Home›Objects of Divine Presence›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred objects by the theological framework that explains why they matter. Wikipedia quotes Dom Bernardo Cignitti's account that "the mortal remains of the deceased are associated in some manner with the holiness of their souls which await reunion with their bodies in the resurrection." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor see the specific belief that gives an object its meaning.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Objects & Ritual Items 1TraditionFilter Results6 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (2)Independent Survey (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Era of Decline End YearAll1976 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1966 (1)Era of Modern Revival End YearAll2000 (1)Era of Modern Revival Start YearAll1990 (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Established (1)Varies by Province (1)FounderAllConfucius (Kongzi, 551-479 BCE) (1)None (1)Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2006-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2015-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2025-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll479 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)712 (1)800 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll551 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)700 (1)Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Living, and practised in varied local forms (3)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (6)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (2)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (3)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismTradition1 entryConfucianismTradition1 entryHopi ReligionTradition1 entryKorean MuismTradition2 entriesShintoTradition2 entriesTengrismTradition1 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.