Home›Historians, Ethnographers & Scholars of Religion›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups historical figures by the religious tradition they belonged to or helped shape, connecting a person to the belief system that claims them. Wikipedia describes a tradition as "a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past." Browsing this way lets a visitor read every founder, reformer or teacher from one tradition together, rather than finding them scattered by century.FactsTraditionConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1TraditionFilter Results6 entriesEraAll-484 to -425 (1)1066 to 1081 (1)1499 to 1590 (1)1524 to 1579 (1)1529 to 1585 (1)1535 to 1616 (1)1539 to 1616 (1)1573 to 1647 (1)1578 to 1650 (1)1579 to 1660 (1)1602 to 1680 (1)1832 to 1918 (1)1851 to 1930 (1)1869 to 1937 (1)1886 to 1951 (1)1897 to 1982 (1)1909 to 2005 (1)37 to 100 (1)56 to 120 (1)973 to 1050 (1)Place of ActivityAllAfghanistan (1)Avignon (1)Berlin (1)Bremen (1)Cairo (1)Cusco (1)Germany (1)India (1)Jerusalem (1)London (1)Mexico (1)Paris (1)Peru (1)Rome (2)Samos (1)Spain (1)Tehran (1)United States (1)GenderAllFemale (1)Male (6)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (6)Veneration StatusAllHistorically Significant but Not Venerated (5)Officially Recognized or Venerated (2)Manner Of DeathAllDied of natural causes (1)NationalityAllAncient Greece (1)Egypt (1)Germany (2)Iran (1)Japan (1)Peru (1)Roman Empire (2)Spain (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (2)Revered InAllChristianity (1)Islam (1)Judaism (1)Shinto (1)Test ResultAllDebunked (1)Adherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (3)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Era of Decline End YearAll400 (1)529 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll380 (2)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (1)Varies by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2020-01-01 (3)Origin Period End YearAll700 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)50 (1)632 (1)712 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1400 BCE (1)750 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)30 (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)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (2)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Interest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (2)Living, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (3)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (2)Living tradition, practised today (4)TheologyAllAnimist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Monotheistic: one God (3)Polytheistic: many gods (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAncient Greek ReligionTradition1 entryChristianityTradition14 entriesIslamTradition4 entriesJudaismTradition2 entriesRoman ReligionTradition1 entryShintoTradition2 entriesConnectionsAssociated WithMexico, Countries Well-attested This source names Mexico directly: "it: the chroniclers of conquest-era Mexico and Peru, the founders of comparative religion and the history of religions, and the ethnographers who documented shamanism, folk belief and indigenous..."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Peru, Countries Well-attested This source names Peru directly: "chroniclers of conquest-era Mexico and Peru, the founders of comparative religion and the history of religions, and the ethnographers who documented shamanism, folk belief and indigenous ritual..."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Historical FiguresDivinity 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.