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Affirmation Of

This page groups beliefs by the specific claim each one affirms as true. Wikipedia notes that "a belief is a subjective attitude that something is true or a state of affairs is the case." Browsing by affirmation-of lets a visitor find every belief that affirms the same underlying claim.

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Rules a tradition states about what may be eaten and how it must be prepared. They rest on unrelated logics and are not one rule: kashrut and halal are laws of permitted species and slaughter; Jain and much Hindu abstention follows from ahimsa, non-injury, and reaches foods those laws never touch; the Latter-day Saint Word of Wisdom rests on a nineteenth-century revelation. 2
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A standard analytic category in the study of religion 3
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Beliefs & Restrictions 1
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The dietary restrictions

This group holds dietary restrictions, the beliefs that govern permitted and forbidden food and drink, from the kosher and halal laws of Judaism and Islam to the vegetarianism of several Indian traditions. Food rules are a visible and daily marker of religious identity and obedience.

The browser will find the dietary restrictions the atlas gathers. The entries describe each rule and its rationale, noting the tradition that observes it.

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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
John Bowker (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997View the Source
3. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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