Home›Poetry and Verse Collection›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups literary works by the religion that treats them as authoritative. Wikipedia notes that "within each religion, these texts are revered as authoritative sources of guidance, wisdom, and divine revelation." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every work revered by the same religion together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedLiterary Works 1TraditionFilter Results3 entriesAdherents Today MinimumAll6,630,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Date of Separation End YearAll1879 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll1879 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllLeadership by the community's election of the most qualified, without descent (1)Non-trinitarian: the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity is not held (1)Shiva as the supreme reality (1)GovernanceAllA single central governing body over the whole movement (1)An imam or caliph elected by the community or its electors (1)Authority in monastic seats (mathas) and their heads (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (1)The vernacular (2)Membership Figure As OfAll1936-01-01 (1)1990-01-01 (1)2009-01-01 (1)2015-01-01 (1)OrdinationAllConferred by election (1)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (2)Office passes by descent (1)Open to women and men (1)Origin PeriodAll657 CE, following the Battle of Siffin (1)Origin Period End YearAll657 (1)1879 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll657 (1)1100 (1)1866 (1)Place of OriginAllBoston, Massachusetts (1)Karnataka, in the twelfth century. (1)Kufa, Iraq (1)Relation to the StateAllNo Establishment (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2010 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristian ScienceTradition1 entryKharijitesTradition1 entryLingayatismTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (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.