Home›Africa›Principal TraditionBrowse ByPrincipal TraditionThis page groups sacred regions by the religions that actually treat them as holy. Wikipedia notes that "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam attach substantial spiritual value to the Holy Land." Browsing by principal-tradition lets a visitor find every region treated as holy by the same religions.FactsPrincipal TraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Principal TraditionFilter Results8 entriesParent RegionAllCentral Africa (1)West Africa (2)Principal Tradition OfAllBwiti (1)Christianity (6)Islam (4)Judaism (3)Kongo Religion (1)San Religion (3)Waaqeffanna (3)Zulu Traditional Religion (3)Sacred ToAllChristianity (2)Kongo Religion (1)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (2)Modern AreaAllAlgeria (3)Angola (1)Benin (2)Botswana (3)Burkina Faso (2)Burundi (3)Cabo Verde (2)Cameroon (1)Central African Republic (1)Chad (1)Comoros (3)Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)Djibouti (3)Egypt (3)Equatorial Guinea (1)Eritrea (3)Eswatini (3)Ethiopia (3)Gabon (1)Gambia (2)Ghana (2)Guinea (2)Guinea-Bissau (2)Ivory Coast (2)Kenya (3)Lesotho (3)Liberia (2)Libya (3)Madagascar (3)Malawi (3)Mali (2)Mauritania (2)Mauritius (3)Morocco (3)Mozambique (3)Namibia (3)Niger (2)Nigeria (2)Republic of the Congo (1)Rwanda (3)Sao Tome and Principe (1)Senegal (2)Seychelles (3)Sierra Leone (2)Somalia (3)South Africa (3)South Sudan (3)Sudan (3)Tanzania (3)Togo (2)Tunisia (3)Uganda (3)Zambia (3)Zimbabwe (3)Sacred LanguagesAllArabic (4)English (2)French (1)Ge'ez (3)Latin (4)Swahili (3)Yoruba (2)Adherents Today MaximumAll5,000,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll1,095,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (3)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Varies by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (3)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (1)50 (1)632 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll586 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (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 (2)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 (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (3)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (7)Suppressed, then revived (1)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (3)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Duotheistic: a divine pair (1)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (3)Monotheistic: one God (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBwitiPrincipal Tradition1 entryChristianityPrincipal Tradition9 entriesIslamPrincipal Tradition7 entriesJudaismPrincipal Tradition1 entryKongo ReligionPrincipal Tradition1 entrySan ReligionPrincipal Tradition1 entryWaaqeffannaPrincipal Tradition1 entryZulu Traditional ReligionPrincipal Tradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: RegionsComments (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.