Home›Lineages›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups structures by the religion that builds and names them. Wikipedia notes that "among religions still active: Hinduism (whose temples are called mandir or kovil), Buddhism (whose temples are called vihara), Sikhism (whose temples are called gurudwara)." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every structure from one religious tradition together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Organization & Structure 1TraditionFilter Results4 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll5,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll4,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (2)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Era of Decline End YearAll1976 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1966 (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Varies by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (1)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2001-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2011-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2016-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2021-01-01 (2)2023-08-30 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (1)142 (1)632 (1)712 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll600 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)300 BCE (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)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (2)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)TheologyAllAnimist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareIslamTradition1 entryJainismTradition3 entriesShintoTradition1 entryTaoismTradition2 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, Second 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.