Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Confucianism
Shinto
Taoism
See Major Holidays for listings of religious holidays.
There are twelve classical world religions—those religions most often included in history of world religion surveys and studied in world religions classes: Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism. Here are overviews of nine of these classical religions.
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