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Affirmation Of

This page groups beliefs by the specific claim each one affirms as true. Wikipedia notes that "a belief is a subjective attitude that something is true or a state of affairs is the case." Browsing by affirmation-of lets a visitor find every belief that affirms the same underlying claim.

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What Defines This Grouping
The central affirmations of a tradition, stated one at a time. What counts as a core tenet is set by each tradition, and traditions differ over whether assent to stated propositions is what makes a member: creedal Christianity and Islam draw such lists explicitly, while Judaism, Hinduism and most Indigenous traditions do not. 2
Status
Standing as a Comparative Category
Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 3
Directory
Category
Beliefs & Restrictions 1
Comparison
Primary Academic Discipline
Comparative Religion 4
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The core tenets

This group gathers the core tenets of the traditions, the central affirmations and defining beliefs that stand at the heart of a religion or worldview, the doctrines a tradition holds as essential to its identity. It is the largest belief grouping in the atlas.

The browser will find the core tenets the atlas gathers from across the traditions. The entries describe each belief in its own terms, distinguishing what a tradition affirms of itself from the historical and comparative perspective of scholarship.

Affirmation Of
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Ahura Mazda

Affirmation Of
1 entry

The Arhat Ideal

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Barakah

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Bardo

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Believer's Baptism

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Buddha-nature

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Continuing Revelation

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Covenant

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Dependent origination

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Dzogchen

Affirmation Of
1 entry

The Filioque

Affirmation Of
1 entry

The Four Noble Truths

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Halakha

Affirmation Of
2 entries

Imamate

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Inner Light

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Justification

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Kami

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Karma

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Mahamudra

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Miaphysitism

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Ordination of Women

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Original sin

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Papal primacy and infallibility

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Prakriti

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Primacy of Honor Among Orthodox Churches

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Progressive Revelation

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Purgatory

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Purity and pollution

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Purusha

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Resurrection

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Salvation

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Samsara

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Separation of Church and State

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Sunyata

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Theosis

Affirmation Of
1 entry

Trinity

Affirmation Of
1 entry

The Two Truths

Affirmation Of
1 entry
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source
3. Belief, Language, and Experience
Rodney Needham, Basil Blackwell, 1972
4. Wikipedia: Comparative religion
WikipediaComparative religion, opening definition
Quote, Comparative religion, opening definition
Comparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.
View the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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