Outline Indigenous Religions

Indigenous religions or Nature Religions consist of the traditional customs and beliefs (Paganism, Animism, Totemism, Shamanism) of particular ethnic groups, refined and expanded upon for thousands of years, often lacking formal doctrine.

Indigenous religions, formerly found on every continent, but now marginalized by the major organized faiths. Despite this, they often persist as undercurrents of folk religion. This category includes African traditional religions, Asian Shamanism, Native American religions, Mesoamerican Religion, Inuit Religion, Austronesian and Australian Aboriginal traditionsEthnic religion, and arguably Chinese folk religion (overlaps with Far Eastern religions).

Indigenous religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate the religious belief systems of communities described as being “indigenous“. This category is often juxtaposed against others such as the “world religions” and “new religious movements“. The term is commonly applied to a range of different belief systems across the Americas, Australasia, Asia, Africa, and Northern Europe, particularly to those practiced by communities living under the impact of colonialism.

Main articles: Indigenous Religions and Outline Indigenous Religions

Indigenous Man Male Native Feathers Head Set

Indigenous Man

Common concepts in Indigenous Religions

Articles about Indigenous Religions

Kwakwaka'wakw Cedar sisiutl mask.

Kwakwaka’wakw Cedar sisiutl mask.

The List of Known Indigenous Religions

African

European

American

Uralic (Eurasian)

Altaic

Austroasiatic

Austronesian

Chinese

Japanese

Korean

Tai and Miao

Tibeto-Burmese

Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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