Home›Endowments›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups structures by the religion that builds and names them. Wikipedia notes that "among religions still active: Hinduism (whose temples are called mandir or kovil), Buddhism (whose temples are called vihara), Sikhism (whose temples are called gurudwara)." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every structure from one religious tradition together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Organization & Structure 1TraditionFilter Results3 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll2,000,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,000,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Era of Decline End YearAll100 (1)550 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll100 BCE (1)380 (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll3000 BCE (2)632 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll3500 BCE (1)3300 BCE (1)610 (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)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (2)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (2)Living tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAncient Egyptian ReligionTradition1 entryIslamTradition1 entryMesopotamian ReligionTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, Second 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.