This page groups beliefs by the era their classic formulation was fixed in. Wikipedia notes that thinkers have described beliefs "as representations of ways that the world could be (Jerry Fodor), as dispositions to act as if certain things are true (Roderick Chisholm)," each account tied to its own period. Browsing by origin period lets a visitor compare how old one belief's formulation is against another.
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Overview
What Defines This GroupingThe 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 CategoryUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 3 Comparison
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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.
18th century
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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 definitionQuote, 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.
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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