Vaishnavism: alternatives and connections

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted h…

a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution…

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted h…

an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted h…

a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate B…

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices

Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line

the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan

religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu

a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge

a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism

the doctrine and practice of a 19th century Iranian sect that affirmed the progressiveness of revelation, held that no revelation was…

the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism

the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism

(plural) the lay members of a male religious order