Home›Africa›Principal Tradition OfBrowse ByPrincipal Tradition OfThis page groups sacred regions by their formal rank within one specific faith. Wikipedia notes that Jerusalem "is the holiest city in Judaism and Christianity and the third-holiest city in Islam (behind Mecca and Medina in the Arabian Peninsula)." Browsing by principal-tradition-of lets a visitor find every region holding the same rank within its faith.FactsPrincipal Tradition OfSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Principal Tradition OfFilter Results8 entriesParent RegionAllCentral Africa (1)West Africa (2)Principal TraditionAllBwiti (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 Tradition Of1 entryChristianityPrincipal Tradition Of9 entriesIslamPrincipal Tradition Of7 entriesJudaismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryKongo ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 entrySan ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryWaaqeffannaPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryZulu Traditional ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 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.