Home›Communities›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 Results11 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll13,000 (1)5,000,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)30,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll13,000 (1)4,000,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (6)National Census (3)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (5)Era of Decline End YearAll1976 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1966 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (1)Varies by Province (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (4)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Membership Figure As OfAll1990-01-01 (1)2001-01-01 (2)2001-03-01 (1)2008-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (4)2011-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2011-03-01 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2014-01-01 (1)2016-01-01 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (4)2021-01-01 (2)2022-01-01 (1)2023-08-30 (1)2026-08-14 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (3)50 (1)142 (1)632 (1)1708 (1)1850 (1)1900 (1)1940 (1)1954 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll600 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)1499 (1)1500 (1)1800 (1)1900 (1)1946 (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 (2)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 (5)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (5)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (2)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (11)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (3)Duotheistic: a divine pair (1)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (3)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (4)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismTradition3 entriesCandombléTradition1 entryChristianityTradition5 entriesIslamTradition9 entriesJainismTradition3 entriesJudaismTradition3 entriesQuimbandaTradition1 entrySantería (Lucumí)Tradition1 entrySikhismTradition2 entriesTaoismTradition1 entryWiccaTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity 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.