This article is about a non-fiction entity related to the Astronist belief system or the Astronic tradition.
Any article relating to a fictional entity will be clearly marked as being part of the Spacefaring World.
This page provides a list of new religions, those which were founded post-1830, which may also be called contemporary religions, or new religious movements (NRMs). Some major new religions and denominations include Astronism, Assemblies of God, Bábism, Bahá'í Faith, Falun Gong, Raëlism, Mormonism, Umbanda, and Wicca.
Religion |
Founder |
Year founded |
---|---|---|
Astronism | Cometan | 2013 |
3HO[6]:131 | Harbhajan Singh Khalsa[7]:162 | 1969[7]:162 |
Adidam, previously Free Daist Communion, Dawn Horse Fellowship, etc.[7]:146[8]:25–28[9]:2–3 | Adi Da[7]:146 | 1972[7]:146 |
Adonai-Shomo[8]:28 | Frederick T. Howland[10]:707 | 1861[10]:707 |
Adonism[11] | Franz Sättler[11] | 1925[11] |
Adventures in Enlightenment, A Foundation[8]:28–29 | Terry Cole-Whittaker | 1985 |
Aetherius Society[7]:3[8]:29–31[12]:25–26 | George King[7]:3 | 1954[7]:3 |
The African Church[12]:26 | Jacob Kehinde Coker[13] | 1901[13] |
African initiated churches[12]:26–27 | Multiple | |
African Theological Archministry, previously Order of Damballah Hwedo Ancestor Priests, Shango Temple, and Yoruba Temple[8]:31 | Walter Eugene King[10]:934 | 1973[10]:934 |
Agasha Temple of Wisdom[8]:32 | Richard Zenor[10]:764 | 1943[10]:764 |
Agni Yoga (Roerichism)[6]:6[8]:32 | Helena Roerich, Nicholas Roerich[10]:876 | mid-1920s[10]:876 |
Ahmadiyya[6]:6[8]:32–33[12]:27–28 | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad[10]:985 | 1889[10]:985 |
Aladura[6]:7[12]:28–29 | Josiah Ositelu[10] | 1930[10]:517 |
Alamo Christian Foundation, also known as Alamo Christian Church, Consecrated, Alamo Christian Ministries, and Music Square Church[6]:7[8]:33–34[12]:29 | Tony Alamo; Susan Alamo[7]:13 | 1969[7]:13 |
Altruria[8]:34–35 | Edward Biron Payne[10]:707 | 1894[10]:707 |
American Buddhist Movement[8]:35–36 | 1980[10]:1116 | |
American Buddhist Society and Fellowship, Inc.[8]:36 | Robert Ernest Dickhoff[10]:1102 | 1945[10]:1102 |
American World Patriarchs[8]:37–38 | Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski[10]:309 | 1972[10]:309 |
Amica Temple of Radiance[8]:38 | Ivah Berg Whitten[10]:876 | 1932[10]:876 |
Ananda Marga[6]:11[8]:41[12]:30–31[14]:370 | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar[10]:1001 | 1955[10]:1001 |
Ancient British Church in North America[8]:43 | Jonathan V. Zotique[10]:1142 | |
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis[6]:11[8]:42–43[12]:31 | H. Spencer Lewis[10]:841 | 1915[10]:841 |
Ancient Teachings of the Masters, also known as ATOM[8]:43 | Darwin Gross[10]:1054 | 1983[10]:1054 |
Anglo-Saxon Federation of America[6]:13[8]:43–44 | Howard B. Rand[10]:651 | 1928[10]:651 |
Ansaaru Allah Community[8]:44 | As Siddid Al Imaan Al Haahi Al Mahdi[10]:986–987 | late 1960s[10]:986–987" |
Anthroposophy (Anthroposophical Society)[8]:44–47[12]:33–34 | Rudolf Steiner[7]:20 | 1912[7]:20 |
Antiochian Catholic Church in America[8]:47 | Gordon Mar Peter[10]:241 | 1980s[10]:241 |
Antoinism[6] | Louis-Joseph Antoine[6] | 1910[6] |
Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean)[8]:47–48 | Samuel Heinrich Froehlich[10]:548 | 1906[10]:548 |
Apostolic Christian Church of America[8]:47–48 | Samuel Heinrich Froehlich[10]:548 | 1830[10]:548 |
Apostolic Church[6]:15 | Daniel Powell Williams[7]:23 | 1916[7]:23 |
Apostolic Church of Christ (Pentecostal)[8]:48 | Johnnie Draft; Wallace Snow[10]:464 | 1969[10]:464 |
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God[6]:16 | William Thomas Phillips[10]:465 | 1920[10]:465 |
Arcane School[12]:38 | Alice and Foster Bailey[10]:857 | 1937[10]:857 |
Arica School[6]:17[12]:38–39 | Oscar Ichazo[10]:971 | 1968[10]:971 |
Arkeon[16] | Vito Carlo Moccia[17] | 1999[17] |
Art of Living Foundation, also known as Association for Inner Growth and Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Preeth[10]:1004 | Ravi Shankar[10]:1004 | 1981[10]:1004 |
Arya Samaj[6]:18[12]:40–41 | Mul Shankara[10]:1004 | 1875[10]:1004 |
Aryan Nations, also known as Church of Jesus Christ Christian, Aryan Nations[12]:91 | Wesley Swift[10]:654 | late 1940s[10]:654 |
Ásatrú[18] | Stephen McNallen[18] | 1970s[18] |
Assemblies of God[12]:41–42 | merger[19]:106 | 1914[19]:106 |
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ[6]:18 | merger[10]:466 | 1952[10]:466 |
Assembly of Christian Soldiers[6]:21 | Jessie L. Thrift[10]:1131 | 1971[10]:1131 |
Association for Research and Enlightenment[6]:21[12]:42–43 | Edgar Cayce[7]:31 | 1931[7]:31 |
Association of Vineyard Churches[6]:316 | John Wimber[10]:446 | 1982[10]:446 |
Aum Shinrikyo, also known as Aleph[6]:23[12]:44–45[20][21] | Shoko Asahara[10]:1073 | 1987[10]:1073 |
Ausar Auset Society[6]:24 | R.A. Straughn[10]:842 | mid-1970s[10]:842 |
Azali or Azali Babi[22]:246 | Subh-i-Azal | 1863 |
Bábism[23]:180[24][8]:58 | Báb (Ali Muhammad Shirazi)[24] | 1844[24] |
Baháʼí Faith[6]:25–26[25]:243–248[12]:48–49[9]:58–56 | Bahá'u'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-'Alí Nuri)[10]:992 | 1863[10]:992 |
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship[12]:50–51 | Bawa Muhaiyaddeen[10]:972 | 1971[10]:972 |
Bethel Ministerial Association[6]:32 | Albert Franklin Varnell[10]:466 | 1934[10]:466 |
Bible Presbyterian Church[6]:33 | Carl McIntire[10]:370 | 1938[10]:370 |
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ[6]:34[8]:77 | schism[10]:466 | 1957[10]:466 |
The Blackburn Cult, also known as the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven[27]:35 | May Otis Blackburn[27]:1 | 1922[27]:1 |
Brahma Kumaris[6]:37[12]:56–57[28] | Dada Lekhraj[10]:1006 | 1936[10]:1006 |
Brahmo Samaj, also known as the religion Adi Dharm[29][30]:1028–1030 | Ram Mohan Roy | 1828 |
Brahmoism (Brahmo Dharma)[29]:43–57 | Debendranath Tagore | 1848/1850 |
Branch Davidians[6]:38[12]:59 | Benjamin Roden[10]:617 | 1930[10]:617 |
Branhamism[31]:37–40 | William M. Branham[31]:37–40 | 1951[31]:37–40 |
Breatharians also known as Inedia[12]:60–61 | Wiley Brooks[32]:30 | 1970s[32]:30 |
The Brethren (Jim Roberts group), also known as The Body of Christ and The Garbage Eaters[10]:1131–1132 | Jimmie T. Roberts[10]:1131–1132 | c. 1970[10]:1131–1132 |
British Israelism, also called Anglo-Israelism[6]:39–40[12]:61–62 | ||
Bruderhof, also known as the Hutterian Brethren and Hutterian Society of Brothers[12]:63–64 | Eberhard Arnold[33]:709 | c. 1920[10]:709 |
Brunstad Christian Church[6]:269–270 | Johan Oscar Smith[34] | 1905[34] |
Builders of the Adytum[6]:41–42[12]:67–68 | Paul Foster Case[10]:891 | 1922[10]:891 |
Candomblé[6]:43–44[12]:68–69 | 19th century[7]:61 | |
Cao Dai, also known as Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do[6]:44[12]:69–70 | Ngô Văn Chiêu
Lê Văn Trung[7]:61 |
1919[7]:61 |
Cargo cults[6]:45[12]:70 | ||
CAUSA International[12]:72 | Sun Myung Moon[10]:837–838 | 1970[10]:837–838 |
Celestial Church of Christ[12]:73 | Samuel Oshoffa[7]:64 | 1947[7]:64 |
The Centers Network[12]:73–74 | ||
Chabad-Lubavitch[6]:206,368[12]:70 | Shneur Zalman of Liadi. | late 18th century |
Charismatic Movement[12]:78 | 1950s[31]:70 | |
Chen Tao, also called God's Salvation Church and God Saves the Earth Flying Saucer Foundation[12]:78–79 | Hon-Ming Chen[35] | 1955 |
Cheondoism, also called Chendogyo[12]:80–81 | Choe Je-u | |
Cherubim and Seraphim, also known as Sacred Cherubim and Seraphim Society and Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim[12]:79 | Moses Orimolade Tunolase[7]:65 | c. 1925[7]:65 |
Christ Apostolic Church[12]:82–83 | Joseph Ayo Babalola[10]:479 | 1941[10]:479 |
Christadelphians, also called Thomasites[6]:50[12]:81–82 | John Thomas[31]:48 | 1844[10]:107 |
The Christian Community, also known as the Christian Community Church and Christengemeinschaft[12]:83 | Rudolf Steiner Friedrich Rittelmeyer[7]:70 |
1922[7]:70 |
Christian Identity[6]:138[12]:84 | 1940s[36]:48 | |
Christian Reformed Church in North America[12]:86 | Gijsbert Haan[10]:365 | 1857[10]:365 |
Christian Science[10]:741[12]:86–87. | Mary Baker Eddy[10]:741 | 1876[10]:741 |
Christian World Liberation Front, also known as the Spiritual Counterfeits Project[12]:87–88 | Jack Sparks
Fred Dyson Pat Matrisciana[7]:76 |
1969[7]:76 |
Church of All Worlds[6]:58[12]:88–89 | Tim Zell
Lance Christie[10]:909 |
1962[10]:909 |
Church of Aphrodite[6]:58 | Gleb Botkin[10]:911 | 1939[10]:911 |
Church of Bible Understanding[6]:59[12]:89–90 | Stewart Traill[7]:79 | 1971[7]:79 |
Church of Daniel's Band[6]:61 | 1893[10]:395 | |
Church of Divine Science[25]:326 | Malinda Cramer | 1888 |
Church of God in Christ[6]:62 | Charles H. Mason[7]:85 | 1908[7]:85 |
The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)[6]:62 | Grady R. Kent[10]:437 | 1957[10]:437 |
Church of God Mountain Assembly[6]:63, 65 | J.H. Parks, Steve N. Bryant, |
1906[10]:437 |
Church of God of Prophecy[6]:62–63 | Ambrose Tomlinson[10]:438 | 1903[10]:438 |
Church of God with Signs Following[38]:300–301 | George Went Hensley[10]:489 | 1920s[10]:489 |
Church of Israel[6]:65 | Dan Gayman[10]:653 | 1974[10]:653 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Joseph Smith | 1830 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)[39] | Joseph Smith James Strang[39] |
1844[39] |
The Church of Light[8]:210–211[40]:105–106 | C.C. Zain[8]:210–211[40]:105–106 | 1932[8]:210–211[40]:105–106 |
Church of Satan[25]:401–410[12]:91–92 | Anton LaVey[9]:508–509 | 1966[9]:508–509 |
Church of the SubGenius | J.R. "Bob" Dobbs | 1979 |
Church of the Creator[10]:668 | Rev. Dr. Grace Marama URI | 1969 |
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster[41][42] or Pastafarianism | Bobby Henderson | 2005 |
Church of the Living Word, also known as The Walk[12]:92–93 | John Robert Stevens[7]:386 | 1954[7]:386 |
Church of the Lord (Aladura)[12]:93 | Josiah Ositelu[10]:517 | 1930[10]:517 |
Church of World Messianity[6]:94, 371[12]:94 | Mokichi Okada[10]:1120 | 1934[10]:1120 |
Church Universal and Triumphant[6]:281[12]:94–95 | Mark Prophet
Elizabeth Clare (Wolf) Prophet[7]:97 |
1958[7]:97 |
Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, also known as CARP[12]:71 | Sun Myung Moon[43][44] | 1955[44] |
Commandment Keepers: Holy Church of the Living God[6]:74[8]:180 | Arnold Josiah Ford[10]:951 | 1924[10]:951 |
Community Chapel and Bible Training Center[6]:75 | Donald Lee Barnett[10]:496 | 1967[10]:496 |
Concerned Christians[12]:96 | Monte Kim Miller[45] | |
Conservative Judaism[6]:76[12]:97 | Sabato Morais
Marcus Jastrow H. Pereira Mendes[10]:943 |
1887[10]:943 |
Core Shamanism, The Foundation for Shamanic Studies[9]:580[46] | Michael Harner | 1980 |
Covenant of the Goddess[6]:98[12]:48–49 | merger[10]:915 | 1975[10]:915 |
Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans[6]:99[12]:99 | Margot Adler[10]:915 | 1987[10]:915 |
The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord[6]:78[12]:99–100 | James D. Ellison[10]:654 | mid-1970s[10]:654 |
Creativity[47] | Ben Klassen[47] | early-1970's |
Crossroads Movement[12]:100 | 1970s[38]:100 | |
Cyberchurches[12]:103 | ||
Dalit Buddhist Movement, also known as the Neo-Buddhist movement or Navayana Buddhist movement | B. R. Ambedkar | 1956 |
Dances of Universal Peace[48] | Samuel L. Lewis | |
Dianic Wicca[6]:84 | merger[10]:916 | 1971[10]:916 |
Discordianism | Greg Hill, Kerry Wendell Thornley[49] | 1963 |
Eckankar[6]:91 | Paul Twitchell[10]:1056 | 1971[10]:1056 |
Elan Vital (formerly Divine Light Mission)[6]:85–86[28]:126[50]:156 | Shri Hans Ji Maharaj[10]:1055 | 1920s[10]:1055 |
Emin | Raymond Armin | 1971 |
End Time Survivors Jesus Christians[51] | David McKay[52] | |
Esoteric Nazism[53]:17 | ||
Est (Erhard Seminars Training)[1]:44[28]:126–127[54] | Werner Erhard[55]:193 | 1971[31]:108[56]:167,171–172 |
Evangelical Methodist Church[6]:97 | J.H. Hamblen[10]:396 | 1946[10]:396 |
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification[59] | Sun Myung Moon[59] | 1994[59] |
Falun Gong[60] | Li Hongzhi[10]:1126 | 1992[10]:1126 |
Family International, previously known as the Children of God, the Family of Love and the Family[7]:133[28]:126[61] | David Berg[7]:133 | 1968[7]:133 |
Fellowship of Isis[6]:103 | Olivia Robertson[10]:888 | 1976[10]:888 |
Feraferia[62] | Frederick Adams[62] | 1967[62] |
Findhorn Foundation[6]:104 | Eileen Caddy
Peter Caddy Alexis Edwards Roger Benson[7]:138 |
1963[7]:138 |
Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas[6]:104 | W.E. Fuller[10]:482 | 1898[10]:482 |
First Satanic Church[63]:701 | Karla LaVey | 1997 |
Followers of Christ[10]:1137 | Marion Reece (or Riess)[10]:1137[64] | late 19th century[10]:1137 |
Fourth Way[25]:259–266[15]:42 | George Gurdjieff | c. 1913 |
Fraternitas Rosae Crucis[6]:108 | Paschal Beverly Randolph[10]:843 | 1858[10]:843 |
Fraternity of the Inner Light[9]:217–219 | Dion Fortune | 1924 |
Freedomites[6]:272 | ||
Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO)[65] now known as Triratna Buddhist Community | Sangharakshita (Dennis Lingwood) | 1967[65] |
Fundamentalist Christianity[6]:113–114 | ||
General Church of the New Jerusalem[6]:117 | schism[10]:763 | 1890[10]:763 |
The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing | Jim Humble | 2009 or 2010[66] |
Gentle Wind Project[70] | John "Tubby" Miller and Mary "Moe" Miller | 1980 |
Gigism | Signor Pignolini | 2022 |
Ghost Dance[6]:119 | ||
Global Peace Foundation[71] | Hyun Jin Moon[72] | 2007[71] |
Grail Movement[6]:122–123 | Oskar Ernst Bernhardt[10]:786 | 1924[10]:786 |
Hanuman Foundation[6]:129 | Richard Alpert (Ram Dass)[31]:51 | 1980[10]:1013 |
Heaven's Gate[73] | Marshall Herff Applewhite
Bonnie Lu Nettles[73] |
1973[73] |
Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy[6]:133 | Swami Rama[10]:1014 | 1971[10]:1014 |
Huna[8]:406–407 | Max Freedom Long | 1936 |
I AM Activity[6]:138 | Guy Ballard, Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard[10]:873 | early 1930s |
Iglesia Ni Cristo[74] | Felix Y. Manalo[75] | 1914[75] |
Isha Foundation[76] | Jaggi Vasudev | 1992 |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America[6]:142 | R. Lee Kirkland[7]:179 | 1922[7]:179 |
Insight Meditation Society[6]:143 | Jack Kornfield
Sharon Salzberg Joseph Goldstein[10]:1067 |
1976[10]:1067 |
International House of Prayer also known as (IHOP or IHOPKC) | Mike Bickle | 1999 |
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel[6]:108 | Aimee Semple McPherson[10]:451 | 1923[10]:451 |
International Community of Christ also known as Church of the Second Advent (CSA) and Jamilians[31]:139 | Eugene Douglas Savoy[31]:139 | 1972[31]:139 |
Ivanovism (the Ivanovites)[77]:128–145 | Porfiry Ivanov | 1933 |
Jediism[78]:62 | 2000s[78]:62 | |
Jehovah's Witnesses[6]:150, 152–153 | Charles Taze Russell[10]:637 | 1870[10]:637 |
Jesus Army, also known as "Jesus Fellowship Church" and "Bugbrooke Jesus Fellowship"[6]:153 | Noel Stanton[14]:149–163 | 1977[14]:149–163 |
Jesus Movement[6]:153[79] | late 1960s[7]:196 | |
Jews for Jesus[6]:155 | Moishe Rosen[7]:197 | 1970[7]:197 |
John Frum[6]:155 | 1936[7]:197 | |
Kabbalah Centre[9]:292–293 | Philip Berg[9]:292–293 | 1970s[9]:292–293 |
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra[6]:157–158. | the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa[10]:1108 | 1976[10]:1108 |
Kemetic Orthodoxy[80] | Tamara Siuda[80] | 1988[80] |
Kerista[6]:158 | John Presmont[10]:730 | 1956[10]:730 |
Kofuku-no-Kagaku (The Institute for Research in Human Happiness)[81] | Ryuho Okawa | 1986 |
Kopimism | Isak Gerson | 2012 |
Konkokyo[6]:161 | Bunjiro Kawate[10]:1122 | 1859[10]:1122 |
Krishnamurti Foundations[82] | Jiddu Krishnamurti | 1928 |
Kripalu Center (Kirpalu)[6]:161 | Amrit Desai[10]:1019 | 1966[10]:1019 |
Lama Foundation[6]:164 | Steve Durkee[10]:731 | 1967[10]:731 |
Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism)[6]:190, 192 | Joseph Smith[31]:187 | 1830[31]:187 |
Latter Rain Movement[6]:165 | George Hawtin
Percy Hunt[7]:209 |
1946[7]:209 |
Laymen's Home Missionary Movement[6]:165 | Paul S. L. Johnson[10]:639 | c. 1920[10]:639 |
Lectorium Rosicrucianum[6]:165–166 | Jan van Rijckenborgh; Zwier Willem Leene; Catharose de Petri[9]:338–339 | 1924[10]:844 |
The Living Word Fellowship[83] | John Robert Stevens[10]:506 | 1951[10]:506 |
Local Church movement[6]:169, 171 | Ni Shu-tsu (Watchman Nee)[10]:609–610 | 1920s[10]:609–610 |
Love Family, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ at Armageddon and Love Israel[12]:90–91 | Paul Erdman[7]:216 | 1969[7]:216 |
Lucis Trust[6]:172–173 | Alice A. Bailey[7]:217 | 1923[7]:217 |
Madkhalism[84][85] | Rabee Al-Madkhali[86][87] | early 1990s[88][89][90] |
Mahikari[6]:176 | Kotama Okada[10]:1123 | 1959[10]:1123 |
Maranatha Campus Ministries[6]:178 | Bob Weiner[7]:223 | 1972[7]:223 |
Mazdaznan[6]:181 | Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish[10]:991 | 1902[10]:991 |
Meher Baba followers[50] | Merwan Sheriar Irani[10]:991 | 1921[10]:991 |
Messianic Judaism[6]:184 | ||
Million Man March[93] | Louis Farrakhan[93] | 1995[93] |
Mita Congregation[6]:186 | Juanita García Peraza[10]:462 | 1940[10]:462 |
Modekngei (Ngara Modekngei)[94] | Tamadad from Chol | c. 1915 |
Monastic Order of Avallon[95] | Henri Hillion de Coatmoc'han[95] | 1972[95] |
Moody Church[6]:186 | Dwight L. Moody[10]:602 | 1864[10]:602 |
Moorish Science Temple of America[6]:186, 188 | Timothy Drew[10]:988 | 1925[10]:988 |
Moral Re-Armament[6]:188, 190 | Frank N. D. Buchman[7]:233 | 1921[7]:233 |
Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness[6]:194 | John-Roger Hinkins[10]:1054 | 1971[10]:1054 |
Namdhari[6]:196 | Balak Singh[7]:243 | mid-19th century[7]:243 |
Nation of Islam[96] | Elijah Muhammad[7]:245 | mid-1930s[7]:245 |
Nation of Yahweh[97]:217[6]:200 | Hulon Mitchell, Jr.[10]:952–953 | 1970s[10]:952–953 |
National Spiritualist Association of Churches[6]:197 | Harrison D Barrett, James M. Peebles, Cora L. Richmond[10]:772 | 1893[10]:772 |
Native American Church, also known as Peyotism[6]:202 | 1906[10]:809 | |
Native Ukrainian National Faith, also known as RUNVira or Sylenkoism[77]:130 | Lev Sylenko | mid-1960s |
New Acropolis (Nouvelle Acropole)[9]:441–442[98]:217 | Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi | 1957 |
New Apostolic Church[6]:205 | Heinrich Geyer[10]:1139 | 1863[10]:1139 |
New Kadampa Tradition[99]:310–311 | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso[10]:1112 | mid-1970s[10]:1112 |
The New Message from God[100] | Marshall Vian Summers | 1992[101] |
New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn[6]:207 | 1969[10]:923 | |
New Thought[6]:208[25]:325–330 | Phineas Parkhurst Quimby[7]:258 | mid-19th century[7]:258 |
Noahidism[102][103] | 1990s | |
Oahspe Faithists[105] | John Ballou Newbrough | 1882 |
Odinism[106] | Orestes Brownson[106] | 1848[106] |
Oomoto[6]:216 | Mrs. Nao Deguchi[7]:266 | 1899[7]:266 |
Open Bible Standard Churches[6]:217 | merger[10]:454 | 1935[10]:454 |
Opus Dei[28]:126[9]:427–428[107][108]:3, 122–123[109][110][111]:251 | Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer[9]:427–428 | 1928[9]:427–428 |
Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.)[7]:270 | Carl Kellner;[7]:270[9]:430Theodor Reuss[9]:430 | 1895;[7]:270 1906[9]:430 |
Pentecostal Church of God[6]:225 | 1919[19]:109 | |
Pentecostalism[6]:224–225 | ||
Peoples Temple[6]:226[112] | Jim Jones[10]:832 | 1955[10]:832 |
Philosophical Research Society[6]:228 | Manly Palmer Hall[10]:849 | 1934[10]:849 |
Pilgrims of Arès[113] | Michel Potay[113] | 1974[113] |
Plymouth Brethren[6]:228–229[12]:61 | John Nelson Darby[7]:281 | 1830[7]:281 |
Potter's House also known as Christian Fellowship Ministries (CFM), The Door, Victory Chapel, Christian Center, Crossroads Chapel, etc.[31]:51–52 | Wayman Mitchell[31]:51–52 | 1970[31]:51–52 |
Radha Soami Satsang Beas[6]:234 | Seth Shiv Dayal Singh[10]:1059 | 1861[10]:1059 |
Raëlism[6]:234 | Claude Vorilhon (Rael)[10]:806 | 1973[10]:806 |
Rainbow Family[6]:234, 236 | Barry Adams[10]:732 | late-1960s[10]:732 |
Rajneesh movement, also Osho movement[6]:236, 238 | Rajneesh Chandra Mohan[10]:1051 | 1966[10]:1051 |
Ramakrishna Mission, also known as Ramakrishna movement or Vedanta Society[114]:57–58[6]:314 | Swami Vivekananda | 1897 |
Ramtha[115] | J. Z. Knight[116] | 1977[117] |
Rastafari[6]:241,243[118] | Leonard Howell, Joseph Hibbert, Archibald Dunkley, Robert Hinds[10]:954 | 1935[10]:954 |
Reformed Druids of North America[6]:244 | 1960s[7]:299 | |
Reiki, also Usui Shiko Ryoho System of Healing[9]:528–529 | Mikao Usui | 1922 |
Religious Science[6]:245–246 | Ernest Holmes[7]:301 | 1948[7]:301 |
Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism[119]:442 | Vladimir Megre | 1997 |
Risshō Kōsei Kai[6]:248 | Nikkyo Niwano
Myoko Naganuma[120] |
1938[120] |
The Rosicrucian Fellowship[6]:249 | Carl Louis von Grasshof[10]:845 | 1909[10]:845 |
Sacred Name Movement[6]:251 | Clarence Orvil Dodd | 1930s |
Sadharan Brahmo Samaj[29]:43–57 | Anandamohan Bose, en:Sivanath Sastri, Umesh Chandra Dutta | 1878 |
Sahaja Yoga[121] | Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi[10]:1029 | 1970[10]:1029 |
Saiva Siddhanta Church[6]:251 | Subramuniy[10]:1029 | 1957[10]:1029 |
The Salvation Army[6]:252, 254 | William Booth[10]:419 | 1865[10]:419 |
Saminism Movement, Samin movement[122]:207–240 | Samin Surosentiko | 1889 |
Sant Nirankari Mission[6]:210 | Baba Buta Singh Ji | 1929 |
Santa Muerte Cult[123] | 2000s | |
Scientology[25]:385–392[28]:126[124][125][126] | L. Ron Hubbard[10]:816 | 1955[10]:816 |
Sekta Niebo[127] | Bogdana Kacmajora | 1990 |
Seicho-no-Ie[9]:568–569[81] | Masaharu Taniguchi, Fenwicke Holmes | 1930 |
Self-Realization Fellowship[6]:261 | Paramahansa Yogananda[10]:1031 | 1935[10]:1031 |
Semitic Neopaganism[128] | Raphael Patai[128] | 1960s[128] |
Seventh-day Adventist Church[6]:262 | Ellen G. White[10]:621 | 1860[10]:621 |
Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement[6]:262–263 | schism[10]:622–623 | 1925[10]:622–623 |
Shakers[6]:263, 265 | Ann Lee[10]:724 | 1750s[10]:724 |
Shengdao, also Tongshanshe[129] | Peng Tairong (Ruzun) | early 20th century |
Shepherd's Rod, also known as the Davidians, officially, the Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Association[8]:189 | Victor T. Houteff[10]:619 | 1935[10]:619 |
Shiloh Youth Revival Centers[6]:266 | John J. Higgins, Jr.[10]:734 | 1969[10]:734 |
Shinji Shumeikai, also Shumei[81] | Mihoko Koyama | 1970 |
Shinnyo-en[6]:266–267 | Shinjo Ito
Tomoji Ito[10]:1081 |
1936[10]:1081 |
Shinreikyo[6]:266 | Kanichi Otsuka[10]:1123 | post–World War II[10]:1123 |
Shri Ram Chandra Mission[130] | Shri Ram Chandraji Maharaj[130] | 1945[130] |
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres[6]:268–269 | Kuppuswami Iyer[10]:1035 | 1935[10]:1035 |
Slavic Native Faith, also known as Rodnovery[77]:112–127 | Władysław Kołodziej, Jan Stachniuk | 1920–30s |
Soka Gakkai International[6]:271[131] | Tsunesaburo Makiguchi[10]:1082 | 1930[10]:1082 |
Spiritualism, Spiritism[25]:331–338[132]:248 | Kate and Margaret Fox | 1848 |
Subud (Susila Budhi Dharma)[6]:279[25]:267–274[9]:607–608 | Muhammed Subuh[10]:981 | 1933[10]:981 |
Sufi Ruhaniat International[6]:279 | Samuel L. Lewis[7]:342 | 1968[7]:342 |
Sukyo Mahikari[6]:281 | Sekiguchi Sakae[7]:344 | 1978[7]:344 |
Summum[6]:281 | Claude Rex Nowell[10]:1141 | 1975[10]:1141 |
Syntheism[133] | Alexander Bard[133] | 2012[133] |
The Satanic Temple[134][135][136] | Lucien Greaves
Malcolm Jarry[137] |
2012[138] |
Tenrikyo[6]:287–288 | Miki Nakayama[10]:1124 | 1838[10]:1124 |
Tensegrity[9]:581[46] | Carlos Castaneda | 1995 |
Terasem[139] | Martine Rothblatt | 2004 |
Thelema, also known as the A∴A∴ order[15]:41–42 | Aleister Crowley | early 1900s |
Theosophical Society, also known since 1882 as Theosophical Society Adyar[25]:315–324[9]:624–625[140] | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge[140] | 1875 |
Theosophical Society Pasadena[25]:315–324[140]:blz. 427 | William Quan Judge | 1895 |
Tolstoyan primitivism[141]:672 | Leo Tolstoy[141]:672 | 1901[141]:672 |
Toronto Blessing[142] | Randy Clark[14]:122–123 | 1994[14]:122–123 |
Transcendental Meditation (TM)[6]:292–293, 295–296 | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi[10]:1045 | 1958[10]:1045 |
Triratna Buddhist Community (formerly FWBO)[65] | Sangharakshita (Dennis Lingwood) | 1967[65] |
True Buddha School[143] | Lu Sheng-yen[143] | Late 1980s |
True Gnostic Church[144] | Azrael Ondi-Ahman (Archie D. Wood)[144] | 1979[145] |
Twelve Tribes[6]:212, 334–335 | Gene and Marsha Spriggs[10]:737 | 1972[10]:737 |
Two by Twos, also known as Cooneyites, Christian Conventions, the Workers and Friends, the Truth, etc.[6]:298 | William Irvine[12]:330 | 1897[146] |
Umbanda[6]:299 | Zélio Fernandino de Moraes[147] | 1920[147] |
Unarius Academy of Science[6]:300, 302–303 | Ernest Norman, Ruth Norman | 1954 |
Unification Church, also known as the Moonies[6]:300, 302–303 | Sun Myung Moon[7]:365 | 1954[7]:365 |
Unitarian Universalism[38]:335 | consolidation[31]:308–310 | 1961[31]:308–310 |
United Holy Church of America[6]:304 | Isaac Cheshier[10]:487 | 1900[10]:487 |
United House of Prayer for All People[6]:304–305 | Marcelino Manoel de Graca[7]:371 | 1925[7]:371 |
United Israel World Union[6]:305 | David Horowitz[10]:959 | 1944[10]:959 |
United Lodge of Theosophists[6]:305 | Robert Crosbie[10]:855 | 1909[10]:855 |
United Pentecostal Church International[6]:287–306 | merger[10]:476 | 1945[10]:476 |
Unity Church[6]:306–307 | Charles Fillmore and Myrtle Fillmore[7]:373 | 1889/1903[7]:373 |
Universal Great Brotherhood[6]:310 | Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere[10]:883 | late 1940s[10]:883 |
Universal Life Church[6]:311 | Kirby Hensley[10]:680 | 1962[10]:680 |
Universal White Brotherhood[148] | Peter Deunov[10]:880 | 1900[10]:880 |
Urantia Foundation[31]:319–322 | William S. Sadler[31]:319–322 | 1934[31]:319–322 |
Vajradhatu[6]:313 | Chögyam Trungpa[10]:1115 | 1973[10]:1115 |
Vale do Amanhecer[149] | Tia Neiva[149] | 1959[149] |
Volunteers of America[6]:316 | Ballington Booth
Maud Booth[10]:420 |
1896[10]:420 |
Varankar[150] | Sri Allen Feldman | |
The Way International[6]:318 | Victor Paul Wierwille[10]:608 | 1942[10]:608 |
The Way of the Livingness (Universal Medicine)[151] | Serge Benhayon[151] | 1999[151] |
White Eagle Lodge[6]:319 | Lady Elizabeth Carey[10]:884 | 1943[10]:884 |
Wicca[25]:339–346[15]:55 | Gerald Gardner[31]:338 | c. 1949[31]:338 |
Women's Federation for World Peace[154]:203–205 | Hak Ja Han[154]:203–205 | 1992[154]:203–205 |
Wotansvolk[155] | David Lane | 1990s |
The Word Foundation[6]:320 | Harold W. Percival[10]:856 | c. 1904[10]:856 |
World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church[156][157] | Hyung Jin Moon
Yeon Ah Lee Moon |
2015 |
Yiguandao[9][129]:702–703 | Wang Jueyi; Chang Thien Ran | late 19th century |