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border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DarkGreen; width:22.39%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">22.39%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:2.48%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.48%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">Unaffiliated</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Black; width:15.58%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">15.58%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#CE1126; width:10.24%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.24%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DarkOrange; width:4.03%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.03%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Orange; width:0.48%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.48%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Tomato; width:0.39%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.39%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gold; width:6.62%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.62%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Folk_religion" title="Folk religion">Folk religion</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Red; width:5.61%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.61%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other religions</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Yellow; width:0.79%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.79%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>A <b>religious denomination</b> is a subgroup within a <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> that operates under a common name and tradition, among other activities. The term refers to the various <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a> (for example, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>, and the many varieties of <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>). It is also used to describe the five major branches of <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Karaite_Judaism" title="Karaite Judaism">Karaite Judaism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Judaism" title="Conservative Judaism">Conservative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Reconstructionist_Judaism" title="Reconstructionist Judaism">Reconstructionist</a>). Within Islam, it can refer to the branches or sects (such as <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as their various subdivisions, such as sub-sects,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Madhhab" title="Madhhab">schools of jurisprudence</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Schools_of_Islamic_theology" title="Schools of Islamic theology">schools of theology</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and religious movements.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The world's largest religious denomination is <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christianity">Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religious_denomination&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denomination</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations" title="List of Christian denominations">List of Christian denominations</a>.</div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denomination</a> is a generic term for a distinct religious body identified by traits such as a common name, structure, leadership and doctrine. Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church or fellowship. Divisions between one group and another are defined by doctrine and church authority; issues such as the biblical interpretation, the authority of apostolic succession, eschatology, and papal primacy often separate one denomination from another. Groups of denominations often sharing broadly similar beliefs, practices and historical ties are known as branches of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hinduism">Hinduism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religious_denomination&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hinduism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Hinduism" title="History of Hinduism">History of Hinduism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindu_denominations" title="Hindu denominations">Hindu denominations</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, the major deity or philosophical belief identifies a denomination, which also typically has distinct cultural and religious practices. The major denominations include <a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smartism" class="mw-redirect" title="Smartism">Smartism</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islam">Islam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religious_denomination&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Islamic_schools_and_branches" title="Islamic schools and branches">Islamic schools and branches</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/History_of_Islam" title="History of Islam">Historically</a>, Islam was divided into three major sects, well known as <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khawarij" class="mw-redirect" title="Khawarij">Khawarij</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sh%C4%AB%E2%80%98ah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shī‘ah">Shi‘ah</a>. Nowadays, <a href="/wiki/Sunnis" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunnis">Sunnis</a> constitute about 90% of the overall <a href="/wiki/Muslim_population" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim population">Muslim population</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Shi%27as" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'as">Shi'ahs</a> are around 10%,<sup id="cite_ref-PEW2009_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PEW2009-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Ibadi_Islam" title="Ibadi Islam">Ibadis</a>, from the <a href="/wiki/Kharijites" title="Kharijites">Kharijites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibadi_Islam#Demographics" title="Ibadi Islam">have diminished to a level below 0.15%.</a> </p><p>Today, many of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_extinct_Shia_sects" title="List of extinct Shia sects">Shia sects are extinct</a>. The major surviving <a href="/wiki/Imamah" class="mw-redirect" title="Imamah">Imamah</a>-<a href="/wiki/Muslim_Sects" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim Sects">Muslim Sects</a> are <a href="/wiki/Usulism" title="Usulism">Usulism</a> <i>(with nearly more than 8.5%),</i> <a href="/wiki/Nizari_Ismailism" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizari Ismailism">Nizari Ismailism</a> <i>(with nearly more than 1%),</i> <a href="/wiki/Alevism" title="Alevism">Alevism</a> <i>(with slightly more than 0.5%<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but less than 1%<sup id="cite_ref-Near_East'_1997_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Near_East'_1997-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).</i> The other existing groups include <a href="/wiki/Zaydi_Shi%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaydi Shi'a">Zaydi Shi'a</a> of <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Yemen" title="Religion in Yemen">Yemen</a> whose population is nearly more than 0.5% of the world's Muslim population, <a href="/wiki/Musta%E2%80%99li_Ismaili" class="mw-redirect" title="Musta’li Ismaili">Musta’li Ismaili</a> (<i>with nearly 0.1%<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whose <a href="/wiki/Taiyabi" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyabi">Taiyabi</a> adherents reside in <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> state in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a> city in <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. There are also significant <a href="/wiki/Diaspora" title="Diaspora">diaspora</a> populations in Europe, North America, the Far East and <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a><sup id="cite_ref-paul_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paul-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).</i> </p><p>On the other hand, new <a href="/wiki/Muslim_sects" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim sects">Muslim sects</a> like <a href="/wiki/African_American_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="African American Muslims">African American Muslims</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmadi_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmadi Muslims">Ahmadi Muslims</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>(with nearly around 1%<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>),</i> <a href="/wiki/Non-denominational_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-denominational Muslims">non-denominational Muslims</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quranist_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Quranist Muslims">Quranist Muslims</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wahhabism" title="Wahhabism">Wahhabis</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Wahhabism#Population" title="Wahhabism">with nearly around 0.5%</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the world's total <a href="/wiki/Muslim_population" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim population">Muslim population</a>)</i> were later independently developed. </p><p>A survey by the <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a> suggests that up to 25% of Muslims globally self-identify as <a href="/wiki/Non-denominational_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-denominational Muslims">non-denominational Muslims</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-preface2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-preface2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judaism">Judaism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religious_denomination&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jewish_religious_movements" title="Jewish religious movements">Jewish religious movements</a></div> <p>Jewish religious movements, sometimes called "denominations" or "branches", include different groups which have developed among <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jews</a> from ancient times. Today, the main division is between the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Judaism" title="Conservative Judaism">Conservative</a> lines, with several smaller movements alongside them. This threefold denominational structure is mainly present in the United States, while in Israel the fault lines are between the religious Orthodox and the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_secularism" title="Jewish secularism">non-religious</a>. </p><p>The movements differ in their views on various issues. These issues include the level of observance, the methodology for interpreting and understanding <a href="/wiki/Halakha" title="Halakha">Jewish law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Historical_criticism" title="Historical criticism">biblical authorship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Textual_criticism" title="Textual criticism">textual criticism</a> and the nature or role of <a href="/wiki/Messiah_in_Judaism" title="Messiah in Judaism">the messiah</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Messianic_age" class="mw-redirect" title="Messianic age">messianic age</a>). Across these movements there are marked differences in <a href="/wiki/Jewish_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish services">liturgy</a>, especially in the language in which services are conducted, with the more traditional movements emphasizing Hebrew. The sharpest theological division occurs between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews who adhere to other denominations, such that the non-Orthodox movements are sometimes referred to collectively as the "liberal denominations" or "progressive streams." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multi-denominational">Multi-denominational</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religious_denomination&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Multi-denominational"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "multi-denominational" may describe (for example) a <a href="/wiki/Religious" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious">religious</a> event that includes several religious denominations from sometimes unrelated religious groups. Many <a href="/wiki/Civic_engagement" title="Civic engagement">civic</a> events include religious portions led by representatives from several religious denominations to be as inclusive or representational as possible of the expected population or audience. For example: the Sunday <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving" title="Thanksgiving">thanksgiving</a> mass at Campamento Esperanza (English: <a href="/wiki/2010_Copiap%C3%B3_mining_accident#Tent_city_and_the_families" title="2010 Copiapó mining accident">Camp Hope</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">services</a> were led by both a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priest</a> and by an <a href="/wiki/Evangelical" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical">Evangelical</a> <a href="/wiki/Preacher" title="Preacher">preacher</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chilean</a> <a href="/wiki/2010_Copiap%C3%B3_mining_accident" title="2010 Copiapó mining accident">2010 Copiapó mining accident</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sundaymassbbc_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sundaymassbbc-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sundaymass_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sundaymass-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chaplains" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaplains">Chaplains</a> - frequently <a href="/wiki/Ordained" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordained">ordained</a> <a href="/wiki/Clergy" title="Clergy">clergy</a> of any <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> - are often assigned to <a href="/wiki/Secular" class="mw-redirect" title="Secular">secular</a> organizations to provide <a href="/wiki/Spirituality" title="Spirituality">spiritual</a> support to its members who may belong to any of many different religions or denominations. Many of these chaplains, particularly those serving with the <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> or other large secular organizations, are specifically trained to minister to members of many different faiths, even faiths with opposing religious <a href="/wiki/Ideology" title="Ideology">ideology</a> from that of the chaplain's own faith.<sup id="cite_ref-prisonchap_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prisonchap-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Military organizations that do not have large numbers of members from several individual smaller but related denominations will routinely hold multi-denominational religious services, often generically called "<a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a>" Sunday services, so minority Protestant denominations are not left out or unserved.<sup id="cite_ref-obamachurch_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obamachurch-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-forthood_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forthood-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Multi-denominational may also refer to a person's faith, in that their belief or affiliation crosses over formal boundaries that strict adherents would not consider. For instance, someone may have been raised Protestant but find Buddhist or Hindu scripture or practice to be helpful without fully abandoning their affiliation with Christianity and therefore may not consider themselves fully Hindu or Buddhist, nor do they consider themselves fully Christian as much as strict adherents. This would not be the same as pantheism as they may not feel any affiliation to say islam. They may class themselves as Christian-Buddhist or Advaita-Christian or just simply spiritual but not religious. They may pray but not meditate or vice versa or both and they may benefit from a wide range of scripture and they may attend both Church and temple. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religious_denomination&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attempted_schisms_in_the_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Attempted schisms in the Baháʼí Faith">Attempted schisms in the Baháʼí Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denomination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">Ecumenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_denominations" title="Hindu denominations">Hindu denominations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interfaith_dialogue" title="Interfaith dialogue">Interfaith dialogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_schools_and_branches" title="Islamic schools and branches">Islamic schools and branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jain_schools_and_branches" title="Jain schools and branches">Jain schools and branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_religious_movements" title="Jewish religious movements">Jewish religious movements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gnostic_sects" title="List of Gnostic sects">List of Gnostic sects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansions_of_Rastafari" title="Mansions of Rastafari">Mansions of Rastafari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-denominational" title="Non-denominational">Non-denominational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_syncretism" title="Religious syncretism">Religious syncretism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">Schism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schools_of_Buddhism" title="Schools of Buddhism">Schools of Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sects_of_Sikhism" title="Sects of Sikhism">Sects of Sikhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinto_sects_and_schools" title="Shinto sects and schools">Shinto sects and schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociological_classifications_of_religious_movements" title="Sociological classifications of religious movements">Sociological classifications of religious movements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taoist_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist schools">Taoist schools</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religious_denomination&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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