| RELIGION | FOUNDER | YEAR | PLACE |
| Ancestor Worship | Evolved over several centuries | China | |
| Baha'I | Mirza Ali Muhammad | 1850 | Iran |
| Bilalians (Black Muslims) | Timothy Drew (aka Nobel Drew Ali) | 1910's | Newark, NJ |
| Buddhism | Siddhartha Gautama | c.500 B.C. | India |
| Zen Buddhism | Bodhidharma | 520 | China |
| Confucianism | Confucius | c.500 B.C. | China |
| Hinduism | Vedas Writings | c.500 B.C. | India |
| Hare Krishnas (Iskon) (Hinduism) | Swami Prabhupada | 1965 | New York, NY |
| Islam (Muslims) | Mohammed | A.D. 622 | Medina, Saudi Arabia |
| Jehovah Witness | Charles Taze Russell | 1879 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Judaism | God | c.1850 B.C. | Ur, S. Babylonia |
| Mormon (Latter-day Saints) | Joseph Smith | 1829 | New York, NY |
| Radio Church of God (Worldwide Church of God) | Herbert W. Armstrong | 1934 | U.S.A. |
| Rosicrucians | H. Spencer Lewis | 1915 | New York, NY |
| Shintoism | Evolved over several centuries | Japan | |
| Spiritualism | Margaret and Kate Fox | 1848 | New York, NY |
| Taoism | Lao-Tse | c.580 B.C. | China |
| Theosophy | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky | 1875 | New York, NY |
| Transcendental Meditation (Hinduism) | Maharishi Yogi | 1970 | India |
| Unification Church | Sun Myung Moon | 1945 | Korea |
| Unitarianism | Francis David | 1550's | Transylvania |
| Universalism | James Relly | 1700's | England |
| Unitarian-Universalist | From Unit. & Univ. Religions | 1961 | U.S.A. |
| Zoroasterism | Zoraster compiled ancient teaching | 1000-600 B.C. | Iran |
See Figure, The History of the Catholic Church
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