Home›East Asia and Central Asia›Principal Tradition OfBrowse ByPrincipal Tradition OfThis page groups sacred regions by their formal rank within one specific faith. Wikipedia notes that Jerusalem "is the holiest city in Judaism and Christianity and the third-holiest city in Islam (behind Mecca and Medina in the Arabian Peninsula)." Browsing by principal-tradition-of lets a visitor find every region holding the same rank within its faith.FactsPrincipal Tradition OfSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Principal Tradition OfFilter Results11 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll121,962 (1)324,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll111,691 (1)324,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (5)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (4)Era of Decline End YearAll1600 (1)1976 (2)Era of Decline Start YearAll600 (1)651 (1)1966 (2)Era of Modern Revival End YearAll2000 (2)Era of Modern Revival Start YearAll1990 (2)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (2)Established (1)Varies by Province (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2004-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2015-01-01 (1)2016-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2018-01-01 (2)2020-01-01 (3)2021-01-01 (1)2023-08-30 (1)Origin Period End YearAll600 BCE (1)479 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)50 (1)142 (1)277 (1)632 (1)712 (1)800 (1)1100 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)551 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)30 (1)240 (1)610 (1)700 (1)1000 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (1)Living, and practised in varied local forms (5)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (4)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (10)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (2)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (1)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (4)Dualist: two opposed cosmic principles (2)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (3)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Polytheistic: many gods (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBonPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryBuddhismPrincipal Tradition Of11 entriesChristianityPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryConfucianismPrincipal Tradition Of2 entriesIslamPrincipal Tradition Of2 entriesManichaeismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryShintoPrincipal Tradition Of2 entriesSiberian ShamanismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryTaoismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryTengrismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryZoroastrianismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (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.