Home›Charms›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred objects by the theological framework that explains why they matter. Wikipedia quotes Dom Bernardo Cignitti's account that "the mortal remains of the deceased are associated in some manner with the holiness of their souls which await reunion with their bodies in the resurrection." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor see the specific belief that gives an object its meaning.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Objects & Ritual Items 1TraditionFilter Results9 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (5)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Era of Decline End YearAll550 (1)600 (1)1200 (1)1976 (2)Era of Decline Start YearAll300 (1)380 (1)1000 (1)1966 (2)Era of Modern Revival End YearAll1471 (1)Era of Modern Revival Start YearAll1463 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (1)Varies by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (3)Membership Figure As OfAll2006-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2016-01-01 (2)2016-12-31 (1)2018-01-01 (2)2020-01-01 (3)2021-01-01 (1)2023-08-30 (1)2025-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll3000 BCE (1)1046 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)50 (1)142 (1)300 (1)632 (1)712 (1)800 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll3300 BCE (1)1600 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)1 (1)30 (1)610 (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 (2)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 (2)Living, and practised in varied local forms (4)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (3)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (3)Living tradition, practised today (6)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (1)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (2)Emanationist: reality proceeds from an ineffable One (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (2)Monotheistic: one God (3)Polytheistic: many gods (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAncient Egyptian ReligionTradition1 entryChinese Folk ReligionTradition1 entryChristianityTradition1 entryHermeticismTradition1 entryIslamTradition3 entriesJudaismTradition2 entriesNorse PaganismTradition1 entryShintoTradition2 entriesTaoismTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity 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.