History of religion  

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The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious experiences and ideas. This period of religious history typically begins with the invention of writing about 5,000 years ago (3,000 BCE) in the Near East. The prehistory of religion relates to the study of religious beliefs that existed prior to the advent of written records. The timeline of religion is a comparative chronology of religion.

See also

• Religion and politics
• Christianity and politics
• Women as theological figures
• List of founders of religious traditions
• Code of Hammurabi

Shamanism and ancestor worship

• Prehistoric religion
• Shamanism
• Animism
• Ancestor worship
• Tribal religion

Polytheism

• Ancient Near Eastern religion, Egyptian mythology
• Ancient Greek religion, Ancient Roman religion
• Germanic paganism, Finnish Paganism, Norse paganism
• Maya religion, Inca religion, Aztec religion
• Neopaganism, Polytheistic reconstructionism

Monotheism

See also Monotheism, Abrahamic religions.

• Aten
• History of Judaism
• Neoplatonism
• History of Christianity
  • History of Roman Catholicism
  • History of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
  • History of Protestantism
• History of Islam
• Sikhism

Monism

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