Home›Kings›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups figures by the wider religious tradition that recognizes them. Wikipedia notes that "within Christianity, veneration is practiced by groups such as the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, all of which have varying types of canonization or glorification processes." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every figure from one religious tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRulers whose reigns carry religious weight: anointed kings of the biblical narrative, sacred monarchs, and legendary sovereigns of a golden age. Sacred kingship is a genuine comparative topic, but the grounds on which a king counts as sacred, covenant and anointing, descent from a god, or legend rather than record, are not the same. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe Kings This group gathers kings, the royal figures of sacred narrative, rulers whose reigns carry religious weight, whether as anointed servants of God, as sacred monarchs, or as legendary sovereigns of a tradition's golden age. The browser will find the kingly figures the atlas classes here, such as the anointed kings of the biblical narrative and the sacred rulers of other traditions. The entries describe each within their story.TraditionFilter Results16 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll121,962 (1)14,800,000 (1)17,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll111,691 (1)14,800,000 (1)17,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (2)Independent Survey (6)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (5)Era of Decline End YearAll100 (1)400 (1)529 (1)550 (1)700 (1)1200 (1)1600 (1)1976 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll100 BCE (1)300 (1)380 (3)651 (1)1000 (1)1521 (1)1966 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (2)Established (1)Varies by Province (4)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (4)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2004-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (4)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2013-01-01 (1)2015-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (5)2022-01-01 (1)2025-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll3000 BCE (2)700 BCE (1)600 BCE (1)500 BCE (2)479 BCE (1)400 BCE (2)100 BCE (1)50 (1)632 (1)712 (1)800 (1)1428 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll3500 BCE (1)3300 BCE (1)1500 BCE (2)1400 BCE (1)750 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)551 BCE (1)500 BCE (3)300 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)1325 (1)1830 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (3)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Interest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (7)Living, and practised in varied local forms (3)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (5)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (7)Living tradition, practised today (9)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (1)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Dualist: two opposed cosmic principles (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (5)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (9)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAncient Egyptian ReligionTradition3 entriesAncient Greek ReligionTradition4 entriesAztec ReligionTradition1 entryBuddhismTradition7 entriesCeltic PaganismTradition1 entryChristianityTradition9 entriesConfucianismTradition3 entriesHinduismTradition3 entriesIslamTradition1 entryJudaismTradition8 entriesLatter Day Saint MovementTradition1 entryMesopotamian ReligionTradition1 entryNorse PaganismTradition1 entryRoman ReligionTradition2 entriesShintoTradition2 entriesZoroastrianismTradition2 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005Entry Kingship, sacredView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.