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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. Religion originating in 1930s Jamaica Rastafari often claim the flag of the Ethiopian Royal Standard as was used during Haile Selassie's reign. It combines the conquering lion of Judah, symbol of the Ethiopian monarchy, with red, gold, and green. Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion that ...
Lakota religion has been described as an indigenous religion, [6] and as a primal religion. [7] There is no centralized authority in control of the religion, [8] which is non-dogmatic, [9] with no specific creeds. [10] The tradition is transmitted orally, [11] being open to individual interpretation, [12] and displaying internal variation in ...
According to reports from the WIN/Gallup International's (WIN/GIA) four global polls: in 2005, 77% were a religious person and 4% were "convinced atheists"; in 2012, 23% were not a religious person and 13% were "convinced atheists"; [2] in 2015, 22% were not a religious person and 11% were "convinced atheists"; [3] and in 2017, 25% were not a ...
Ojibwe religion has been described as an aboriginal religion. [7] As Ojibwe culture is traditionally orally transmitted, [8] the religion has no textual canon. [9] It has no dogma, [10] and no articles of faith, [11] and there is therefore variation in its belief and practice. [12]
Sakhua (lit. "deity divine force"), also known as Mizo religion, [3] Lushai animism [3] or Khua worship, is a traditional polytheistic ethnic faith practiced by the Mizo people prior to the widespread adoption of Christianity during the British annexation of Mizoram. [4]
The white supremacist Creativity movement has also been described as a nontheistic religion. [44] The sociologist Auguste Comte devised a religion called the Religion of Humanity based on his Positivist principles. The Religion of Humanity is not a metaphysical religion and as such there are no gods or supernaturalisms in its belief. [45]
[2] [3] [4] The followers of the Waaqeffanna religion are called Waaqeffataa and they believe in the supreme being Waaqa Tokkicha (the one God). [5] It is estimated that about 3% of the Oromo population, which is 1,095,000 Oromos, in present-day Ethiopia actively practice this religion. Some put the number around 300,000, depending on how many ...
The gods were believed to live in Heaven, [6] [19] but also in their temples, which were seen as the channels of communication between Earth and Heaven, which allowed mortal access to the gods. [6] [20] The Ekur temple in Nippur was known as the "Dur-an-ki", the "mooring rope" of heaven and earth. [21]