Religions
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| folk religions | comprises various forms and expressions of religion that are distinct from the official doctrines and practices of organized religion
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| universalizing religions | attempt to be global and appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just one culture or location
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| ethnic religions | appeal primarily to one ethnic or cultural group, or a specific region
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| congregation | a local assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship
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| denomination | unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body
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| branch | a large and fundamental division within a religion
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| Christianity 3 branches | Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox
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| Buddhism 3 branches | Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana
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| Islam 2 branches | Sunni and Shiite
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| primal-indigenous religions | hundreds of millions practice it in east and southeast Asia
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| animism | elements of the natural world are animated or have discrete spirits and conscious life
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| relocation diffusion | the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another
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| hierarchical diffusion | the spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority/power to other persons/places
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| contagious diffusion | the rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
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| pilgrimage | a journey for religious purposes to a place considered sacred
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| hajj | Muslims are expected to make this pilgrimage to Makkah
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| utopian settlement | a community built to reflect the ideals of a particular religious or social group
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| toponym | the general name for any place or geographical entity
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| autonomous religions | a religion without a central authority (ex. Islam and Hinduism)
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| hierarchical religions | have well-defined geographical structure and organize territory into local administrative units (ex. Mormons and the Roman Catholic Church)
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| cosmogony | a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe
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| solstice | the time or date where the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination, marked by the longest and shortest days of the year- has special significance in some ethnic religions
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| religious fundamentalism | a literal interpretation and a strict and intense adherence to the basic principles of a religion
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| syncretic | combines several traditions (ex. Confucianism and Taoism)
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