This page groups denominations by how they are governed. Wikipedia notes that "the Catholic Church, led by the Bishop of Rome and the bishops worldwide in communion with him, is a communion of 24 Churches sui iuris." Browsing by polity lets a visitor compare a centrally governed denomination against one built from independent congregations.
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Status
Standing as a Comparative CategoryContested: denomination is a category borrowed from Christianity. Organised atheism has movements, societies and campaigns; it does not have denominations, and it does not claim to. 2 Overview
What Defines This GroupingOrganised currents within atheism. Atheism has no creed, no church and no authority, so what is grouped here are identifiable public movements and societies rather than denominations in any confessional sense. 2 Learn More
Currents within atheism
This small group holds an organised or defined current within atheism, the position that there are no gods. Atheism is not a religion and has no creed or church; what the atlas gathers here are the identifiable movements and stances that have given atheistic thought a public and organised form.
The browser will find the entry describing such a current in its own terms. The atlas treats atheism as a philosophical position with its own history rather than as a variant of belief.
Polity
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Oxford Handbook of Atheism
Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2013
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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