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The Worldview Tree

No worldview on this site is a monolith. Each one divides into branches, families, denominations and schools, and movements, and every division is a record of its own, produced by a schism this register also records. This page is the map; the pages it links to are the territory.

180 entities stand in the tree, and 10 schisms stand in the schism register. The browse-all index lists every entity in one flat, filterable table.

Buddhism

The path founded on the Buddha's awakening: the four noble truths, the eightfold path, and release from rebirth through wisdom and compassion.

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Christianity

The faith that confesses Jesus of Nazareth as Lord and Christ, risen from the dead, and reads the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament as its canon.

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Confucianism

The way of Confucius: humaneness and ritual propriety, ordered family and state, and the cultivation of the exemplary person.

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Daoism

The way that can be named is not the constant Way: alignment with the Dao through wu wei, and, in its religious forms, registers of priests, rites, and gods.

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Hinduism

The family of traditions rooted in the Veda, ordered by dharma, karma, and liberation, and worshipping the divine under many names and forms.

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Islam

Submission to the one God, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the Qur'an, ordered by the five pillars and interpreted through schools of law and theology.

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Jainism

The path of the Jinas, the conquerors: liberation of the soul from karma through non-violence, non-possession, and many-sided truth.

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Judaism

The covenant of Israel: one God, the Torah given at Sinai, and a people's life ordered by commandment, study, and prayer.

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Secular and Non-Theistic Worldviews

Positions that order life without appeal to God or revelation: atheism, agnosticism, humanism, and the freethought that produced them.

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Shinto

The way of the kami: shrine worship, purity, and festival, woven into the life of Japan's communities and its imperial house.

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Sikhism

The path of Guru Nanak and his nine successors: one God, honest work, sharing with others, and the Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal Guru.

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The Bahá'í Faith

The faith of Bahá'u'lláh: the oneness of God, of religion, and of humanity, ordered through its covenant and its elected institutions.

Zoroastrianism

The teaching of the prophet Zarathustra: one wise Lord, the choice between truth and the lie, and fire as the sign of the good religion.

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