Home›Southeast Asia and Oceania›Principal Tradition OfBrowse ByPrincipal Tradition OfThis page groups sacred regions by their formal rank within one specific faith. Wikipedia notes that Jerusalem "is the holiest city in Judaism and Christianity and the third-holiest city in Islam (behind Mecca and Medina in the Arabian Peninsula)." Browsing by principal-tradition-of lets a visitor find every region holding the same rank within its faith.FactsPrincipal Tradition OfSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Principal Tradition OfFilter Results6 entriesParent RegionAllOceania and Australia (2)Southeast Asia (1)Principal TraditionAllAustralian 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 Tradition Of1 entryBuddhismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryChristianityPrincipal Tradition Of6 entriesHinduismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryIslamPrincipal Tradition Of2 entriesPolynesian ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of2 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.