Religious denomination
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| - | '''Tradition''' includes a number of related ideas: | + | A '''religious denomination''' is a subgroup within a [[religion]] that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity. |
| - | # Beliefs or customs taught by one generation to the next, often orally. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements, and family traditions at [[Christmas]]. | + | |
| - | # Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by social interaction, such as saying "thank you", sending birth announcements, greeting cards, etc. | + | |
| - | # Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by societies and governments, such as [[Federal holidays in the United States]]. | + | |
| - | # Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by [[religious denomination|religious denominations]] and [[local church|church bodies]] that share history, customs, culture, and, to some extent, body of teachings. For example, one can speak of [[Islam]]'s [[Sufi]] tradition or Christianity's [[Lutheran]] tradition. | + | |
| - | # Beliefs, customs and practices that are [[prehistory|Prehistoric]] or have lost/[[arcane]] origins, such as [[trade]], the teaching of [[language]] and [[education]] in general. | + | |
| - | Traditions serve to preserve a wide range of culturally significant [[information|ideas]], specific practices and the various methods used by distinct [[culture|cultures]]. | + | The term describes various [[Christian denomination]]s (for example, [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], [[Church of England|Anglicanism]], and the many varieties of [[Protestantism]]). The term also describes the four branches of [[Judaism]] ([[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]], [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]], [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] and [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]]), and describes the two main branches of [[Islam]] ([[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and [[Shia Islam|Shia]]). |
| - | The word '''tradition''' comes from the [[Latin]] ''traditionem'' which is the [[accusative case]] of ''traditio'' which means "handing over, passing on". | + | |
| + | In [[Hinduism]], the major deity or philosophical belief identifies a denomination, which also typically has distinct cultural and religious practices. The major denominations include [[Shaivism]], [[Shaktism]], [[Vaishnavism]] and [[Smartism]]. | ||
| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *''[[Tradition and the Individual Talent|Tradition and the Individual Talent]] by [[T. S. Eliot]] | ||
| - | *[[Traditional culture]] | ||
| - | *[[Conservatism]] | ||
| - | *[[Perennial philosophy]] | ||
| - | *[[Sacred Tradition|Sacred Tradition (Roman Catholic)]] | ||
| - | *[[Time immemorial]] | ||
| - | *[[Traditional medicine]] | ||
| - | *[[Traditional music]] | ||
| - | *[[Kissing Traditions]] | ||
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| - | Comparison / Contrast | ||
| - | * [[culture]] | ||
| - | * [[Folklore]] | ||
| - | * [[History]] | ||
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| - | Spiritual Culture | ||
| - | * [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] | ||
| - | * [[Celts]] | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Schools of Buddhism]] | ||
| + | * [[Christian denomination]] | ||
| + | * [[Hindu denominations]] | ||
| + | * [[Islamic denominations]] | ||
| + | * [[Jewish denominations]] | ||
| + | * [[Denominationalism]] | ||
| + | * [[Non-denominational]] | ||
| + | * [[Schism (religion)|Schism]] | ||
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A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity.
The term describes various Christian denominations (for example, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicanism, and the many varieties of Protestantism). The term also describes the four branches of Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist), and describes the two main branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia).
In Hinduism, the major deity or philosophical belief identifies a denomination, which also typically has distinct cultural and religious practices. The major denominations include Shaivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Smartism.
See also
- Schools of Buddhism
- Christian denomination
- Hindu denominations
- Islamic denominations
- Jewish denominations
- Denominationalism
- Non-denominational
- Schism
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