Global patterns of religious and language diffusion, and key terms for classifying religions and language families. Front: the term. Back: a plain-language definition.
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- Monotheism
- Belief in one god
- Polytheism
- Belief in multiple gods
- Animism
- Belief that spiritual forces inhabit natural objects and phenomena
- Atheism
- Disbelief in gods or rejection of religious claims
- Agnosticism
- Belief that god's existence cannot be proven or disproven
- Syncretism
- Blending of different religious beliefs and practices into a single tradition
- Diaspora
- Dispersion of a religious or ethnic group from its homeland across multiple regions
- Sacred site
- Location considered spiritually holy or significant in a religious tradition
- Pilgrimage
- Journey undertaken for religious purposes to reach a sacred location
- Cosmogony
- Religious narrative or myth that explains the creation of the world
- Eschatology
- Religious beliefs about the end of the world or final judgment of humanity
- Dogma
- Core religious beliefs accepted as truth and not subject to questioning
- Sect
- Small religious group that has separated from a larger established religion
- Denomination
- Organized subdivision of a religion with distinct doctrines and practices
- Contagious diffusion
- Spread of ideas or practices through direct contact between neighboring areas