Home›Monotheistic Dualist›DenominationsBrowse ByDenominationsThis page groups religions by how many internal denominations or branches they have split into over time. Wikipedia notes that Protestantism alone, having separated from the Catholic Church in the Reformation, "is split into thousands of denominations." Browsing this way lets a visitor see which traditions have stayed largely unified and which have fragmented into many distinct bodies.FactsLearn MoreDenominationsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedTraditions that affirm one God worthy of worship while treating the cosmos as the arena of a real struggle between opposed principles of good and evil - a struggle that is genuine rather than apparent, and that runs to a decided end. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedContested: monotheistic dualism is a comparative construction, and whether Zoroastrianism is best read as monotheist, dualist or both has been argued within the tradition and in scholarship since antiquity. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligions 1Learn MoreMonotheistic Dualist Religions This group holds religions of a monotheistic-dualist character, traditions that affirm a supreme good God while giving real weight to an opposing principle of evil, so that the cosmos is the arena of a struggle between the two. Zoroastrianism is the classic example, and this outlook influenced later Western thought. The browser will find the traditions the atlas classes here. The entries describe each, noting how it holds together the oneness of the good creator with a genuinely dualistic account of the world.DenominationsFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll57,264 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll57,264 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllNational Census (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAhura Mazda opposed by a destructive principle, made real through good thought, word and deed (2)FounderAllNo founder. (2)GovernanceAllLay boards or trusts govern, alongside the priesthood (2)No central authority (1)Priestly office passing by descent (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Liturgical LanguageAllAvestan (2)Membership Figure As OfAll1941-01-01 (1)2011-01-01 (1)OrdinationAllOffice passes by descent (2)Restricted to men (2)Origin Period End YearAll1000 (1)1800 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll651 (1)700 (1)Relation to the StateAllPrivileged Never Established (2)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareIrani ZoroastrianismDenominations1 entryParsi ZoroastrianismDenominations1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. A History of Zoroastrianismtier 1Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989View the SourceDivinity 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.