Faith

Each character will follow a faith, a specific denomination of one religion which dictates how a character should live.

Fervor

Fervor is a measure of how righteous adherents believe that a faith is and ranges from 0% to 100%. Fervor determines how expensive it is for rulers to create new faiths and how likely counties and characters are to convert.

Fervor increases at a rate of +0.3 each month, modified by the virtues and sins of religious leaders, particularly the head of faith. Fervor grows more slowly for faiths followed in more than 20 counties. New faiths start at 100% fervor, while historical ones start at 50%. A faith without a head of faith will gain +50 Fervor if the head of faith title is created.

At below 40% Fervor, Heresies can happen, with the chance increasing every 10% below that. When the outbreak occurs, each ruler that embraces the heresy will add 15% fervor to the religion they are defecting from.

Fervor is modified by the Holy War casus belli. Attackers in holy wars lose fervor, while defenders gain fervor.

Conversion

Each character can convert to a different faith at any point. To do so, click on the Faith button on the bottom left corner of the screen (between the House and Culture buttons) and select the desired Faith from the Other Faiths menu.

Conversion costs piety based on the difference between the doctrines of the new faith and the doctrines of the old one. The cost can also be affected by the following:

• −1% per Learning attribute of character
• −15% if old faith has Pluralistic doctrine
• −20% if holding Stonehenge special building in Salisbury
• −25% if both old faith and new faith has Pluralistic doctrine
• −25% if converting to the faith of a concubine
• −35% if converting to an existing faith
• −50% if converting to an existing faith within the same religion
• −50% if converting to the faith of a spouse
• −50% if converting to the faith of an attacker in a Holy War
• −50% if character's dynasty has 3 legacies in the Adventure tree
• −75% if character has the Apostate lifestyle perk
• −150% if the new faith exists in the realm or a neighboring realm and same religious family
• −225% if converting to an organized faith from an unreformed faith
• −225% if converting to the faith of a concubine while old faith is unreformed
• −250% if converting to the faith of a spouse while old faith is unreformed
• −250% if converting to the faith of an attacker in a Holy War while old faith is unreformed
• −250% if the new faith exists in the realm or a neighboring realm and different religious family
• +25% if the new faith is unreformed while having clan government
• +50% if the new faith is unreformed while having feudal government
• +75% if the new faith is unreformed while having republican government
• +100% if the new faith belongs to a different religion within the same religious family
• +200% if the new faith belongs to a different religious family
• +500% if the new faith is unreformed while the old faith is organized
• +500% if the new faith's religion is dead

New faiths

A ruler who is at peace can create a new faith for a religion once per lifetime by spending a very large amount of piety. The farther the new faith's tenets will be from the character's original faith, the more piety it will cost to change it. Once a new faith is created, the ruler, their close family and their realm capital will instantly convert. Vassals may convert depending on their opinion and difference in  learning. New faiths inherit the holy sites of the original faith.

A ruler who is a vassal cannot create a new faith unless their primary title rank is at least duke.

A new faith cannot have both its tenets and doctrines entirely identical to those of an existing faith.

Reformation

Faiths that are unreformed can be reformed by a ruler who controls at least 3 holy sites by spending a large amount of  piety. Upon reformation, the new faith will keep the name of the old faith while the old faith will be renamed.

When reforming their faith, AI rulers will never change tenets or doctrines except possibly for those regarding the head of faith.

List of Abrahamic faiths

Christianity

Christian faiths have the special doctrine Teachings of Jesus, which makes them treat faiths with the Christian Syncretism tenet as hostile instead of evil, and neutralizes opinion penalties with them. Some of them also have the Ecumenism main doctrine, which treats faiths with the same doctrine as astray instead of hostile.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Ecumenism	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Catholicism	Armed Pilgrimages Communion Monasticism	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	Spiritual	Yes	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Canterbury Cologne Jerusalem Rome Santiago
Orthodoxy	Communion Monasticism The Pentarchy	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	Spiritual	Yes	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Alexandria Antioch Constantinople Jerusalem Rome
Coptic	Alexandrian Catechism Communal Identity Monasticism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Yes	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Aksum Alexandria Antioch Jerusalem Napata
Apostolic	Aniconism Communal Identity Communion	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	Spiritual	Yes	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Antioch Beirut Dwin Jerusalem Koloneia
Insular Christianity	Monasticism Pastoral Isolation Vows of Poverty	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Armagh Canterbury Iona Jerusalem Rome
Krstjani	Mendicant Preachers Monasticism Pastoral Isolation	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Yes	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Shunned Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Esztergom Jerusalem Ragusa Rome Visoki
Conversos	Communal Identity Communion Jewish Syncretism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Yes	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Familial is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Alexandria Cordoba Jerusalem Rome Sinai
Nestorianism	Eastern Syncretism Mendicant Preachers Monasticism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Antioch Baghdad Farz Jerusalem Kerala
Bogomilism	Gnosticism Mendicant Preachers Pacifism	Equal	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Alexandria Antioch Constantinople Jerusalem Rome
Catharism	Consolamentum Gnosticism Pacifism	Equal	Righteous	Theocratic	None	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Disallowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Canterbury Cologne Jerusalem Rome Santiago
Iconoclasm	Aniconism Communion The Pentarchy	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	Spiritual	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Alexandria Antioch Constantinople Jerusalem Rome
Lollardy	Aniconism Literalism Pacifism	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Spiritual	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Canterbury Cologne Jerusalem Rome Santiago
Paulicianism	Aniconism Gnosticism Unrelenting Faith	Male dominated	Fundamentalist	Theocratic	Spiritual	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Alexandria Antioch Constantinople Jerusalem Rome
Waldensianism	Aniconism Mendicant Preachers Vows of Poverty	Male dominated	Pluralist	Lay Clergy	Spiritual	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Canterbury Cologne Jerusalem Rome Santiago
Messalianism	Carnal Exaltation Divine marriage Esotericism	Equal	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Unrestricted marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Alexandria Antioch Constantinople Jerusalem Rome
Adamitism	Communal Identity Natural Primitivism Sanctity of Nature	Equal	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	No	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Unrestricted marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Alexandria Carthage Fes Jerusalem Rome

Faith	Description
Catholicism	The Roman Catholic Church claims that Jesus bestowed the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven upon St. Peter and that, as his rightful successor, the Pope is therefore the supreme spiritual authority of the entire Christian world.
Orthodoxy	Maintaining that its bishops are the true and direct successors of Christ's apostles, the Eastern Orthodox Church claims to be the original Christian faith as passed down through sacred liturgical tradition.
Coptic	Tracing its origins to Saint Mark the Evangelist, the Coptic Church is famous for both being the birthplace of Christian monasticism as well as maintaining a long tradition of the promotion of education and philosophy.
Apostolic	Founded by the Apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus, the Armenian Apostolic Church rapidly gained followers in the region and shepherded the Kingdom of Armenia into becoming the first state ever to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
Insular Christianity	A rural church that drifted away from Roman Catholic orthodoxy some centuries ago, Insular Christianity has lost many of its once-distinctive features at the insistence of its mother-church. It yet retains a greater emphasis on penance and monasticism, and incorporates many traditional Celtic marriage customs foreign to wider Christendom.
Krstjani	Long forgotten by Catholic and Orthodox alike, the Krstjani of the Bosnian highlands are more permissive than their better-known compatriots, but lack formal structure. Retaining many archaic elements of Christianity, they are often treated scornfully by coreligionists, if remembered at all.
Conversos	The Conversos originated when Jewish communities were forcibly converted to Christianity. Though they have embraced their new faith, they still remember their old traditions and are sympathetic towards those who still follow them.
Nestorianism	In teaching that Jesus Christ has two natures, one divine and one human, Nestorianism has been declared as heretical by most Christian faiths. Despite this, its unique outlook has garnered followers in places as far east as China, India, and even Mongolia.
Bogomilism	Electing their spiritual leaders from amongst the general populace, Bogomils reject all worldly trappings and institutions of power, advocating instead for a return to the earlier methods of spiritual teaching practiced by Christ and his disciples.
Catharism	Teaching that all matter was created by Satan and is therefore inherently tainted with sin, Cathars believe that the only way to achieve salvation is to reject the materialistic world, and with it, all worldly desires.
Iconoclasm	Believing that any use of spiritual symbols violates the Second Commandment to not make any graven images, the Iconoclasts seek to destroy existing religious iconography and reject the creation of new ones.
Lollardy	Denouncing many common Christian sacraments like baptism and confession, Lollards hold that The Holy Bible is the only valid source of Christian doctrine and that any teachings not directly based on it are inherently illegitimate.
Paulicianism	Rejecting the divinity of Christ and viewing the veneration of the cross as heathenish, Paulicians aim to restore what they believe to be the true form of Christianity as laid out by Paul of Tarsus.
Waldensianism	Holding that the accumulation of wealth is an anathema that is incompatible with achieving salvation, Waldensians preach apostolic poverty as being the path to perfection and believe that priests should hold neither titles nor lands.
Messalianism	Believing that the essence of God can be perceived through the carnal senses, the Messalians reject traditional Christian sacraments and instead seek to experience God directly through less conventional means of worship.
Adamitism	The Adamites claim to have recaptured Adam and Eve's original state of innocence by shedding their clothes. Groups of Adamites often live in a state of absolute lawlessness, claiming that due to this innocence their actions can be neither good nor evil.

Islam

Muslim faiths have the special doctrine Teachings of the Prophet, which makes them treat faiths with the Islamic Syncretism tenet hostile instead of evil, and neutralizes opinion penalties with them. They also have the main doctrine Muhammad's Succession, which divides them into the Sunni, Shia, Muhakkima and Zandaqa sub-groups. Members of sub-groups largely treat each other as astray instead of hostile; only the Zandaqa group still treats others as hostile, but will also get  +5 advantage against co-religionists. Some Muslim faiths don't have access to the Undertake the Hajj decision.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Muhammad's Succession	Hajj	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Ash'arism	Fatwa Jizya Struggle and Submission	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Sunni	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Baghdad Jerusalem Mecca Medina Sinai
Muwalladism	Adaptive Jizya Struggle and Submission	Male dominated	Pluralist	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Sunni	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Cordoba Fes Mecca Medina Jerusalem
Maturidism	Fatwa Literalism Struggle and Submission	Male dominated	Pluralist	Lay Clergy	None	Sunni	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Baghdad Constantinople Jerusalem Mecca Medina
Almohadism	Literalism Struggle and Submission Warmonger	Male dominated	Fundamentalist	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Sunni	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Fes Jerusalem Mecca Medina Tinmallal
Mu'tazilism	Fatwa Legalism Struggle and Submission	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	Sunni	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Baghdad Jerusalem Mecca Medina Sinai
Isma'ilism	Jizya Struggle and Submission Taqiya	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Shia	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Damascus Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nadjaf
Zayidism	Legalism Struggle and Submission Taqiya	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Shia	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Damascus Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nadjaf
Nizarism	Fatwa Struggle and Submission Taqiya	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Shia	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Damascus Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nadjaf
Imamism	Fatwa Legalism Taqiya	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	Shia	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Baghdad Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nadjaf
Ibadism	Fatwa Literalism Taqiya	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	Muhakkima	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Basra Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nizwa
Najdatism	Esotericism Fatwa Struggle and Submission	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Spiritual	Muhakkima	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Bahrein Jerusalem Mecca Medina Yamama
Azraqism	Legalism Struggle and Submission Warmonger	Equal	Fundamentalist	Lay Clergy	None	Muhakkima	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Jerusalem Kufa Mecca Medina Siffa
Sufrism	Literalism Struggle and Submission Taqiya	Equal	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	Muhakkima	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Jerusalem Mecca Medina Siffa Sijilmasa
Druze	Gnosticism Reincarnation Taqiya	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	Zandaqa	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Beirut Jerusalem Mecca Medina Zozan
Alawism	Communion Esotericism Reincarnation	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Spiritual	Zandaqa	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Damascus Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nadjaf
Alevism	Esotericism Inner Journey Literalism	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Zandaqa	No	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Disallowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Damascus Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nadjaf
Ikhtilafism	Esotericism Struggle and Submission Taqiya	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	None	Zandaqa	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Damascus Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nadjaf
Qarmatianism	Gnosticism Mendicant Preachers Unrelenting Faith	Male dominated	Fundamentalist	Lay Clergy	None	Zandaqa	No	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Damascus Jerusalem Mecca Medina Nadjaf
Quranism	Fatwa Literalism Taqiya	Male dominated	Fundamentalist	Lay Clergy	None	Zandaqa	Yes	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Baghdad Jerusalem Mecca Medina Sinai

Faith	Description
Ash'arism	An orthodox school of theology that holds that Allah has created every moment in time, but that humans have free will to choose between good — what God has commanded — and evil — what God forbids.
Muwalladism	Far from the center of the Arabic world, Iberian Muslims adapted to the realities of ruling over a region with large Christian and Jewish populations that had strange, foreign traditions.
Maturidism	A rationalist theology which espouses that ethics have an objective existence, as derived from the eternal qualities of God, and that humans must therefore pursue ethical choices.
Almohadism	A reformist branch of Sunni Islam that originated with the Berber tribes in northern Africa, the Almohadi movement saw themselves as unitarians and preached a doctrine of purified monotheism.
Mu'tazilism	A rationalist school of theology that asserts that the Quran is not eternally co-existing with God, as God must have preceded his own word.
Isma'ilism	A Shia faith that considers the line of true Imams — those imbued with divine knowledge and infallibility — to run through Isma'il bin Jafar. They are also known as Seveners, as Isma'il was the seventh Imam after Muhammad.
Zayidism	A true Imam is not infallible, but defined by their struggle against corruption and evil. Zayidis are therefore defined by their belief that Zayd ibn Ali was the rightful successor to the Imamate, due to his rebellion against the Umayyads.
Nizarism	A rationalist faith that emphasizes reasoning in interpretation of the Quran and hadiths. Being Imam is hereditary, and they trace the line of succession to Ali.
Imamism	Imamis believe that Twelve Imams were prophesied to lead the Ummah, and that the twelth Imam, Imam Zaman, is waiting to return to lead Muslims into the Day of Judgement.
Ibadism	The Ibadi do not believe that it is necessary for the entirety of Islam to be governed by a Caliph or an Imam, if there is no suitable candidate. They are therefore Muhakkima, recognizing neither the line of Ali or the successors of Abu Bakr as worthy leaders.
Najdatism	Adherents of the Najdati branch of the Khawarij firmly believe in the establishment of Muslim leadership through the consensus of the faithful. The leader is not infallible, but through the community they are chosen by God.
Azarqism	Recognizing no worthy successor to Muhammad, the Azariqas consider it their right and duty to struggle against any leader who does not uphold the values of their faith. Indeed, any difference in interpretation of faith would mark one as an infidel.
Sufrism	The Sufri believe in divine guidance and leadership through the interpretation of the word of God, rather than inheritance. The will of God becomes known as an expression of the Ummah's will, as long as the people of the Ummah are well-versed in the Quran.
Druze	Hailing from the Mountain of Druze, the Druze faith follows many of the principles of Isma'ilism, but also includes gnostic beliefs in an esoteric theology focused on the Truth of existence.
Alawism	Alawite religious teachings are secretive, and the Quran is only one of their sacred texts. In addition to the belief in the succession of Imams through Ali, Alawis also believe in reincarnation, and that all beings were stars cast out of heaven who must now re-earn their place by living successive good and faithful lives.
Alevism	Alevis believe in the succession of the Twelve Imams, but also follow many other traditions as outlined in their collection of holy texts, the Buyruks. In Alevi tradition, God is the Truth, and Muhammad and Ali are manifestations of Him in the world.
Ikhtilafism	Ikhtilafis believe in the divine nature of the infallible Imams, starting with Ali. God has not only appointed and inspired them, but partially inhabits them to guide their acts, and by extension all of the Ummah.
Qarmatianism	A branch of Isma'ilism that incorporated elements of Zoroastrianism. The number of Imams was preordained by God to be seven, and there could therefore be no more Imams before the seventh Imam — Muhammad ibn Isma'il — returned to guide the faithful.
Quranism	A literalist interpretation of Islam that emphasizes that the Quran as the only source of divine wisdom, and should be followed to the letter, ignoring hadith and fatwas.

Judaism

Jewish faiths have the special doctrine Teachings of Moses, which makes them treat faiths with the Jewish Syncretism tenet as hostile instead of evil, and neutralizes opinion penalties with them.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Kabarism	Esotericism Legalism Halakha	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Familial is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Alexandria Jerusalem Semien Sinai Sufed
Haymanot	Communal Identity Esotericism Halakha	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Familial is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Alexandria Jerusalem Semien Sinai Sufed
Karaism	Communal Identity Literalism Halakha	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Familial is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Alexandria Jerusalem Semien Sinai Sufed
Rabbinism	Communal Identity Legalism Halakha	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Familial is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Alexandria Jerusalem Semien Sinai Sufed
Samaritanism	Communal Identity Esotericism Literalism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Familial is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Alexandria Gerizim Semien Sinai Sufed
Malabarism	Communal Identity Eastern Syncretism Halakha	Male dominated	Pluralist	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Familial is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Alexandria Jerusalem Semien Sinai Sufed

Faith	Description
Kabarism	Kabars emphasize the common and correct interpretation of the Halakha, in conjunction with shared Kabbalist tradtions.
Haymanot	The rabbis, or kahen, judge in matters of religious law, but they work together with a circle of elders who judge in matters of tradition and life.
Karaism	In the matters of religious law, the Tanakh alone is the highest and absolute authority. The role of rabbis are not to reassess and adapt the rules of the covenant, but to interpret their literal meaning.
Rabbinism	Rabbinism emphasizes the rabbis' purpose as interpreters of the religious law of the Halakha. Laws and traditions is what ensures the covenant with the Lord is kept, and the rabbis guard those laws.
Samaritanism	Descended from the tribes that settled Samaria, Samaritans follow an original, unchanged version of the Torah. In this way they are practicing the true religion of Moses, serving the direct duties granted by God.
Malabarism	As the descendants of the tribes of Israel spread across the world, they built smaller communities from west to east, acting as tribes of their own. Also called Cochin Jews, they made their new home in the Cochin Kingdom of South India. There, they intermixed with the local people and exchanged cultures.

Dualism

In both start dates Manicheanism is the only dualist faith remaining. However, dualist faiths can pop up rarely as heresies of other Abrahamic religions.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Manicheanism	Adaptive Esotericism Gnosticism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, Revocable	Ahvaz Baghdad Jerusalem Samarkand Udabhanda
Cainitism	Esotericism Gnosticism Hedonistic	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, Revocable	Nok Kundi Takht-i-Sangin Takht-e Soleyman Ushi-Darena Yazd
Mandeaism	Communal Identity Esotericism Gnosticism	Male dominated	Fundamentalist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, Revocable	Baghdad Basra Damascus Farz Jerusalem
Priscillianism	Christian Syncretism Esotericism Gnosticism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, Revocable	Cordoba Jerusalem Memphis Sinai Toledo
Sabianism	Esotericism Gnosticism Literalism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, Revocable	Baghdad Basra Damascus Farz Jerusalem
Sethianism	Esotericism Gnosticism Inner Journey	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, Revocable	Alexandria Jerusalem Rome Sijilmasa Sinai
Valentinianism	Esotericism Gnosticism Legalism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, Revocable	Alexandria Jerusalem Rome Sijilmasa Sinai

Faith	Description
Manicheanism	The revelations granted to Buddha, Zoroaster and Jesus were incomplete reflections of the real world. The prophet Mani brought the final revelation of the existence of the spiritual world of light and the material world of darkness, and how human souls, as with all light, gradually return to the creator.
Cainitism	Caine was the first victim of the Evil of the Demiurge, creator of all physical matter. Since matter and bodies are evil, bodies must be defiled and destroyed through sinfulness, so that the true human soul within can be freed.
Mandeaism	Mandeanism traces its lineage to Adam, with John the Baptist as their greatest prophet. The world consists of light and darkness, and in time all mortal souls will be judged as to whether they are worthy to return to the eternal light.
Priscillianism	There exists two kingdoms, one of Light and one of Darkness. Human souls were intended to conquer the Kingdom of Darkness, but fell and were trapped in the material realm. Among humans there were Twelve Patriarchs of Light who failed to overcome the Darkness, as they were split between body and soul. Thus God sent the Saviour to earth, and through his death once again enabled the freeing of human spirits.
Sabianism	Sabianism believes in the eternally existing God, and a material world created by Satan. They worship the angelic caretakers of the world, who — together with the Prophets — guide humanity towards heaven, and reunification with God.
Sethianism	The Unknown God emanated all existence into the perfect Pleroma, filled by gracious aeons, first among them Barbelo the Mother-Father. A corruption caused the existence of Yaldabaoth, who stole a shred of divinity and created the material world. However, when he created mankind, he accidentally gave them his stolen spark of divinity. Yaldabaoth will spend eternity attempting to reclaim his power, while mankind must strive to return themselves to Barbelo and the Unknown God.
Valentinianism	The Father, the original creator, is the depth of all knowledge, and the path to true understanding — gnosis. Achieving knowledge improves the world, and once the world is collectively lifted from its material ignorance, the world will return to its spiritual, natural state.

Miletê Tawûsê Melek

All Miletê faiths except Yazidism start as dead in both start dates and are identical in doctrines to each other.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Kitêbacilweism	Islamic Syncretism Literalism Ritual Celebrations	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Dashtestan Sinjar Baalbek Lalish Nishapur
Meshefaresism	Islamic Syncretism Reincarnation Ritual Celebrations	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay Clergy	Temporal	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Dashtestan Sinjar Baalbek Lalish Nishapur
Yazidism	Communal Identity Islamic Syncretism Reincarnation	Male dominated	Righteous	Lay clergy	Temporal	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Dashtestan Sinjar Baalbek Lalish Nishapur

Faith	Description
Kitêbacilweism	Followers of the Book of Revelation, which tells of Xwedê's greatness.
Meshefaresism	Followers of the Black Book, which describes how the Lord came down from Black Mountain and created the world.
Yazidism	The Yazidi believe that God created the world and placed it under the protection of seven angels, foremost among them Tawûsê Melek, the Peacock Angel. The Peacock Angel at first fell from God's grace, but his tears of remorse extinguished the fires of his prison, and he was reunited with God. In the same manner, we all seek to reunite with God at the end of many long lifetimes.

List of eastern faiths

Buddhism

All Buddhist faiths have no head of faith.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Nangchos	Dharmic Pacifism Esotericism Monasticism	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Bodh Gaya Lhasa Lumbini Purang Sa'gya
Vajrayana	Dharmic Pacifism Esotericism Ritual Hospitality	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Ajanta Bodh Gaya Lumbini Sanchi Sarnath
Theravada	Dharmic Pacifism Literalism Monasticism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Atamasthana Bodh Gaya Dagon Lumbini Sarnath
Mahayana	Asceticism Dharmic Pacifism Mendicant Preachers	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Amaravati Bodh Gaya Lumbini Sanchi Sarnath
Ari	Astrology Esotericism Ritual Celebrations	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Accepted Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Bodh Gaya Dagon Lumbini Pagan Sarnath

Faith	Description
Nangchos	Buddhism in Tibet is known as Nangchos, or the Dharma of the Insiders. Within the Tibetan Empire, Vajrayana and Mahayana beliefs and practices synctretized with traditional Tibetan beliefs, practices, and deities, with varying schools also competing with each other for temporal control.
Vajrayana	The motivation towards buddhahood is crucially important, and true enlightenment can only be achieved when sought for the benefit of all sentient beings. All beings are born with an enlightened mind, but it is obscured by existence. Practicing seeing the truth of the world and the universe therefore unlocks one's innate enlightenment.
Theravada	The path to enlightenment goes through personal experience, reflection and reasoning. Gautama Buddha found his own path to Nirvana, and the only way of finding a similar way, is to experience, learn and study ones own existence.
Mahayana	Release from Samsara is not merely something done individually, but an experience that is shared among sentient beings. Achieving buddhahood is one step on the long path for all sentient beings to be released into Nirvana, and that is the virtuous goal of Samsara.
Ari	The Ari faith combines elements from tantric Buddhism, spirit worship, traditional Nāga worship as well as Hinduism. Ari worshipers are considered to be Buddhists, although their practices are preceived as somewhat unorthodox.

Hinduism

All Hindu faiths have no head of faith.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Shaivism	Monasticism Pūjā Reincarnation	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Close-kin Taboo	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ayodhya Dwarka Haridwar Kanchipuram Mathura Ujjayini Varanasi
Vaishnavism	Bhakti Esotericism Reincarnation	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Close-kin Taboo	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ayodhya Dwarka Haridwar Kanchipuram Mathura Ujjayini Varanasi
Krishnaism	Esotericism Monasticism Reincarnation	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Close-kin Taboo	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ayodhya Dwarka Haridwar Kanchipuram Mathura Ujjayini Varanasi
Smartism	Bhakti Monasticism Reincarnation	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Close-kin Taboo	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ayodhya Dwarka Haridwar Kanchipuram Mathura Ujjayini Varanasi
Advaita Vedanta	Inner Journey Monasticism Reincarnation	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Close-kin Taboo	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ayodhya Dwarka Haridwar Kanchipuram Mathura Ujjayini Varanasi
Srikula Shaktism	Inner Journey Pūjā Reincarnation	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Close-kin Taboo	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ayodhya Dwarka Haridwar Kanchipuram Mathura Ujjayini Varanasi
Kalikula Shaktism	Esotericism Pūjā Reincarnation	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Close-kin Taboo	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ayodhya Dwarka Haridwar Kanchipuram Mathura Ujjayini Varanasi

Faith	Description
Shaivism	Shaivites worship Shiva, the creator and destroyer of worlds, as the Supreme Being that exists in all things. In the same fashion as Shiva works to maintain balance and preserve the universe, the faithful must strive to bring balance into their lives.
Vaishnavism	In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the Supreme Lord, and the most important devas are his many incarnated avatars, such as Rama and Krishna. Each of these various incarnations work to restore balance to the universe.
Krishnaism	Krishna is the authentic form of the Supreme Being, and Vishnu is his avatar when he takes form as the omnipotent. Through his divine avatars, he is present in all things.
Smartism	The Smarta tradition rejects the worship of individual gods. Brahman is one and eternal, and Vishnu, Devi, Shiva, Ganesh and Surya are worshiped as equal avatars of the Supreme Being. Any individual worship is a step towards achieving understanding and unity with Brahman.
Advaita Vedanta	Unlike many Hindu faiths, Advaita Vedanta emphasizes the unity of the Atman, the true self, with the Brahman, the truest reality, and believes that moksha can be achieved in life as well as death.
Srikula Shaktism	Shaktism believes in the Great Goddess as the Supreme Being from which springs all existence. The Srikula worship Tripura Sundari as the highest aspect of the Goddess, and the source of all Shakti, the energy of the universe.
Kalikula Shaktism	Shaktism believes in the Great Goddess as the Supreme Being from which springs all existence. The Kalikula worship Kali as the one who can give guidance, good rebirth and ultimately moksha.

Jainism

All Jain faiths have no head of faith. New Janist faiths based off of Digambara will inherit the Naked Priests doctrine, while new faiths based off the other Janist faiths will not have the Naked Priests doctrine.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Naked Priests	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Digambara	Asceticism Dharmic Pacifism Ritual Hospitality	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	None	Yes	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Ellora Palitana Ranakpur Shikharj Sittanavasal
Svetambara	Asceticism Dharmic Pacifism Monasticism	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	None	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Ellora Palitana Ranakpur Shikharj Sittanavasal
Yapaniya	Asceticism Dharmic Pacifism Natural Primitivism	Equal	Righteous	Theocratic	None	No	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Shunned Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and pacification Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Ellora Palitana Ranakpur Shikharj Sittanavasal

Faith	Description
Digambara	Kevala Jnana frees the body from all physical needs. However, the soul can only be freed when completely naked, which is why Digambara monks must live without clothes.
Svetambara	Kevala Jnana is a state of the soul, not of ones physical being. Through good lives, one can achieve omniscience and leave the endless cycle. The moment of moksha itself is only achievable through death, when one becomes Siddha.
Yapanyia	An offshoot of Svetambara, the Yapaniya believe that moksha is attainable through death, but that it is important to enable the freeing of the soul as much as possible in life, through acts such as nakedness.

Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism can only be selected as a starting religion in 867. While it still exists in 1066, there aren't any landed characters that practice it. It is the only Eastern religion that treats other faiths within the religion as hostile.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Mazdayasna	Divine marriage Ritual Celebrations Sky Burials	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Unrestricted marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Nok Kundi Takht-e Soleyman Takht-i-Sangin Ushi-darena Yazd
Zurvanism	Divine marriage Sanctity of Nature Sky Burials	Male dominated	Fundamentalist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Unrestricted marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Nok Kundi Takht-e Soleyman Takht-i-Sangin Ushi-darena Yazd
Gayomarthianism	Esotericism Ritual Celebrations Sky Burials	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Nok Kundi Takht-e Soleyman Takht-i-Sangin Ushi-darena Yazd
Khurmazdism	Adaptive Esotericism Sky Burials	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Nok Kundi Takht-e Soleyman Takht-i-Sangin Ushi-darena Yazd
Khurramism	Adaptive Pacifism Reincarnation	Equal	Pluralist	Lay Clergy	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Nok Kundi Takht-i-Sangin Takht-e Soleyman Ushi-Darena Yazd
Arewordik	Adaptive Unrelenting faith Sanctioned False Conversion	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Nok Kundi Takht-i-Sangin Takht-e Soleyman Ushi-Darena Yazd
Mazdakism	Esotericism Vows of Poverty Reincarnation	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Must be approved Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life	Nok Kundi Takht-i-Sangin Takht-e Soleyman Ushi-Darena Yazd

Faith	Description
Mazdayasna	Humans aid in struggle between Ahura Mazda and the evil spirits, Angra Mainyu, through good thoughts and lives. This is done through ritual purity, the preservation of nature and the destruction of evil creatures.
Zurvanism	Zurvanists believe that Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu were equal but opposite twins, born from Zurvan, the Creator of everything. Zurvanism heavily emphasizes aiding Ahura Mazda by rooting out of evil and falsehoods.
Gayomarthianism	Based on the idea that Ahura Mazda, through his thoughts, created evil spirits by accident, Gayomarthians reject the infallibility of the Lord of Wisdom, and instead emphasize ritualistic practice to learn Truth in communion with Ahura Mazda.
Khurmazdism	Learning much from vedic philosophy, the Khurmazta recognise a wide set of gods and spirits, and dedicate their lives not only to Ahura Mazda, but also one his many aides and servants among the yazata.
Khurramism	In a world of Light and Darkness, unjust rulers must be overthrown in support of what is good. Through prophets such as Mazdak, Muhammad and Abu Muslim, Khurramites believe that the divine is born into humanity, and will one day return to lead them as the Messiah.
Arewordik	Many ancient beliefs still resonate in the Arewordik faith, a sect of cryptic Zoroastrians with Ahura Mazda (as Aramazd) ruling over a pantheon of gods, including the Sun itself, that together direct the world.
Mazdakism	The prophet Mazdak followed Ahura Mazda's word, and agitated for shared possessions and universal cooperation between humans to overcome Angra Mainyu.

Taoism

All Taoist faiths are not practiced in any county; in 867, Duke Huaishen of Guiyi is one of the few playable characters who practices it. Their number of holy sites also differ.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Quanzhen	Esotericism Inner Journey Pacifism	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Bodh Gaya Lhasa Purang Suzhou Udabhanda
Shangqing	Asceticism Monasticism Pacifism	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Bodh Gaya Lhasa Purang Suzhou Udabhanda
Zhengyi	Communion Esotericism Mendicant Preachers	Equal	Righteous	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: Disallowed Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life	Bodh Gaya Khotan Lhasa Purang Suzhou Udabhanda

Faith	Description
Quanzhen	Followers of Quanzhen Taoism practice internal alchemy to perfect their bodies and harmonize themselves with the Tao. Through this process practitioners achieve physical longevity and spiritual immortality.
Shangqing	Shangqing Taoism was the dominant form of Taoism during the Tang Dynasty. Its followers seek to harmonize themselves with the universe through mediation and physical exercises, as opposed to the talismans and alchemy used by other branches of Taoism.
Zhengyi	Unlike the other Taoist schools, Zhengyis observe a strict theocratic hierarchy under the Celestial Master. Practitioners craft and sell protective talismans to prevent the loss of qi, the life energy which sustains all living things.

List of pagan faiths

Tibetan

Tibetan is the only religion to have both organized and unreformed faiths at game start. Since an unreformed religion in the same group already exists,  Khyarwé Bönpo cannot be reformed; one must convert to  Gyur Bönpo instead.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Organization	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Gyur Bön	Eastern Syncretism Monasticism Sky Burials	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Organized	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Balkh Gilgit Khotan Lhasa Purang
Khyarwé Bön	Esotericism Human Sacrifice Sky Burials	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Unreformed	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Dynastic is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Balkh Gilgit Khotan Lhasa Purang

Faith	Description
Gyur Bön	Gyur Bön or 'transformed Bön' is a spiritual tradition founded by Shenchen Luga that evolved alongside the Buddhist traditions of Tibet, growing out of the esoteric movements that predominated the Era of Fragmentation.
Khyarwé Bön	Khyarwé Bön or 'erring Bön' is the indigenous faith of the Tibetan region. Exact beliefs varied from place to place but ritualism, sacrificial offerings, and animistic beliefs were common among believers.

Mandé

Both Mandé faiths are unreformed.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Siguism	Adaptive Ancestor Worship Sanctity of Nature	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Polygamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Awkar Jenne Kisi Kukuya Niani
Bidaism	Adaptive Ancestor Worship Human Sacrifice	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Awkar Jenne Kukuya Niani Wadan

Faith	Description
Siguism	Emphasizing harmony and balance, adherents of this native Mandé faith revere the twin offpsring of Amma, known together as the Nummo, who were seen as two parts of one complete, perfect being.
Bidaism	Adherents of this native Mandé faith worship the serpent-god Bidu, a capricious entity who demands regular sacrifices but rewards followers with blessings and bountiful harvests.

Hsexje

Both Hsexje faiths start unreformed.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Vvluphixje	Asceticism Communal Identity Sanctity of Nature	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Chakla Gyaitang Maowün Ngawa Rebgong
Melie	Ancestor Worship Astrology Ritual Celebrations	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Alxa Ngawa Rebgong Xingqing Yijinai

Faith	Description
Vvluphixje	The religion of the Rrmea, or Qiang, focus much of their worship on the veneration of white stones, or Vvluphi. Shaman-priests known as xbi wear a monkey fur hat and beat a sheep-skin drum while performing rituals.
Melie	The indigenous beliefs of the Tangut people focused around the White Crane being the heavenly male aspect of the divine, while the Red Monkey was seen as the earthly female aspect of divinity, and non-Buddhist Tangut society was divided into two classes along these principles: the priestly 'Black-headed' and the 'Red-faced' commoners.

Tanism

Both Tani faiths start unreformed.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Donyi-Poloism	Ancestor Worship Religious Law Sanctity of Nature	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ilam Itanagar Pemako Rima Tezu
Sedism	Inner Journey Religious Law Sanctity of Nature	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Ilam Itanagar Pemako Rima Tezu

Faith	Description
Donyi-Poloism	Donyi-Poloism is that main form of the Tani Lhoba religion that worships the dual Sun-Moon deities that are the eyes of the creator god Sedi as the Supreme Being.
Sedism	Sedism is a form of the Tani Lhoba religion that worships the creator god Sedi as the Supreme Being.

Mundhumism

Both Mundhum faiths start unreformed.

Faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Holy sites
Kiratism	Ancestor Worship Eastern Syncretism Reincarnation	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Garwhal Ilam Jumla Kathmandu Varanasi
Yumaism	Ancestor Worship Eastern Syncretism Ritual Celebrations	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Only men Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable	Garwhal Ilam Jumla Kathmandu Varanasi

Faith	Description
Kiratism	Kiratism is the practice of Mundhism that is common between a majority of the Kirati people. It focuses on the worship of Tagera Ningwaphuma as the Supreme Being and the honoring of ancestors.
Yumaism	Yumaites focus their worship on Yuma Sammang, the female personification of Tagera Ningwaphuma, as the Supreme Goddess, whom they hail as the Mother of Nature.

Single faith religions

The following religions start unreformed and have only a single faith. The faith Paganism does not refer to a specific faith but all faiths that are not present ingame but for history purposes (i.e. Celtic and Arabian paganism)

Religion and faith	Tenets	Views on gender	Religious attitude	Clerical tradition	Head of faith	Marriage doctrines	Crime doctrines	Clergy doctrines	Exists	Holy sites
Hausa Bori	Adorcism Esotericism Ritual Celebrations	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	Spiritual	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Accepted Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Only women Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Daura El-Fasher Garumele Igbo Wandala
Steppe Tengriism	Ancestor Worship Esotericism Warmonger	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Karakorum Kerch Preslav Qayaliq Tavan Bogd
Finno-Ugric Ukonusko	Ancestor Worship Communal Identity Sanctity of Nature	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Accepted Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Akkel Hiiumaa Perm Raivola Toruń
Slavic Slovianska Pravda	Communal Identity Ritual Celebrations Sanctity of Nature	Male dominated	Fundamentalist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Barlad Kiev Novgorod Plock Rügen
Oromo-Somali Waaqism	Communal Identity Sacred Childbirth Sanctity of Nature	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Danakil Harar Kaffa Makhir Mogadishu
Yoruba Orisa	Ancestor Worship Esotericism Reincarnation	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Shunned	Clerical function: Alms and Pacification Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Bono Ife Igbo Kukiya Kumasi
Akan Akom	Adorcism Ancestor Worship Ritual Celebrations	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Monogamous Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Bono Ife Jenne Kumasi Nikki
Baltic Vidilism	Ancestor Worship Kūdikis Lemti Sanctity of Nature	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Braslau Hiiumaa Pokaini Rügen Toruń
Kordofan Kushitism	Ancestor Worship Ritual Suicide Esotericism	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: No bastards Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Control Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Aswan El-Fasher Naqis Sennar Wadi el-Milk
Senegambian Roog Sene	Ancestor Worship Communal Identity Reincarnation	Equal	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Kasa Kayor Kisi Sherbro Wadan
Norse Ásatrú	Ancestor Worship Human Sacrifice Warmonger With Northern Lords DLC: Patron Gods Warmonger Blót	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Jorvik Paderborn Ranaheim Uppsala Kiev
Uralic Táltosism	Ancestor Worship Astrology Auspicious Birthright	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Kerch Olvia Pest Poszony Sarysyn
Greco-Roman Hellenism	Astrology Communal Identity Esotericism	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Avunculate marriage	Same-sex relations: Accepted Male adultery: Shunned Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Alexandria Athens Carthage Rome Sparta
Zunbil Zunism	Eastern Syncretism Sun Worship Unrelenting faith	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Criminal Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Criminal	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Bost Kabul Memphis Multan Nishapur
Siberian Turumism	Ancestor Worship Ritual Celebrations Sanctity of Nature	Male dominated	Righteous	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Accepted Female adultery: Shunned Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Shunned Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Only Men Clerical marriage: Allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Perm Tyumen Surgut Ob Olkhon
Pagan Paganism	Ancestor Worship Astrology Sanctity of Nature	Male dominated	Pluralist	Theocratic	None	Marriage type: Consorts & Concubines Divorce: Always allowed Bastardry: Legitimization Consanguinity: Cousin marriage	Same-sex relations: Shunned Male adultery: Criminal Female adultery: Criminal Kinslaying: Close Kin is Criminal Deviancy: Criminal Witchcraft: Accepted	Clerical function: Recruitment Clerical gender: Either Clerical marriage: allowed Clerical appointment: Temporal, Revocable		Haridwar Hiiumaa Khotan Paderborn Sinai

Religion and Faith	Description
Hausa Bori	Venerating the spiritual force that resides in all physical things, the priestesses of this faith serve as intermediaries between mankind and the spirits of the world.
Shamanism Tengriism	Tengrists view their existence as sustained by Tengri, the eternal blue sky, and Eje, the fertile earth mother. Adherents are expected to keep the world in balance by living an upright, respectful life; deceitfulness and subversiveness are highly stigmatized.
Finno-Ugric Ukonusko	The veneration of nature and a profound respect for one's ancestors and their traditions are what define Finno-Ugric paganism. Held in high regard amongst adherents is sisu, a Finnish concept of stoic determination, grit, bravery, and resilience.
Slavic Slovianska Pravda	Emphasizing personal duty, morality, and conformity, Slavic paganism is the blanket term for the myriad native faiths of much of Central and Eastern Europe. Community is an important part of most, and religious ceremonies are often public gatherings which celebrate beauty and joyfulness.
Oromo-Somali Waaqism	The world is ruled by many deities, but they are all subject to the highest one, Waaq, the god of the sky. Rain and life is brought down to us from above.
Yoruba Orisa	Though he created the universe, the high god of the Yoruba pantheon remains distant from mortal affairs. Practitioners instead pray to the òrìṣà, innumerable spirits sent by the higher divinities to guide humanity along their chosen path.
Akan Akom	The various faiths of the Akan peoples worship the children of the creator and mother Earth.
Baltic Vidilism	As adherents of "the abode of inner peace", Baltic pagans focus on living in harmony with the natural world around them while preserving the traditions and stories of their ancestors.
Kordofan Kushitism	Veneration of the ancient gods remains strong here, as does the veneration of the boundary between life and death.
Sanegambian Roog Sene	The Serer people's traditions outline the way of the Divine, the path to living a spiritually fulfilling life in honor of one's ancestors and the creator of the universe, Roog.
Norse Ásatrú	The native faith of the Scandinavian region, Norse paganism revolves around reverence of gods known as the Æsir. Adherents are expected to live — and preferably die — in an honorable fashion.
Uralic Táltosism	In the native Mogyër faith each Táltos, or priest, is chosen by the gods prior to their birth. Endowed with superhuman strength, wisdom, and powers, Mogyërs entrust these Táltos with protecting their communities and leading them to prosperity.
Greco-Roman Hellenism	Hellenists worship the ancient Greek and Roman gods, said to reside on Mount Olympus. Each god has their own aspects and is venerated by their worshipers in their own way.
Zunbil Zunism	Established by the Zunbil dynasty, Zunists revere and praise the sun for bestowing its bounty upon the surface of the earth.
Siberian Turumism	Siberians believe in a horizontal world where men and beasts all live in clans, linked together through alliance or vengeance. Hunting is a core part of the equilibrium between taking and giving life, and with death all souls travel downstream to reincarnate in the clan they lived in previously.
Pagan Paganism	Commonly defined by a reverence for nature, ancestor worship, and a belief in spirits, many native faiths are considered to be various forms of paganism.

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