Home›Hinduism Roles›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups roles by the religion that names them. Wikipedia notes that "in Islam, a religious leader is often formally or informally known as an imam, caliph, qadi, mufti, sheikh, mullah, muezzin, or an ulema." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every role from one religious tradition together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Roles & Titles 1TraditionFilter Results4 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll5,000,000 (1)30,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll4,000,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (2)National Census (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (3)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Varies by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (3)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2001-01-01 (1)2001-03-01 (1)2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-01 (1)2011-03-01 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2020-01-01 (2)2021-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (2)1708 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)600 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)1499 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (3)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)TheologyAllMonistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismTradition3 entriesHinduismTradition13 entriesJainismTradition2 entriesSikhismTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity 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.