Home›Ethical Practices›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups practices by the culture that gives them their inherited meaning. Wikipedia notes that Roman religious cultus was "an activity fundamental to Roman identity even when Rome as a political center had become fully urbanized." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every practice belonging to one culture together, rather than finding them scattered by category.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedStanding commitments a tradition treats as conduct rather than as rite - non-injury, refusal of a medical procedure on doctrinal grounds, the provision of ceremony and pastoral care without religious content. The grouping is defined by the absence of a ritual form rather than by a shared ethic, and its members do not agree with one another. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPractices 1Learn MoreThe Ethical Practices This group holds ethical practices, the disciplines of right conduct and moral cultivation by which the traditions train character and shape behaviour toward others: the keeping of precepts, the practice of virtue, and the examination of conscience. The browser will find ethical practices from various traditions. The entries describe each practice's form and the moral vision it serves, noting the tradition to which it belongs.TraditionFilter Results10 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll21,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll9,043,460 (1)Basis of the Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (5)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (5)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllGovernment Disclosure (1)Regulator Filing (2)Church FamilyAllRestorationist (1)Date of Separation End YearAll200 (2)1815 (1)1876 (1)1931 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll100 (2)1772 (1)1810 (1)1917 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (1)Full mendicancy requires the abandonment of clothing (1)Halakha binding and not subject to historical revision (2)Halakha binding, with secular education, work and civic participation affirmed rather than merely tolerated (1)Liberation is attained only from a man's birth (1)Mendicants wear white cloth (1)Non-trinitarian: the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity is not held (1)Restorationist: holds the apostolic church to have been lost and restored (1)The Agama canon accepted as authentically preserved (1)The original canon held to have been lost (1)The tzaddik or rebbe as spiritual intermediary and head of the community (2)The tzaddik or rebbe as spiritual intermediary and head of the community (2)Women may attain liberation from a woman's birth (1)Documented Accused CountAll1 (1)6 (1)1006 (1)GovernanceAllA single central governing body over the whole movement (2)Authority in trained scholars, with no central office (2)Authority through a shaykh and an initiatic chain (1)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (2)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (1)Lay boards or trusts govern, alongside the priesthood (2)No central authority (5)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation, Ruled Unenforceable (1)Customary Norm (1)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll2012-06-30 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllAramaic (3)Ardhamagadhi Prakrit (1)Classical Arabic (1)Hebrew (6)Jain Shauraseni Prakrit (1)Sanskrit (2)The vernacular (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2000-04-01 (1)2000-08-31 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2011-01-01 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2012-01-02 (1)2012-01-03 (1)2013-01-01 (3)2014-01-01 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2021-05-11 (1)2021-05-12 (1)2022-05-03 (1)2024-08-31 (1)OrdinationAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (1)Conferred by appointment from a higher authority (1)No successor by deliberate choice (1)Office passes by descent (2)Open to women and men (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (2)Restricted to men (5)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (1)Origin Period End YearAll200 (1)454 (1)1200 (1)1772 (1)1797 (1)1810 (1)1850 (1)1931 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll100 (2)750 (1)1740 (1)1775 (1)1800 (2)1802 (1)1870 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (2)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (2)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (3)Relation to the StateAllNo Establishment (1)Privileged Never Established (1)Settlement TotalAll4,016,152.39 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (10)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2016 (1)2022 (1)2025 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBreslov HasidismTradition1 entryChabad-LubavitchTradition1 entryDigambaraTradition1 entryHaredi JudaismTradition1 entryHasidic JudaismTradition1 entryJehovah's WitnessesTradition1 entryModern Orthodox JudaismTradition1 entryOrthodox JudaismTradition1 entrySufismTradition1 entrySvetambaraTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View 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.