List of religious movements that began in the United States explained
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
19th century
- 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
- Restoration Movement, 1800s
- 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
- Adventist/Millerites, 1840s
- Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1863
- 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
- Pentecostalism, 1901
- Jewish Science, early 20th century
- Rosicrucian Fellowship (Esoteric Christianity, Western Theosophy, Western mystery tradition), 1909 (1313)
- Oneness Pentecostalism, 1913
- Moorish Science Temple of America, 1913
- Reconstructionist Judaism, 1922
- Nation of Islam, founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace Fard Muhammad in July 1930
- Spiritual Christian (Dukh-i-zhizniki), 1928
- Urantia Foundation, 1934/1950
- Huna (New Age), 1936
- Arcane School / Lucis Trust, 1937
- Church of Aphrodite, 1938
- Scientology, 1954
- Peoples Temple, 1955
- Branch Davidians, 1955
- Universal Life Church, 1959
- Discordianism, 1963
- Humanistic Judaism, 1963
- Reformed Druids of North America, 1963
- Moorish Orthodox Church of America, 1964
- Eckankar, 1965
- Church of Satan (LaVeyan Satanism), 1966
- Native Ukrainian National Faith, mid-1960s
- Carlebach movement, late 1960s
- Goddess movement, late 1960s
- Universal Eclectic Wicca, 1969
- Georgian Wicca, 1970
- Neoshamanism
- Jewish Renewal, mid-1970s
- Church of the SubGenius, 1970s
- Dianic Wicca, 1970s
- Heaven's Gate, 1970s
- Kemetism, 1970s
- The Creativity Movement, 1973
- Jews for Jesus, 1973
- Ausar Auset Society, 1973
- Conservadox Judaism, 1984
- Kabbalah Centre, 1984
- Kemetic Orthodoxy, 1988
- Endeavor Academy (Course in Miracles), 1992
- Dudeism, 1998
21st century
See also
References
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Notes and References
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- Book: Smith . John Howard . The First Great Awakening: Redefining Religion in British America, 1725–1775 . 2014 . Fairleigh Dickinson University Press . London.
- Book: Bonomi, Patricia U. . Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America. 1986. Oxford University Press. 9780199729111 .