Home›Core Tenets›Origin Period Start Year›By Century›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryThis 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.FactsLearn More20th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe 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. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedBeliefs & Restrictions 1ComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 4Learn MoreThe 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.20th centuryFilter Results12 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllBinding, without a formal definition (9)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (3)The mainstream position, not formally binding (2)Affirmation OfAllBaptism in the Holy Spirit (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (5)TraditionAllAlexandrian Wicca (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of Greece (1)Church of Satan (1)Dianic Wicca (2)Eclectic Solitary Wicca (2)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Feri Tradition (1)Gardnerian Wicca (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Nation of Islam (2)Oneness Pentecostalism (1)Pentecostalism (1)Reclaiming (1)Reconstructionist Judaism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Seax-Wica (3)Temple of Set (1)The Satanic Temple (1)SubjectAllCommunity and its boundaries (2)Revelation and scripture (1)Ritual and worship (2)Salvation and liberation (1)Society and politics (1)The nature of the divine (5)ObligationAllObligatory (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Atheistic Satanism (Satan as symbol of the self)20th centuryBaptism in the Holy Spirit20th centuryElijah Muhammad Is the Messenger of God20th centuryExclusive worship of the Goddess20th centuryGod Appeared in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad20th centuryJudaism as an evolving religious civilization20th centuryNorse and Saxon deities (Woden and Freya)20th centurySelf-deification through Xeper20th centurySelf-initiation and open, non-secretive practice20th centuryThe God and the Goddess (divine duality)20th centuryThe Revised Julian Calendar for the Fixed Feasts20th centuryWitchcraft as feminist and activist spirituality20th centurySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source3. Belief, Language, and Experiencetier 1Rodney Needham, Basil Blackwell, 19724. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View 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.