List of ethnic religions

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The symbol of the Ndut initiation rite in Serer religion
A typical Chinese local-deity temple in Taiwan

Ethnic religions (also "indigenous religions" or "ethnoreligions") are generally defined as religions which are related to a particular ethnic group (ethnoreligious group), and often seen as a defining part of that ethnicity's culture, language, and customs (social norms, conventions, traditions). In an ethnic religion, the ethnic group and its beliefs system cannot be easily separated. Oftentimes an ethnic religion's doctrine only pertains or is directed to that group. A common trait among ethnic religions is that they are closed to outsiders, limiting themselves to members born into the group. This is opposed to universal religions, which are open to all peoples and actively pursue and accept converts.

Africa[edit]

North Africa[edit]


Sub-Saharan Africa[edit]

See also: Traditional African religions and African diaspora religions

Asia[edit]

Austroasiatic[edit]

Austronesian[edit]

Indo-European[edit]

Semitic[edit]

Sino-Tibetan[edit]

Other[edit]

Historical Religions[edit]

Americas[edit]

See also: Native American religions

Europe[edit]

Cuman statue, 11th century, Ukraine

Oceania[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chatty, Dawn (2010-03-15). Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81792-9.
  2. ^ Simon Harrison (2006). Fracturing Resemblances: Identity and Mimetic Conflict in Melanesia and the West. Berghahn Books. pp. 121–. ISBN 978-1-57181-680-1.
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