Home›Ceremonial Regalia›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 Results8 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll30,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll25,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Era of Modern Revival End YearAll2000 (2)Era of Modern Revival Start YearAll1990 (2)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (2)Varies by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2001-03-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2011-03-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll632 (1)712 (1)800 (1)1708 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll300 BCE (1)610 (1)700 (1)1499 (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)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (3)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 (8)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (2)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (2)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (3)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (3)Monotheistic: one God (2)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAkan ReligionTradition1 entryIslamTradition1 entryNative American ReligionTradition1 entryShintoTradition3 entriesSiberian ShamanismTradition1 entrySikhismTradition2 entriesTengrismTradition1 entryYorùbá Religion (Ifá)Tradition1 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.