| has gloss | (noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
religious belief, faith, religion |
| has gloss | eng: Religious belief refers to a mental state in which faith is placed in a creed related to the supernatural, sacred, or divine. Such a state may relate to: 1 the existence, characteristics and worship of a deity or deities; 2 divine intervention in the universe and human life; or 3 values and practices centered on the teachings of a spiritual leader. 4 to come to a conclusion without valid evidence In contrast to other belief systems, religious beliefs are usually codified. |
| lexicalization | eng: faith |
| lexicalization | eng: religion |
| lexicalization | eng: religious belief |
| subclass of | (noun) according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues
supernatural virtue, theological virtue |
| subclass of | (noun) any cognitive content held as true
belief |
| Note: 4 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) 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)
apophatism |
| has subclass | (noun) 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')
cataphatism |
| has subclass | (noun) the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
analogy, doctrine of analogy |
| has subclass | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"
cult, cultus, religious cult |
| has subclass | (noun) a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false; "it was a satanic cult"
cult |
| has subclass | (noun) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices
ecclesiasticism |
| has subclass | (noun) a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
mysticism, religious mysticism |
| has subclass | (noun) a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena
nature worship |
| has subclass | (noun) a religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind
revealed religion |
| has subclass | (noun) the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
theism |
| has subclass | (noun) any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
heathenism, pagan religion, paganism |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
Christian religion, Christianity |
| has subclass | (noun) a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
Hindooism, Hinduism |
| has subclass | (noun) the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
Brahminism, Brahmanism |
| has subclass | (noun) religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being
Jainism |
| has subclass | (noun) the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam
Sikhism |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
Buddhism |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
Taoism, Hsuan Chiao |
| has subclass | (noun) the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
Shinto, Shintoism |
| has subclass | (noun) ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d.
Mithraism, Mithraicism |
| has subclass | (noun) system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil)
Mazdaism, Zoroastrianism |
| has subclass | (noun) a religion founded in Iran in 1863; emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind; incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets; many adherents live in the United States; "Bahaism has no public rituals or sacraments and praying is done in private"
Bahaism |
| has subclass | (noun) any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
shamanism |
| has subclass | (noun) the polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europe
Wicca |
| has subclass | e/Abrahamic religions |
| has subclass | e/Ancient Semitic religions |
| has subclass | c/African traditional religions |
| has subclass | c/Fictional religions |
| has subclass | c/Folk religions |
| has subclass | c/Indo-Greek religions |
| has subclass | c/Monotheistic religions |
| has subclass | c/Pagan religions |
| has subclass | c/Religions of the Greco-Roman world |
| has subclass | c/Religions that require vegetarianism |
| has subclass | c/Religions |
| has subclass | e/East Asian religions |
| has subclass | e/Iranian religions |
| has subclass | e/Self religion |
| has subclass | e/UFO religion |
| has subclass | c/simple/African-American religions |
