religion and humanity

Similar to this post about religions that take Christianity, and combined it with the local culture to make a new religion, this is based on gnosticism. What would be an interesting religion or mythology that would be interesting if it was subverted and such a way, that the good guys are the...

You may be wondering, what do I mean by Islamic style religions? Well, Islam is (to put it in an anthropological way) an Abrahamic faith with heavy Arabic influence. This thought was inspired by this map on DeviantART based off an alternate history scenario from Venusian Si. I wonder what...

Point of departure--the Emperor Justinian declared Buddhism, not Christianity, to be the religion of the state.

This thread, is to discuss, which times and places in human history pre-1900 OTL had the right social, political, and economic conditions for either a new religion, or a radically different interpretation of an existing one, that somehow didn't come to pass in IOTL. Also, this thread is to...

I have always Wondered how did India manage to retain its own religion, despite the fact it was under Islamic Rule since the 12th Century CE, even if you take all of South Asia into account, Hinduism is still the biggest religion in India, How was it able to resist while Persia and North African...