Home›Southeast Asia and Oceania›Principal TraditionBrowse ByPrincipal TraditionThis page groups sacred regions by the religions that actually treat them as holy. Wikipedia notes that "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam attach substantial spiritual value to the Holy Land." Browsing by principal-tradition lets a visitor find every region treated as holy by the same religions.FactsPrincipal TraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Principal TraditionFilter Results6 entriesParent RegionAllOceania and Australia (2)Southeast Asia (1)Principal Tradition OfAllAustralian Aboriginal Religion (3)Buddhism (3)Christianity (4)Hinduism (3)Islam (4)Polynesian Religion (3)Sacred ToAllHinduism (1)Polynesian Religion (2)Modern AreaAllBrunei (4)Cambodia (3)Federated States of Micronesia (1)French Polynesia (2)Guam (1)Indonesia (4)Kiribati (1)Laos (3)Malaysia (4)Marshall Islands (1)Myanmar (3)Nauru (1)Palau (1)Philippines (3)Samoa (2)Singapore (3)Thailand (3)Timor-Leste (3)Tonga (2)Tuvalu (2)Vietnam (3)Sacred LanguagesAllArabic (4)Balinese (1)Hawaiian (2)Indonesian (2)Javanese (1)Malay (2)Maori (2)Sanskrit (4)Adherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (4)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (4)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (4)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (4)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2020-01-01 (4)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)50 (1)632 (1)1300 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-50,000 (1)1500 BCE (1)1000 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest 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 (2)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (6)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (2)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (2)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAustralian Aboriginal ReligionPrincipal Tradition1 entryBuddhismPrincipal Tradition1 entryChristianityPrincipal Tradition6 entriesHinduismPrincipal Tradition1 entryIslamPrincipal Tradition2 entriesPolynesian ReligionPrincipal Tradition2 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: RegionsComments (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.