Home›Poets & Writers›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups historical figures by the religious tradition they belonged to or helped shape, connecting a person to the belief system that claims them. Wikipedia describes a tradition as "a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past." Browsing this way lets a visitor read every founder, reformer or teacher from one tradition together, rather than finding them scattered by century.FactsTraditionConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1TraditionFilter Results6 entriesEraAll-43 to 17 (1)-70 to -19 (1)-750 to -650 (1)-750 to -700 (1)1265 to 1321 (1)1548 to 1606 (1)1860 to 1911 (1)845 to 903 (1)Place of ActivityAllCambridge (1)Haarlem (1)Indiana (1)Ios (1)Italy (2)Japan (1)Oxford (1)Romania (1)Rome (1)Salisbury (1)Turkey (1)GenderAllMale (6)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (6)Historicity debated (1)Veneration StatusAllHistorically Significant but Not Venerated (3)Officially Recognized or Venerated (3)Popularly or Locally Venerated (1)Manner Of DeathAllDied of natural causes (3)Disputed (1)NationalityAllAncient Greece (1)Armenia (1)County of Flanders (1)Italy (1)Japan (1)Roman Empire (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (1)Revered InAllChristianity (1)Islam (1)Shinto (1)Adherents Today MaximumAll2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (3)Era of Decline End YearAll400 (1)529 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll380 (2)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Varies by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2004-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2020-01-01 (2)Origin Period End YearAll700 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)50 (1)632 (1)712 (1)1895 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1400 BCE (1)750 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)1880 (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)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (2)Living, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (2)Living tradition, practised today (4)TheologyAllAnimist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Monotheistic: one God (2)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAncient Greek ReligionTradition2 entriesChristianityTradition6 entriesIslamTradition1 entryNew ThoughtTradition1 entryRoman ReligionTradition2 entriesShintoTradition1 entryConnectionsAssociated WithRome, Cities Well-attested This source names Rome directly: "Greek religion, Virgil and Ovid for Rome, Dante for medieval Christendom."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Historical FiguresDivinity 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.