Home›Secular / Nontheistic›DenominationsBrowse ByDenominationsThis page groups religions by how many internal denominations or branches they have split into over time. Wikipedia notes that Protestantism alone, having separated from the Catholic Church in the Reformation, "is split into thousands of denominations." Browsing this way lets a visitor see which traditions have stayed largely unified and which have fragmented into many distinct bodies.FactsLearn MoreDenominationsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedConsidered life-stances that answer the questions religion answers - what there is, how to live, what to do about death - without a god, and which can therefore be compared with religions on the same terms. Some are organised; others are positions rather than institutions. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard object of study: non-religion is now researched by the same methods and in the same departments as religion, and the field distinguishes atheism, agnosticism, humanism and indifference rather than treating them as one thing. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligions 1Learn MoreSecular and Nontheistic Worldviews This group gathers secular and nontheistic worldviews: considered life-stances that answer the questions religions address (meaning, ethics, the human situation) without appeal to gods or the supernatural. They appear in the atlas because they occupy the same ground as religion in human life. The browser will find worldviews such as secular humanism, atheism and related stances. The atlas treats each as a coherent position with its own history and reasoning, not merely as the absence of belief.DenominationsFilter Results4 entriesBasis of the Education Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (3)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Date of Separation End YearAll1876 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll1873 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllEthical practice held prior to and independent of theological agreement (1)Ethics grounded in reason and human experience, without the supernatural (3)Religious claims assessed, and rejected, on evidential grounds (1)Education Facility Count As OfAll1878-12-31 (1)GovernanceAllA federation of autonomous member organisations (3)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (1)No central authority (1)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll1877-12-31 (1)Membership Figure As OfAll1930-01-01 (1)1985-01-01 (1)2022-12-31 (1)2024-12-31 (1)2026-08-16 (1)OrdinationAllNo ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (3)Open to women and men (2)Origin Period End YearAll1876 (1)1941 (1)1952 (1)2007 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1876 (1)1941 (1)1952 (1)2004 (1)Place of OriginAllAmsterdam (1)New York City (1)The United States (1)The United States and Britain (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (3)Relation to the StateAllNo Establishment (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAmerican Humanist AssociationDenominations1 entryEthical CultureDenominations1 entryHumanists InternationalDenominations1 entryNew AtheismDenominations1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Oxford Handbook of Atheismtier 1Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse (eds.), Oxford University Press, 20133. Recognizing the Non-religious: Reimagining the Seculartier 1Lois Lee, Oxford University Press, 2015Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.