Home›Founders›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.TraditionComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)TraditionFilter Results5 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)17,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)17,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (4)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (3)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Varies by Province (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (2)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (4)2022-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)50 (1)632 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)1830 (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 (3)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 StatusAllLiving, 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 TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)TheologyAllMonistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (4)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristianityTradition3 entriesHinduismTradition1 entryIslamTradition3 entriesJudaismTradition1 entryLatter Day Saint MovementTradition1 entryComments (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.