Home›Ritual Instruments›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 Results19 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll300,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)30,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll250,000 (1)14,800,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (3)Independent Survey (7)National Census (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (5)Era of Decline End YearAll1750 (1)1976 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1670 (1)1966 (1)Era of Modern Revival End YearAll2000 (1)Era of Modern Revival Start YearAll1990 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (2)Varies by Province (4)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (6)Membership Figure As OfAll2001-03-01 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (5)2011-01-27 (1)2011-03-01 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2013-01-01 (1)2016-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2017-01-01 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (5)2021-05-12 (1)2022-01-01 (1)2025-01-01 (1)2026-08-14 (1)Origin Period End YearAll1046 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (2)50 (1)632 (1)712 (1)1708 (1)1800 (1)1850 (1)1900 (1)1918 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-50,000 (1)1600 BCE (1)1500 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)1499 (1)1500 (1)1700 (1)1800 (1)1880 (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 StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Living, and practised in varied local forms (4)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (9)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (2)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (18)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (7)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (7)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 (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAmazonian VegetalismoTradition1 entryAustralian Aboriginal ReligionTradition2 entriesBuddhismTradition9 entriesCandombléTradition2 entriesChinese Folk ReligionTradition1 entryChristianityTradition5 entriesHaitian VodouTradition1 entryHinduismTradition6 entriesIslamTradition3 entriesJudaismTradition1 entryKorean MuismTradition1 entryNative American ChurchTradition1 entrySámi ReligionTradition1 entrySantería (Lucumí)Tradition2 entriesShintoTradition3 entriesShona Traditional ReligionTradition1 entrySiberian ShamanismTradition1 entrySikhismTradition4 entriesYorùbá Religion (Ifá)Tradition3 entriesSources1. 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.