This page groups religions by the rough size of their following, from faiths with a handful of adherents to the few traditions that dominate world population. Wikipedia notes that the four largest religious groups, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, together "account for 5.8 billion people and 73% of the population." Browsing by size lets a visitor see how a small or newer movement compares in scale to a religion counted in the billions.
Facts
Status
Standing as a Comparative CategoryContested: ethnoreligious is a comparative compound rather than a self-description, and the line between a religion and a people is one that neither these traditions nor their histories draw cleanly. 2 Overview
What Defines This GroupingMonotheistic traditions in which religious identity and membership of a particular people are the same thing, so that the tradition is inherited rather than joined and does not seek converts. 2 Learn More
Ethnoreligious monotheism
This group gathers an ethnoreligious monotheistic tradition, a monotheism bound closely to a particular people and their descent, so that religion and ethnic identity are deeply intertwined and membership is largely by birth.
The browser will find the tradition the atlas classes here. The entries describe it in its own terms, noting how the religion functions as the faith of a specific community rather than a universalising mission.
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
John Bowker (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997s.v. YazidisView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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