Home›Places of Worship›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 Results6 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll5,000,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll5,000,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (3)Independent Survey (4)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Era of Decline End YearAll1976 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1966 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (1)Established (1)No Establishment (1)Varies by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (2)Customary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll1969-12-31 (1)2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2015-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2017-01-01 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (2)2021-05-12 (1)2026-08-13 (1)Origin Period End YearAll479 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)632 (1)712 (1)1800 (1)1863 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll586 BCE (1)551 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)610 (1)1700 (1)1844 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (1)Marriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)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 (2)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (4)Standard Rate ExpectedAllNineteen percent. (1)Ten percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (6)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (2)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (1)Monotheistic: one God (3)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBahá’í FaithTradition1 entryConfucianismTradition1 entryHaitian VodouTradition1 entryIslamTradition1 entryJudaismTradition1 entryShintoTradition3 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.