Home›The Near East and Egypt›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 Results13 entriesParent RegionAllHejaz (1)Mesopotamia (2)The Levant (4)Principal TraditionAllAncient Egyptian Religion (3)Ancient Greek Religion (4)Caucasian Native Religion (1)Christianity (10)Hittite Religion (4)Islam (12)Judaism (7)Mandaeism (8)Manichaeism (3)Mesopotamian Religion (3)Samaritanism (7)Yazidism (7)Zoroastrianism (8)Sacred ToAllBahá’í Faith (3)Christianity (4)Islam (4)Judaism (4)Mesopotamian Religion (2)Samaritanism (4)Modern AreaAllArmenia (1)Azerbaijan (1)Egypt (3)Georgia (1)Iran (3)Iraq (3)Israel (4)Palestine (4)Saudi Arabia (1)Turkey (4)Sacred LanguagesAllAkkadian (8)Ancient Egyptian (3)Ancient Greek (4)Arabic (12)Armenian (8)Avestan (8)Coptic (8)Ge'ez (7)Georgian (1)Greek (9)Hebrew (7)Latin (4)Middle Persian (8)Sumerian (8)Syriac (7)Adherents Today MaximumAll900 (1)121,962 (1)14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll900 (1)111,691 (1)14,800,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (3)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (6)Era of Decline End YearAll1180 BCE (1)100 (1)529 (1)550 (1)1600 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1200 BCE (1)100 BCE (1)380 (2)600 (1)651 (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Disestablished (1)Varies by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll1919-03-01 (1)1965-01-01 (1)2003-01-01 (1)2004-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-01-01 (2)2013-01-01 (2)2019-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (3)2024-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll3000 BCE (2)1650 BCE (1)700 BCE (1)600 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)50 (1)277 (1)300 (1)632 (1)1200 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll3500 BCE (1)3300 BCE (1)1750 BCE (1)1500 BCE (1)1400 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)450 BCE (1)1 (1)30 (1)240 (1)610 (1)1100 (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 (2)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Interest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (5)Living, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (6)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (5)Living tradition, practised today (7)TheologyAllDualist: two opposed cosmic principles (3)Monotheistic: one God (7)Polytheistic: many gods (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAncient Egyptian ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryAncient Greek ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryCaucasian Native ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryChristianityPrincipal Tradition Of10 entriesHittite ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryIslamPrincipal Tradition Of15 entriesJudaismPrincipal Tradition Of8 entriesMandaeismPrincipal Tradition Of3 entriesManichaeismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryMesopotamian ReligionPrincipal Tradition Of1 entrySamaritanismPrincipal Tradition Of3 entriesYazidismPrincipal Tradition Of1 entryZoroastrianismPrincipal 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.