Home›Core Tenets›Subject›Human natureBrowse ByHuman natureThis 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 MoreHuman natureSourcesComments (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.Human natureFilter Results7 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllBinding, without a formal definition (3)Defined and binding within this tradition (2)Genuinely disputed within the tradition (1)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (1)Standard teaching, not formally defined (2)The mainstream position, not formally binding (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1546 (1)Affirmation OfAllBuddha-nature (1)Original sin (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (5)TraditionAllAmerican Humanist Association (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of Greece (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Divine Science (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethical Culture (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Feri Tradition (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Humanists International (1)Jonang (1)Kagyu (1)Karma Kagyu (1)Mahayana (1)Nichiren (1)Nichiren Shoshu (1)Nyingma (1)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Pure Land (1)Religious Science (Centers for Spiritual Living) (2)Rinzai (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Seicho-no-Ie (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)Shingon (1)Soka Gakkai (1)Soto (1)Tendai (1)Tiantai (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Unity (Unity School of Christianity) (2)Vajrayana (1)Zen (1)ObligationAllObligatory (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Ancestral Sin as Inherited Mortality Rather Than Inherited GuiltHuman natureBuddha-nature in all beingsHuman natureHuman beings are responsible for their own meaning and purposeHuman natureOriginal Sin as Inherited Guilt Removed in BaptismHuman natureThe Three Souls and ecstatic personal powerHuman natureThere Is No Original Sin and No Substitutionary AtonementHuman natureThought Directed Rightly Shapes Health and CircumstanceHuman natureSources1. 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.