List of religious movements that began in the United States
From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2020) |
A list of notable religious movements that had their origins in the United States or the colonies which would form the United States.
18th century[edit]
- Louisiana Voodoo (c. 1720) (French: Vaudou louisianais) describes a set of spiritual beliefs and practices developed from the traditions of the West and Central African diaspora in Louisiana.[1][2]
- Old Lights and New Lights (c. 1730 – 1740) were terms first used during the First Great Awakening in British North America to describe those that supported the awakening (New Lights) and those who were skeptical of the awakening (Old Lights).[a][3][4]
- River Brethren (1770).
- Methodist Episcopal Church (1783).
- Universalist Church of America (1793).
- Longhouse Religion (1799).
19th century[edit]
- Black church, 1790s-onward
- African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church and Connection, 1813
- African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1816
- Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 1870
- National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., 1880
- Original Church of God or Sanctified Church, 1890s
- Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A., 1896
- Church of God in Christ, 1897
- African Orthodox Church, 1921
- Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, 1924
- Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, 1944
- Black theology, 1966
- Reformed Mennonites, 1812
- various subgroups of Amish, throughout 19th and 20th centuries
- American Unitarian Association, 1825
- Unitarian Universalism, 1961 (consolidation of the Universalist Church and the AUA)
- Latter Day Saint movement/Mormonism, 1830
- New Thought Movement, 1830s-onward
- Divine Science, 1888
- Unity Church, 1889
- Science of Mind, 1927
- Adventist/Millerites, 1840s
- Spiritualism, 1840s
- Christadelphians 1848
- Jehovah's Witnesses, 1870 (1931)
- Old Order Mennonites, c.1872
- The Theosophical Society (Eastern Theosophy), 1875
- Ethical Culture, 1877 onward
- Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science), 1879
- Indian Shaker Church, 1881
- Black Hebrew Israelites, 1886
- Ghost Dance, 1889
- Native American Church, 1890s
- Polish National Catholic Church, 1897
20th century[edit]
- Pentecostalism
- The Rosicrucian Fellowship (Esoteric Christianity, Western Theosophy, Western mystery tradition), 1909 (1313)
- Moorish Science Temple of America, 1913
- Reconstructionist Judaism, 1920s
- Jewish Renewal, 1960s
- Nation of Islam, founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace Fard Muhammad in July 1930
- Spiritual Christian (Dukh-i-zhizniki), 1928
- Huna (New Age),1936
- Scientology, 1954
- Peoples Temple, 1955
- Branch Davidians, 1955
- Universal Life Church, 1959
- Discordianism, 1963
- Reformed Druids of North America, 1963
- Moorish Orthodox Church of America, 1964
- Eckankar, 1965
- Church of Satan (LaVeyan Satanism), 1966
- Universal Eclectic Wicca, 1969
- Georgian Wicca, 1970
- Church of the SubGenius, 1970s
- Dianic Wicca, 1970s
- Kemetism, 1970s
- Heaven's Gate, 1970s
- The Creativity Movement, 1973
- Jews for Jesus, 1973
- Ausar Auset Society, 1973
- Kemetic Orthodoxy, 1988
- Endeavor Academy (Course in Miracles), 1992
- Dudeism, 1998
21st century[edit]
- Jediism, 2001
- Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, 2005
- The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, either 2009 or 2010
- Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, 2015
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The terms Old Light and New Lights have been adopted by a wide variety of movements to describe a change and contrast within a wider community.
References[edit]
- ^ Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo (1995). Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Louisiana State University Press.
- ^ Ravitz, Jessica (November 24, 2008). "Unveiling New Orleans Voodoo". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ^ Smith, John Howard (2014). The First Great Awakening: Redefining Religion in British America, 1725–1775. London: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
- ^ Bonomi, Patricia U. (1986). Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199729111.
Bibliography[edit]
- Hall, D. D. (2019). The Puritans: A transatlantic history. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Koester, N. (2015). Introduction to the history of Christianity in the United States: Revised and expanded. London: Fortress Press.
- Noll, M. (2019). A history of Christianity in the United States and Canada (2nd ed.). New York: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
