Shinto has no known founder or single sacred scripture.
Shinto is wholly devoted to life in this world and emphasises man's essential goodness.
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Featured religions and beliefs
- Atheism
- Atheists are people who believe that god or gods are man-made constructs.
- Baha'i
- One of the youngest of the world's major religions.
- Buddhism
- A way of living based on the teachings of Siddartha Gautama.
- Candomblé
- A religion based on African beliefs, originating in Brazil.
- Christianity
- The world's biggest faith, based on the teaching of Jesus Christ.
- Hinduism
- A group of faiths rooted in the religious ideas of India.
- Islam
- Revealed in its final form by the Prophet Muhammad.
- Jainism
- An ancient philosophy and ethical teaching that originated in India.
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- A Christian-based evangelistic religious movement.
- Judaism
- Based around the Jewish people's covenant relationship with God.
- Mormon
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Paganism
- Contemporary religions usually based on reverence for nature.
- Rastafari
- A young religion founded in Jamaica in the 1930s.
- Santeria
- Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion originating in Cuba.
- Shinto
- Japanese folk tradition and ritual with no founder or single sacred scripture.
- Sikhism
- The religion founded by Guru Nanak in India in the 15th Century CE.
- Taoism
- An ancient tradition of philosophy and belief rooted in Chinese worldview.
- Unitarianism
- An open-minded and individualistic approach to religion.
- Zoroastrianism
- One of the oldest monotheistic faiths, founded by the Prophet Zoroaster.