Home›Sacred Foods and Drinks›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 Results5 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll121,962 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll111,691 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Era of Decline End YearAll529 (1)1200 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll380 (1)651 (1)1000 (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Varies by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2004-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2025-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll700 BCE (1)600 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)396 (1)800 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (2)1400 BCE (1)700 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Discontinued as a state religion (2)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (3)Living tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllDualist: two opposed cosmic principles (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAncient Greek ReligionTradition2 entriesThe Eleusinian MysteriesTradition1 entryHinduismTradition2 entriesNorse PaganismTradition1 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.