Brain Game: Glorious Rug Pies

Here are 12 anagrams with related solutions. If you solve one or two of them, you'll learn the theme, and the rest will likely come easier. Good luck!

AUNT RAISIN SPIT STAB DISC OF CIPHER LISTS DEVASTATED SHINY VENTS BRITNEY SPEARS THUDS BIDS PIANO SPECIALS HEWS HEAVEN'S JOISTS LEARN THUS EMINENT SON MISS THE DOT CAROL MACINTOSH

Here are the ANSWERS.

THE ANSWERS:

AUNT RAISIN = UNITARIANS

SPIT STAB = BAPTISTS

DISC OF CIPHER LISTS = DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

DEVASTATED SHINY VENTS = SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS

BRITNEY SPEARS = PRESBYTERIANS

THUDS BIDS = BUDDHISTS

PIANO SPECIALS = EPISCOPALIANS

HEWS HEAVEN'S JOISTS = JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

LEARN THUS = LUTHERANS

EMINENT SON = MENNONITES

MISS THE DOT = METHODISTS

CAROL MACINTOSH = ROMAN CATHOLICS

(and GLORIOUS RUG PIES = RELIGIOUS GROUPS)