Trending Religious Movements of all time
The 100 most-viewed religious movements of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Baháʼí Faith.
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Baháʼí Faith
monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh
9,009
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Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization
8,590
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Wahhabism
Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement
8,526
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Heaven's Gate
American UFO religion, whose members committed mass suicide in 1997
5,345
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5
liberation theology
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
4,498
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modern paganism
group of contemporary religious movements based on ancient European and Middle Eastern religions
4,162
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7
Mormonism
religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon
3,476
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8
Christian Science
American religious movement (1866-)
3,195
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Evangelicalism
Evangelical Christian movement
2,814
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10
AllatRa
religious sect
2,808
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Rodnovery
modern religious movement based on Slavic native beliefs
2,448
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12
Moorish Science Temple of America
US religious movement founded in the early 20th century Noble Drew Ali
2,312
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13
Happy Science
global new religious movement founded in Japan by Ryuho Okawa
2,192
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14
Sabbateans
followers of Sabbatai Zevi
1,773
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15
Hòa Hảo
religion based on Buddhism, founded in Hòa Hảo village, Vietnam in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú Sổ
1,759
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Malaysian Islamic Party
Islamist political party in Malaysia
1,687
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Reformed Baptists
Baptists who hold to a Calvinist soteriology
1,605
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18
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Khlysts
Russian Christian sect
1,600
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Five-Percent Nation
American religion (1964-)
1,549
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20
The Church of Almighty God
Chinese new religious movement
1,535
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21
Messianic Judaism
religious movement
1,515
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22
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
1,313
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23
Ghost Dance
new religious movement
1,248
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24
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
1,235
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25
Rajneesh movement
persons inspired by the Indian mystic Osho
1,163
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26
Karaite Judaism
Jewish religious movement characterized by the recognition of the written Torah alone as its supreme authority in Jewish religious law and t
976
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27
Lollardy
pre-Protestant Christian religious reform movement in England
946
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28
Rabbinic Judaism
mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE
914
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29
Twin Flames Universe
American religious cult
899
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30
New Thought
religious movement emphasizing accessible divine power, positive thinking, and faith healing
863
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31
Noahidism
Jewish new religious movement
845
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32
Quietism
17th-century ideas heretical to Catholics
814
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33
Sanātana Dharma
denomination of hinduism
811
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34
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
798
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35
Charismatic Movement
trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.
743
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36
Restorationism
belief that the beliefs and practices of early Christianity were lost or adulterated and required restoration
738
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37
Brahma Kumaris
Spiritual organization
727
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38
charismatic christianity
form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and modern-day miracles
693
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39
British Israelism
Christian movement, according to which the people of England are the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
692
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40
Seven Mountain Mandate
Conservative Protestant Christian movement
673
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41
Christian Identity
Christian white supremacist movement which holds the view that only people of Northern European ancestry descend from the ancient Israelites
655
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42
First Great Awakening
Christian revivals in Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in the 1730s–1740s
652
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43
Azusa Street Revival
historic Pentecostal revival meeting
641
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44
Skoptsy
Russian Christian movement which practiced castration and mastectomy
632
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45
nondenominational Christianity
churches which distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities
614
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46
Radha Soami
religion related to Sikhism and Hinduism (1861-)
597
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47
Neotantra
Western religious movements incorporating elements of Hindu and Buddhist tantra; often includes sexual elements
594
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48
Vipassana movement
Buddhist meditation movement (1754-)
578
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49
Two by Twos
international Christian primitivism movement, from 19th-century Ireland, whose itinerant lay ministers preach in pairs, living in voluntary
564
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50
Quiverfull
evangelical Christian movement
516
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51
Zealotry
religious-political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism
514
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52
spiritualism
19th century religious movement based on the belief that one can communicate with the spirits of the dead
512
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53
Muggletonianism
English Protestant movement
509
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54
Reconstructionist Judaism
denomination of Judaism
502
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55
Deobandi
revivalist movement within Sunni Islam
497
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56
Pietism
movement christian
473
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57
Jewish Christian
members of the Jewish movement that later became Christianity
464
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58
Modern Orthodox Judaism
a movement within Orthodox Judaism to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law with the secular, modern world; mainy preval
457
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59
Musar movement
19th century Orthodox Jewish Lithuanian movement
450
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60
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
430
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61
Ethiopian movement
religious movement in southern Africa
417
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62
Brahmo Samaj
Hindu reform movement
412
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63
Scottish Reformation
religious and political movement that established the Church of Scotland
395
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64
Malikism
one of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
384
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65
Millerism
Christian movement founded by William Miller, which held that the Second Coming would come in 1844
374
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66
Council of Friends
one of the original expressions of Mormon fundamentalism
367
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67
flagellant
practitioners of an extreme form of self-mortification
357
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68
Nation of Yahweh
predominantly African-American religious group, an offshoot of the Black Hebrew Israelites movement, designated as a black supremacist group
351
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69
Homoiousian
believer in the Christian doctrine of homoiousianism
324
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70
liberal Christianity
school of Christian theology that emphasizes the importance of reason and experience over doctrinal authority
319
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71
liberalism and progressivism within Islam
overview of the history of liberalism and progressivism within Islam and amongst Muslims
311
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72
Crusading movement
series of religious wars in late medieval times
308
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73
Goddess movement
modern revival of divine feminine or female-centered spirituality
304
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74
Communion and Liberation
lay ecclesial movement
282
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75
Bishnoi
Environmental Friendly Hindu Community in India
277
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76
Catholic Worker Movement
autonomous communities of Catholics and their associates
270
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77
Creativity
pantheistic white separatist religious movement
269
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78
Higher Life movement
movement devoted to Christian holiness in England
259
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79
Judaizers
Christians who insist that their co-religionists should follow the Law of Moses
253
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80
Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Shia Islam-derived religious movement
252
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81
Latter Rain
post–World War II movement within Pentecostal Christianity
250
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82
Neocatechumenal Way
Catholic movement
240
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83
esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
232
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84
Third Great Awakening
period of religious activism in American history
220
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85
Engaged Buddhism
practical application of Buddhist teachings
216
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86
Daejonggyo
religious movements within Korean shamanism
213
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87
Namdhari
sect of Sikhism
212
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88
Ahl-i Hadith
Salafi reform movement that emerged in North India in the mid-nineteenth century from the teachings of Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, Syed Nazeer Husa
210
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Habonim Dror
international socialist-zionist youthmovement
204
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90
Sukyo Mahikari
Japanese organization
200
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91
Sant Mat
Hindu spiritual movement in the Indian subcontinent in the 13th century.
199
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92
Christian naturism
movement which believes that God never intended for people to be ashamed of their bodies
183
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93
New Covenant Theology
Belief that Jesus Christ is the central focus of the Bible and that Old Testament Laws have been abrogated with Jesus's crucifixion and repl
183
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94
Radical Pietism
pietists who broke with Lutheranism
181
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95
process theology
type of theology developed from Alfred North Whitehead
181
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96
Oomoto
religion founded in 1892 in Japan
179
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97
Chabad messianism
belief that Menachem Mendel Schneerson is the Messiah
173
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98
Zionism in Morocco
172
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99
Hebrew Roots
religious movement
170
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100
Ranter
17th-century English religious movement
168
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