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Ethnic religions may include officially sanctioned and organized civil religions with an organized clergy, but they are characterized in that adherents generally are defined by their ethnicity, and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation to the people in question. The intended meaning of the term civil religion often varies according to whether one is a sociologist of religion or a professional political commentator Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion. Contrasted to this are imperial cults that are defined by political influence detached from ethnicity. An Imperial cult is a form of State religion in which an Emperor, or a Dynasty of emperors (or rulers of another title are Worshiped as

In antiquity, religion was one defining factor of ethnicity, along with language, regional customs, national costume, etc. A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Customs is an Authority or agency in a Country responsible for collecting and safeguarding customs duties and for controlling the flow of goods As Xenophanes famously comments:

Men make gods in their own image; those of the Ethiopians are black and snub-nosed, those of the Thracians have blue eyes and red hair. Xenophanes of Colophon ( Greek ( 570 – 480 BC was a Greek Philosopher, Poet, and social and religious Critic. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page "Thracians" also refers to modern inhabitants of Thrace, regardless of ethnicity (Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 7. Saint Clement of Alexandria (born Titus Flavius Clemens) (c150 - 211/216 was the first notable member of the Church of Alexandria, and one of its most The Stromata is the third in Clement of Alexandria 's trilogy of works on the Christian life 4)

With the rise of Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, ethnic religions came to be marginalized as "leftover" traditions in rural areas, referred to as paganism or shirk (idolatry). Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller rustic" is a word used to refer to various religions and religious beliefs from across the world Shirk (شرك is the Islamic concept of the Sin of Polytheism specifically but in a more general way refers to worshipping other than Allah

The notion of gentiles ("nations") in Judaism reflect this state of affairs, the implicit assumption that each nation will have its own religion. he-Latn '''Goy''' (גוי regular plural he-Latn ''goyim'' he גויים is a transliterated Hebrew word which translates as " Nation " or " people " Historical examples include Germanic polytheism, Celtic polytheism, Slavic polytheism and pre-Hellenistic Greek religion. Germanic paganism refers to the religious beliefs of the Germanic peoples preceding Christianization. Celtic polytheism refers to the religious beliefs and practices of ancient Celts, prior to the Christianization of the Celtic-speaking lands Slavic mythology is the Mythological aspect of the Religion that was practised by the ancient Slavs. Greek religion encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practiced in Ancient Greece in the form of both popular public religion and cult practices.

Contemporary ethnic religions are Shinto of the Japanese people, Judaism of the Jewish people (see: Who is a Jew?), and ethnocentric currents of Hinduism (Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?) or Buddhism (e. is the native religion of Japan and was once its State religion. The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ " Who is a Jew? " (Mihu Yehudi? ?מיהו יהודי is a basic question about Jewish identity. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Hindutva Who is a Hindu? is a 1923 ideological pamphlet by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices g. Tibetan Buddhism). Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including

Over time, even revealed religion will assume local traits and in a sense will revert to an ethnic religion. This has notably happened in the course of the History of Christianity, which saw the emergence of national churches with "ethnic flavours" such as Germanic, Ethiopian, Armenian, Greek, Russian and others. The term national church is usually a reference to a church organization in Christianity that claims pastoral jurisdiction over a Nation. The Germanic peoples underwent gradual Christianization in the course of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is an Oriental The Armenian Apostolic Church (Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world

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Indigenous traditional ethnic religions

Further information: List of mythologies

Ethnic Christian Churches

Further information: National church

Folkish Neopagan revivals

Further information: Paganism
Further information: Polytheistic reconstructionism

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This is a list of Mythologies of the world by culture and region See also Religion in Africa African traditional religions, also referred to as African indigenous religions or African The religion of the San people or Bushmen, of southern Africa consists of a Spirit world and our Material world. The Yoruba religion is the religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people both in Africa (chiefly in Nigeria and Benin Republic) Bön ( is the oldest spiritual tradition of Tibet. Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, has recognized the Bön tradition as the fifth principal spiritual Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including Chinese folk religion is a collective label given to various folkloric beliefs that draws heavily from Chinese mythology. Korean shamanism encompasses a variety of indigenous beliefs and practices that have been influenced by Buddhism and Taoism. Mandaeism or Mandaeanism ( Mandaic: Mandaiuta, مندائية Mandā'iyya) is a Monotheistic Religion with a strongly Ryukyuan religion is the indigenous belief system of the Ryukyu Islands. Northern Asia, particularly Siberia is regarded as the locus classicus of Shamanism. is the native religion of Japan and was once its State religion. Tengriism ( Tengerism, Tengrianism, Tengrianizm, Tengricilik) was the major belief of the Mongols and Turkic peoples before Yazdânism is a term introduced by Mehrdad Izady to denote a group of native Kurdish monotheistic religions Alevism Yarsan and Yazidism Izady Zoroastrianism (ˌzɔroʊˈæstriəˌnɪzəm is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings The Circumpolar religion is (or was shared by all Circumpolar peoples and is essentially a social structure based on three factors a religion inherited and maintained from pre- The knowledge of the mythology and religious practices of the Sami people is primarily based on archeological remains and written sources A Noaidi, Noaide or Noaydde was a Shaman of the Sami people in the Nordic countries representing an indigenous nature Religion. Shamanism among Eskimo peoples refers to those aspects of the various Eskimo cultures that are related to the shamans’ role as a mediator between Inuit mythology has many similarities to the Religions of other Polar regions Inuit traditional religious practices could be very briefly summarised as a Folk Hinduism or Popular Hinduism is the aspect of Hinduism as a Folk religion or Ethnic religion, i Like other religions Native American belief systems include many sacred narratives Wabun directs here For the language spoken in Japan during the Heian period, see Late Old Japanese. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The term national church is usually a reference to a church organization in Christianity that claims pastoral jurisdiction over a Nation. The Armenian Apostolic Church (Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan Syriac Christianity is a culturally and linguistically distinctive community within Eastern Christianity. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Българска православна църква Bălgarska pravoslavna cărkva) is an Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church History of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Apostolic foundation Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is an Oriental The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an Oriental Orthodox church. Christianity in ancient and feudal Georgia According to tradition when the Apostles were sent out to preach the Gospel to the nations of the world the Apostle The Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία Hellēnorthódoxē Ekklēsía) is formed by several autocephalous churches History Origins After the fall of the First Bulgarian Empire, the Emperor Basil II acknowledged the autocephalous status of the Bulgarian See also Eastern Orthodox Church Structure and organization The Slavic Orthodox Church is organized in a hierarchical structure The Romanian Orthodox Church ( Biserica Ortodoxă Română in Romanian) is a Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller rustic" is a word used to refer to various religions and religious beliefs from across the world Polytheistic reconstructionism, or simply Reconstructionism, is an approach to Neopaganism first emerging in the late 1960s to early 1970s and gatherig momentum The Baltic countries were the last part of Europe to be Christianized, and vestiges of Paganism blend into a Neopaganism movement that is largely independent Romuva is a Baltic Pagan organization reviving the religious practices of the Lithuanian people before their Christianization. Dievturība is a Neopagan religious movement a modern revival of the Ethnic religion of the Latvians before Christianization in the Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism (CR is a polytheistic, animistic, religious and cultural movement Finnish Neopaganism (suomenusko or fi suomenuskoinen pakanuus; also formerly fi ukonusko) is a Neopagan religious system that attempts to Germanic Neopaganism, Heathenism or Heathenry is the modern revival of historical Germanic paganism. is Ásatrú ( Icelandic for " Æsir faith" auːsatruː in Old Norse; Norwegian Åsatru, Swedish Theodism, or Þēodisc Gelēafa ( Old English: "tribal belief" is a North American variant of Germanic Neopaganism which seeks to Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism (also Hellenic Reconstructionism) refers to various reconstructionist movements that revive ancient Greek religious practices Rodnovery (from Russian Родноверие, Rodnoverie, a Compound word of rodno "native" and vera "faith" Animism (from Latin anima ( Soul, Life) commonly refers to a religious belief that Souls or Spirits exist in Animals The intended meaning of the term civil religion often varies according to whether one is a sociologist of religion or a professional political commentator The historical origins of religion are to be distinguished from their psychological or social origins Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller rustic" is a word used to refer to various religions and religious beliefs from across the world The central and eastern Alps of Europe are rich in traditions dating back to Pre-Christian ( pagan) times with surviving elements amalgamated from Germanic
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