Home›Core Tenets›Subject›Knowledge and reasonBrowse ByKnowledge and reasonThis 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 MoreKnowledge and reasonSourcesComments (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.Knowledge and reasonFilter Results16 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllBinding, without a formal definition (10)Genuinely disputed within the tradition (3)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (3)Standard teaching, not formally defined (3)Origin Period Start YearAll1624 (1)1869 (1)Affirmation OfAllThe Two Truths (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (5)TraditionAllChabad-Lubavitch (1)Gelug (3)Ismailism (1)Jonang (1)Kagyu (1)Karma Kagyu (1)Madhyamaka (2)Mahayana (1)Nichiren (1)Nyingma (1)Quranism (1)Rinzai (1)Sakya (1)Shia (Twelver) (2)Shingon (1)Soto (1)Sunni (1)Tendai (2)Tiantai (2)Tibetan Buddhism (1)Vajrayana (1)Zaidiyyah (1)Zen (1)ObligationAllObligatory (9)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16Al-Masalih al-Mursala: Unstated Public Benefit Is a Ground for RulingKnowledge and reasonAnalogical Reasoning Is Not a Source of LawKnowledge and reasonAql: Reason Stands Beside Quran, Sunna and Consensus as a Source of LawKnowledge and reasonContemplative Prayer Worked Through the Faculties of Chochmah, Binah and DaatKnowledge and reasonFormal debate as a means of realizationKnowledge and reasonGood and Evil Are Knowable by ReasonKnowledge and reasonGood and Evil Are Known Only Through RevelationKnowledge and reasonIstihsan: A Jurist May Set Aside a Strict Analogy for a Better RulingKnowledge and reasonJuristic Preference Is Not a Valid Source of LawKnowledge and reasonMiracles and revealed prophecy are not credibleKnowledge and reasonQiyas: Analogical Reasoning Is a Source of LawKnowledge and reasonReligious truth is known by reason, not revelationKnowledge and reasonThe middle way avoids both eternalism and annihilationismKnowledge and reasonThe threefold truth: emptiness, provisional existence and the middleKnowledge and reasonThe two truths, conventional and ultimateKnowledge and reasonWhether any god exists is unknown and may be unknowableKnowledge and reasonSources1. 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.