Christianity

Faith in Christianity

Jesus

The Trinity

Mary, Mother of Jesus

The Bible

Christian practices

Branches of Christianity

Eastern Christianity (more)

Western Christianity

Protestantism (more)

Protestant denominations

Catholicism (more)

Nontrinitarianism (more)

Traditional Christian groups
Modern Christian groups

Islam

Islamic Faith

(iman)(Six articles of faith):

  1. Existence and unicity of God (Allah).
  2. Existence of Angels
  3. Existence of the books of which God is the author
  4. Existence of Prophets
  5. Existence of the Day of Judgment Day
  6. Existence of God’s predestination

The Holy Quran

Muhammad

Worship and prayers

Islamic schools and branches

Sunni Islam

Shia Islam

Sufism

 
Star Of David Menorah Hebrew Judaism

Star Of David Menorah Hebrew Judaism

Judaism

Beliefs and philosophy

Judaism practices

Judaism’s Religious Texts

Branches and denominations

Jewish Ethnic Divisions
Jewish Religious Movements

Development of Rabbinic Judaism

Origins of Rabbinic Judaism,
Origins of Christianity,
Split of early Christianity and Judaism

Historical Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism

Iranian Religions

Zoroastrianism

Rastafari

Black Hebrew Israelites

See also

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. The Lamb of God is visible at the top.

Messianic Age

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Christianity and Judaism

Jewish Messianism

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Human mind

Gnosticism

Gnosticism Gnosticism (from gnōstikós, ‘having knowledge’) is a collection of religious ideas and systems which coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects. These various groups emphasised personal spiritual knowledge (gnosis) above the orthodox teachings, traditions, and authority of religious institutions. Viewing material existence as flawed or evil, Gnostic cosmogony generally presents a...

Zulqarnayn with the help of some jinn, building the Iron Wall to keep the barbarian Gog and Magog from civilized peoples (16th century Persian miniature)

Islamic Mythology

Islamic Mythology Islamic mythology is the body of myths associated with Islam and the Quran. Islam is a religion that is more concerned with social order and law than with religious myths. The Oxford Companion to World Mythology identifies a number of traditional narratives as “Islamic myths“. These include a creation myth and a vision of afterlife, which Islam shares to some extent...

Finding of the baby Moses, by Konstantin Dmitriyevich Flavitsky

Moses In Rabbinic Literature

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Styles of Haredi dress

Haredi Judaism

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Arab-Jewish Center in Haifa.

Jewish Views On Religious Pluralism

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Asceticism (Judaism)

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Decorative plate with the image of a dove carrying an olive branch and inscription peace in Hebrew and English

Asceticism (Jewish)

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Funerary stele with the inscription ΙΧΘΥϹ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ ("fish of the living"), early 3rd century, National Roman Museum.

History Of Christianity

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The Jews in Central Europe (1881)

Ashkenazi Jews

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A pair of putti bearing a menorah, on a cast of a 2nd- or 3rd-century relief (original in the National Museum of Rome)

History Of The Jews In The Roman Empire

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Joshua

Judaism And Violence

Judaism And Violence This article covers the relationship between Judaism and violence. Judaism’s doctrines and texts have sometimes been associated with violence. Laws requiring the eradication of “evil”, sometimes using violent means, exist in the Jewish tradition. Judaism also contains peaceful doctrines. This article deals with the juxtaposition of Judaic...

The teraphim (Baal Hammon and Tanit) was left to Yam's will before Dido's problem was resolved.

Origins Of Rabbinic Judaism

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Peace

Judaism and Peace

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Kabbalah - Tree of life - Chakra

Sefirot

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Kabbalistic Tree of Life with correspondences, by Shane Red Moon

Hermetic Qabalah

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Messianic Judaism

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The Karaite Synagogue in the Old City (Jerusalem)

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Spread of Christianity Through Persecutions

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