Home›The Americas and the Caribbean›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 Results8 entriesParent RegionAllNorth America (1)West Africa and the Caribbean (1)Principal TraditionAllAztec 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 Tradition Of1 entryChristianityPrincipal Tradition Of5 entriesHaitian VodouPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryHinduismPrincipal Tradition Of2 entriesInca ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryIslamPrincipal Tradition Of3 entriesMaya ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of2 entriesRastafariPrincipal Tradition Of1 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.