense
 * 6)  Concept
 * 7)  Experience
 * 8)  Occam's razor
 * 9)  Opinion
 * 10)  Superstition
 * 11)  Worldview

Approaches

 * 1)   Empiricism
 * 2)  Naturalism (philosophy)
 * 3)  Rationalism
 * 4)  Skepticism

Metaphysics

 * 1)  Metaphysics (Level 3)

Concepts

 * 1)  Ontology (Level 3)
 * 2)  Abstraction
 * 3)  Causality (physics)
 * 4)  Existence
 * 5)  Mental representation
 * 6)  Reality

Approaches

 * 1)  Determinism
 * 2)  Idealism
 * 3)  Materialism
 * 4)   Mind–body dualism
 * 5)  Monism
 * 6)  Theory of forms

Aesthetics

 * 1)  Aesthetics (Level 3)
 * 2)  Beauty

Philosophy of science

 * 1)   Philosophy of science (Level 3)
 * 2)  Fact
 * 3)  Hypothesis
 * 4)  Natural philosophy
 * 5)  Paradigm
 * 6)  Pseudoscience
 * 7)   Parapsychology
 * 8)  Reductionism
 * 9)  Theory

Other branches of philosophy

 * 1)   Philosophy of language
 * 2)  Meaning (philosophy)
 * 3)   Philosophy of mathematics
 * 4)   Philosophy of mind
 * 5)  Philosophy of religion
 * 6)  Political philosophy

Religion and spirituality: General

 * 1)  Religion (Level 2)
 * 2)  Comparative religion
 * 3)  Folk religion
 * 4)  Mysticism
 * 5)  Theology

Deity

 * 1)  Deity (Level 2)
 * 2)   God (Level 3)
 * 3)  Goddess

Practices

 * 1)  Ritual (Level 3)
 * 2)  Prayer (Level 3)
 * 3)  Lord's Prayer
 * 4)  Meditation (Level 3)
 * 5)  Apologetics
 * 6)  Apostasy
 * 7)  Celibacy
 * 8)  Fasting
 * 9)  Heresy
 * 10)  Icon
 * 11)  Iconoclasm
 * 12)  Idolatry
 * 13)  Liturgy
 * 14)  Pilgrimage
 * 15)  Prophecy
 * 16)  Relic
 * 17)  Religious conversion
 * 18)  Sacrifice
 * 19)  Saint
 * 20)  Veneration of the dead
 * 21)  Worship

Beliefs

 * 1)  Spirituality (Level 3)
 * 2)  Animism
 * 3)  Astrology
 * 4)  Creation myth
 * 5)  Curse
 * 6)  Divination
 * 7)  Eschatology
 * 8)  Faith
 * 9)  Magic (supernatural)
 * 10)   Witchcraft
 * 11)  Mandate of Heaven
 * 12)  Origin myth
 * 13)  Religious experience
 * 14)  Sacredness
 * 15)  Supernatural
 * 16)  Totem

Death

 * 1)  Burial
 * 2)  Cemetery
 * 3)  Cremation
 * 4)  Funeral
 * 5)   Mummy

Afterlife

 * 1)  Afterlife (Level 3)
 * 2)  Heaven
 * 3)  Hell
 * 4)  Incarnation
 * 5)  Reincarnation
 * 6)  Resurrection
 * 7)  Soul (Level 3)

Institutions

 * 1)  Altar
 * 2)  Anti-clericalism
 * 3)  Creed
 * 4)  Cult
 * 5)  Monastery
 * 6)  Priest
 * 7)  Schism
 * 8)  Sect
 * 9)  State religion
 * 10)  Temple

Theistic philosophies

 * 1)  Theism
 * 2)  Deism
 * 3)  Fundamentalism
 * 4)  Monotheism
 * 5)  Orthodoxy
 * 6)  Paganism
 * 7)  Panentheism
 * 8)  Pantheism
 * 9)  Polytheism
 * 10)  Syncretism

Non-theistic philosophies

 * 1)   Atheism (Level 3)
 * 2)   Agnosticism
 * 3)  Freethought
 * 4)  Secularism (Level 3)

Main branches

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

Common concepts

 * 1)  Bible (Level 3)
 * 2)  Old Testament
 * 3)  New Testament
 * 4)  Holy Spirit
 * 5)  Messiah
 * 6)  Predestination
 * 7)  Salvation
 * 8)  Sin
 * 9)  Ten Commandments

Judaism

 * 1)  Talmud (Level 3)
 * 2)  Torah
 * 3)  Halakha
 * 4)   Kashrut
 * 5)  Hebrew Bible
 * 6)  Rabbi
 * 7)  Synagogue
 * 8)  Conservative Judaism
 * 9)  Orthodox Judaism
 * 10)  Reform Judaism

Branches

 * 1)  Catholic Church (Level 3)
 * 2)  Eastern Catholic Churches
 * 3)  Eastern Christianity
 * 4)  Eastern Orthodox Church (Level 3)
 * 5)  Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
 * 6)  Russian Orthodox Church
 * 7)  Oriental Orthodox Churches
 * 8)  Coptic Orthodox Church
 * 9)  Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
 * 10)  Nontrinitarianism
 * 11)  Jehovah's Witnesses
 * 12)  Mormonism
 * 13)  Unitarianism
 * 14)  Protestantism (Level 3)
 * 15)  Anglicanism
 * 16)  Arminianism
 * 17)  Baptists
 * 18)  Reformed Christianity
 * 19)  Evangelicalism
 * 20)  Lutheranism
 * 21)  Methodism
 * 22)  Pentecostalism
 * 23)   Quakers
 * 24)   Seventh-day Adventist Church

Concepts

 * 1)  Catholicity
 * 2)  Pope
 * 3)  Purgatory
 * 4)  Baptism
 * 5)  Church (congregation)
 * 6)  Church (building)
 * 7)  Ecumenism
 * 8)  Eucharist
 * 9)  Grace
 * 10)  Second Coming
 * 11)  Trinity

Islam

 * 1)  Islamic schools and branches
 * 2)  Sunni Islam (Level 3)
 * 3)  Shia Islam (Level 3)
 * 4)  Sufism
 * 5)  Quran (Level 3)
 * 6)  Allah
 * 7)   Five Pillars of Islam
 * 8)  Hajj
 * 9)  Fiqh
 * 10)  Hadith
 * 11)  Halal
 * 12)  Haram
 * 13)  Imam
 * 14)   Mosque
 * 15)  Sharia

Major religions

 * 1)   Hinduism (Level 3)
 * 2)   Buddhism (Level 3)
 * 3)  Jainism (Level 3)
 * 4)   Sikhism (Level 3)
 * 5)   Taoism (Level 3)
 * 6)  Shinto (Level 3)
 * 7)  Manichaeism

Common concepts

 * 1)  Dhammapada
 * 2)  Dharma
 * 3)  Karma
 * 4)  Mantra
 * 5)  Om
 * 6)  Qi
 * 7)   Swastika
 * 8)  Tantra
 * 9)  Yin and yang
 * 10)  Yoga

Buddhism

 * 1)  Mahayana (Level 3)
 * 2)  Avalokiteśvara
 * 3)  Diamond Sutra
 * 4)  Theravada (Level 3)
 * 5)  Pali Canon
 * 6)  Vajrayana
 * 7)  Four Noble Truths
 * 8)  Nirvana
 * 9)  Zen

Hinduism

 * 1)   Bhagavad Gita (Level 3)
 * 2)  Vedas (Level 3)
 * 3)  Brahman
 * 4)  Kumbh Mela
 * 5)  Ramayana
 * 6)  Shaivism
 * 7)  Shaktism
 * 8)  Upanishads
 * 9)  Vaishnavism
 * 10)  Vedanta

Sikhism

 * 1)  Guru Granth Sahib
 * 2)  Golden Temple

Taoism

 * 1)   Tao Te Ching
 * 2)  Zhuangzi (book)

Shinto

 * 1)  Kojiki

Other religions: General

 * 1)  Shamanism (Level 3)
 * 2)   Zoroastrianism
 * 3)  Avesta
 * 4)  Chinese folk religion (Level 3)
 * 5)  Haitian Vodou
 * 6)  Traditional African religions (Level 3)
 * 7)  Yoruba religion

Ancient religions

 * 1)  Prehistoric religion
 * 2)  Ancient Celtic religion
 * 3)  Ancient Egyptian religion
 * 4)  Ancient Greek religion
 * 5)  Ancient Mesopotamian religion
 * 6)  Aztec religion
 * 7)  Germanic paganism
 * 8)  Maya religion
 * 9)  Old Norse religion
 * 10)  Religion in ancient Rome
 * 11)  Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia
 * 12)  Slavic paganism

Western esotericism

 * 1)  Western esotericism
 * 2)   Freemasonry
 * 3)  New Age

New religious movements

 * 1)  New religious movement (Level 3)
 * 2)   Falun Gong
 * 3)  Modern paganism
 * 4)   Wicca
 * 5)  Satanism
 * 6)  Spiritualism (movement)

Mythology

 * For fictional characters from literature and folklore, see Arts: Fictional and legendary characters.

Mythology: General

 * 1)  Folklore (Level 2)
 * 2)  Myth (Level 3)
 * 3)  Comparative mythology
 * 4)  Paradise

By culture

 * 1)  Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology
 * 2)  Chinese mythology
 * 3)  Egyptian mythology
 * 4)   Greek mythology (Level 3)
 * 5)  Japanese mythology
 * 6)  Korean mythology
 * 7)  Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
 * 8)  Norse mythology
 * 9)  Persian mythology
 * 10)  Roman mythology

Abrahamic mythology

 * 1)  Abraham (Level 3)
 * 2)  Adam and Eve
 * 3)  Cain and Abel
 * 4)  Lilith
 * 5)  Daniel (biblical figure)
 * 6)  David
 * 7)  Elijah
 * 8)  Ezra
 * 9)   Isaac
 * 10)  Isaiah
 * 11)   Ishmael
 * 12)  Jacob
 * 13)  Joseph (Genesis)
 * 14)  Moses (Level 3)
 * 15)  Noah
 * 16)  Satan
 * 17)  Solomon
 * 18)  Yahweh

Egyptian mythology

 * 1)  Amun
 * 2)  Anubis
 * 3)  Hathor
 * 4)  Horus
 * 5)  Isis
 * 6)  Osiris
 * 7)  Ra
 * 8)  Thoth

Hindu mythology

 * 1)  Brahma
 * 2)  Ganesha
 * 3)  Kali
 * 4)  Krishna
 * 5)   Rama
 * 6)  Shiva
 * 7)  Vishnu

Greek mythological heroes

 * 1)  Achilles
 * 2)  Aeneas
 * 3)  Amazons
 * 4)  Heracles
 * 5)  Odysseus
 * 6)  Perseus

Greek deities

 * 1)  Aphrodite
 * 2)   Apollo
 * 3)  Artemis
 * 4)  Athena
 * 5)  Demeter
 * 6)  Hades
 * 7)  Hera
 * 8)  Hermes
 * 9)  Hephaestus
 * 10)  Poseidon
 * 11)  Titans
 * 12)  Zeus

Roman deities

 * 1)  Jupiter (god)
 * 2)   Mars (mythology)
 * 3)  Minerva
 * 4)  Venus (mythology)

Chinese mythology

 * 1)  Jade Emperor
 * 2)  Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
 * 3)  Yellow Emperor

Mesopotamian mythology

 * 1)  Enki
 * 2)  Enlil
 * 3)  Inanna

Native American mythology

 * 1)  Coyote (mythology)
 * 2)  Great Spirit
 * 3)  Quetzalcōātl

Norse mythology

 * 1)  Odin
 * 2)  Freyja
 * 3)  Thor

African mythology

 * 1)  Anansi

Central Asia mythology

 * 1)  Tengri

Shinto mythology

 * 1)  Amaterasu

Mythological creatures

 * 1)  Legendary creature
 * 2)  Angel
 * 3)  Centaur
 * 4)  Personifications of death
 * 5)  Demon
 * 6)  Devil
 * 7)  Dragon
 * 8)  Fairy
 * 9)  Ghost
 * 10)  Giant
 * 11)  Jinn
 * 12)   Leprechaun
 * 13)  Mermaid
 * 14)  Minotaur
 * 15)  Pegasus
 * 16)  Phoenix (mythology)
 * 17)  Siren (mythology)
 * 18)  Sphinx
 * 19)  Unicorn
 * 20)  Vampire
 * 21)  Werewolf
 * 22)  Zombie

Mythological places

 * 1)   Atlantis
 * 2)  El Dorado

Mythological items

 * 1)  Holy Grail