Home›Core Tenets›Subject›Community and its boundariesBrowse ByCommunity and its boundariesThis page groups beliefs by what they are actually about. Wikipedia notes that "to believe something is to take it to be true; for instance, to believe that snow is white is comparable to accepting the truth of the proposition 'snow is white.'" Browsing by subject lets a visitor find every belief built around the same underlying topic.FactsLearn MoreCommunity and its boundariesSourcesComments (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.Community and its boundariesFilter Results17 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllBinding, without a formal definition (10)Genuinely disputed within the tradition (2)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (2)Standard teaching, not formally defined (3)The mainstream position, not formally binding (3)Origin Period Start YearAll1559 (1)1699 (1)1876 (1)1934 (1)1988 (1)Affirmation OfAllCovenant (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (8)TraditionAllAlawites (2)Alevism (1)Anglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Beta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Church of England (1)Church of Ireland (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Eclectic Solitary Wicca (2)Haredi Judaism (1)Humanistic Judaism (1)Ibadism (1)Irani Zoroastrianism (2)Ismailism (1)Karaite Judaism (1)Khalsa (1)Kharijites (1)Maronite Church (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Parsi Zoroastrianism (1)Reconstructionist Judaism (2)Reform Judaism (1)Seax-Wica (1)Sect Shinto (1)Shia (Twelver) (1)The Episcopal Church (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Zaidiyyah (1)ObligationAllObligatory (6)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (1)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17A closed community forbidding conversion and intermarriageCommunity and its boundariesA Disciple May Hold No Other Sufi AffiliationCommunity and its boundariesA Muslim Who Commits a Grave Sin Ceases to Be a BelieverCommunity and its boundariesAn Eastern Liturgical Rite in Full Communion With RomeCommunity and its boundariesBelief May Not Be Concealed, Whatever the DangerCommunity and its boundariesInitiation into the KhalsaCommunity and its boundariesJewish Identity Rests on History, Culture and Peoplehood Rather Than on GodCommunity and its boundariesJudaism as an evolving religious civilizationCommunity and its boundariesKitman: The Community May Withhold Its Identity Under Hostile RuleCommunity and its boundariesOrganized founder-led sectsCommunity and its boundariesPreservation of Iranian Zoroastrian traditionCommunity and its boundariesSelf-directed practice drawn from many traditionsCommunity and its boundariesSelf-initiation and open, non-secretive practiceCommunity and its boundariesTaqiyya: Belief May Be Concealed Under ThreatCommunity and its boundariesThe Community's Core Teaching Is Held Closed to All but Initiated MenCommunity and its boundariesThe covenant between God and IsraelCommunity and its boundariesThe via media (middle way)Community and its boundariesSources1. 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.