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religion

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Summary

religion is a type of world view[1]. religion ranks in the top 7% of type of world view entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41,580 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: activity[3], academic discipline[4], field of study[5], culture[6], tradition[7]
  • Subclass of: belief system[8], world view[9], non-rational belief system[10], information content entity[11]
  • Part of: magic and religion[12]
  • Commons category: Religion[13]
  • Said to be the same as: confessional community[14]
  • Opposite of: antireligion[15]
  • Has part(s): list of saints[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Religion[17], Q16918674[18]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Religion[19]
  • Facet of: sexual morality[20], marriage[21], mortality[22], myth of origins[23], culture[24], tradition[25]
  • Depicted by: Religion and Faith[26]
  • Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[31], Otto's encyclopedia[32], Lean Logic[33], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[34], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[37], Meyer’s Universum, Dritter Band[38], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[39]
  • Partially coincident with: quasi-religion[40]
  • Topic has template: Template:Religions and currents[41], Template:Religion topics[42]
  • Used by: by religion[43]
  • Main Wikidata property: P140[44]
  • Different from: existence of God[45], dharma[46], religiosity[47], confessional community[48], religious denomination[49]
  • History of topic: history of religions[50]

Why It Matters

religion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] religion is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

religion has been cited as an influence by Rick Fox[53], an actor[54], b. 1969[55], of Canada[56].

FAQs

Who did religion influence?

religion has been cited as an influence by Rick Fox[53].

Related Entities

Alain Finkielkraut Antoine François Prévost Bertrand Russell Beth Singler B. R. Ambedkar Bridget of Sweden Buddenbrooks Catherine Labouré Charles Spurgeon Contact Dune Emile, or On Education Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Gertrude the Great Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia history of religions humanities In the Mouth of Madness James George Frazer Joachim Meisner Joseph of Anchieta Lean Logic Louise of Sweden Martin Gardner Olavo de Carvalho religious studies Sai Baba of Shirdi Stephen Robert Garner Swami Vivekananda

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → —
    Sitelink count → 305
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arc', 'arz', 'a
    Isocat id → 3658
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 3658, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7328882|Religion (#7328882)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 5w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000616
    Subclass of → belief system, world view, non-rational belief system +1
    Equivalent class → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  3. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Harald Krichel
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  4. 11w ago · Circeus · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → by religion
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Used by: by religion"
  5. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Religion
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Religion, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  6. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → religion
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: religion, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289963025|religion (#289963025)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  7. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Religion, WikiProject Theology, WikiProject Sociology +6
    Vgc theme id → 15284
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Vgc theme id: 15284, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/179716302|Religion (#179716302)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6787|VGC themes]] #mix'n'mat"
  8. 16w ago · Treisijs · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Religion, WikiProject Theology, WikiProject Sociology +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Theology"
  9. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001866-nabozenstvi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001866-nabozenstvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  10. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of religions and spiritual traditions
    Instance of → type of world view, activity, academic discipline +3
    Yso id → 6415, 2921
    Image last checked license → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Bibliothèque nationale de france id: 11963568t"
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