Home›Ritual Implements›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred objects by the theological framework that explains why they matter. Wikipedia quotes Dom Bernardo Cignitti's account that "the mortal remains of the deceased are associated in some manner with the holiness of their souls which await reunion with their bodies in the resurrection." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor see the specific belief that gives an object its meaning.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Objects & Ritual Items 1TraditionFilter Results21 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll2489 (1)13,000 (1)121,962 (1)5,000,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)30,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2489 (1)13,000 (1)111,691 (1)4,000,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (5)National Census (4)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (5)Era of Decline End YearAll700 (1)1200 (1)1572 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll300 (1)651 (1)1000 (1)1533 (1)Era of Modern Revival End YearAll1800 (1)2000 (1)Era of Modern Revival Start YearAll1781 (1)1990 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (3)Varies by Province (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (7)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Membership Figure As OfAll1990-01-01 (1)2001-01-01 (2)2001-03-01 (1)2004-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2008-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2011-03-01 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2013-01-01 (1)2014-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2020-01-01 (4)2021-01-01 (2)2025-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll600 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (3)100 BCE (1)632 (1)712 (1)800 (2)1100 (1)1300 (1)1438 (1)1708 (1)1781 (1)1848 (1)1900 (1)1954 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (2)1000 BCE (1)600 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)500 BCE (3)300 BCE (1)610 (1)700 (1)1000 (1)1400 (1)1499 (1)1717 (1)1800 (1)1848 (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 (1)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 StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (3)Living, and in active revival (1)Living, and practised in varied local forms (5)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (8)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (2)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (3)Living tradition, practised today (18)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (2)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (4)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (3)Dualist: two opposed cosmic principles (1)Duotheistic: a divine pair (1)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (4)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (5)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (9)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBonTradition1 entryBuddhismTradition8 entriesCeltic PaganismTradition1 entryDruidryTradition1 entryHinduismTradition6 entriesInca ReligionTradition1 entryIslamTradition1 entryJainismTradition2 entriesJudaismTradition4 entriesKongo ReligionTradition1 entryNative American ReligionTradition1 entryNorse PaganismTradition2 entriesPalo MonteTradition1 entryPolynesian ReligionTradition1 entryShintoTradition2 entriesSikhismTradition1 entrySpiritualismTradition1 entryTengrismTradition1 entryWiccaTradition3 entriesYorùbá Religion (Ifá)Tradition1 entryZoroastrianismTradition1 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.