Home›The Americas and the Caribbean›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 Results8 entriesParent RegionAllNorth America (1)West Africa and the Caribbean (1)Principal Tradition OfAllAztec Religion (2)Christianity (2)Haitian Vodou (1)Hinduism (3)Inca Religion (1)Islam (4)Maya Religion (2)Rastafari (3)Modern AreaAllAntigua and Barbuda (3)Bahamas (3)Barbados (3)Brazil (1)Canada (1)Cuba (3)Dominica (3)Dominican Republic (3)Grenada (3)Haiti (3)Jamaica (3)Mexico (2)Puerto Rico (3)Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)Saint Lucia (3)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3)Trinidad and Tobago (3)United States (1)Sacred LanguagesAllArabic (3)Aymara (1)Classic Maya (2)Dutch (2)English (4)French (5)Haitian Creole (5)Hindi (2)Javanese (2)Latin (8)Nahuatl (2)Quechua (1)Sanskrit (3)Spanish (4)Yoruba (4)Adherents Today MaximumAll6000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll6000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (4)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (4)Era of Decline End YearAll1572 (1)1600 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1521 (1)1533 (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (4)2011-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2017-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (3)2021-05-12 (1)Origin PeriodAllNo founding event (1)Origin Period End YearAll1000 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)50 (1)632 (1)1428 (1)1438 (1)1800 (1)1935 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll2000 BCE (1)1500 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)1325 (1)1400 (1)1700 (1)1930 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage 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 (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (2)Living, and practised in varied local forms (3)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (3)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (2)Living tradition, practised today (6)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (1)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (3)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAztec ReligionPrincipal Tradition1 entryChristianityPrincipal Tradition5 entriesHaitian VodouPrincipal Tradition1 entryHinduismPrincipal Tradition2 entriesInca ReligionPrincipal Tradition1 entryIslamPrincipal Tradition3 entriesMaya ReligionPrincipal Tradition2 entriesRastafariPrincipal Tradition1 entrySources1. 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.