Home›Calendrical Rituals›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups rituals by the religious tradition that prescribes them. Wikipedia notes that rituals "may be prescribed by tradition, including religious practices, and are often characterized by formalism, traditionalism, rule-governance, and performance." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every ritual belonging to one faith together, rather than finding them scattered by kind.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites tied to a recurring point in a tradition's calendar rather than to an event in a life - a weekly sabbath, a seasonal turning, an annual first-fruits offering. Each is reckoned in its own calendar, so the recurrence is regular within the tradition and irregular against the civil year. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe Calendrical Rituals This group holds calendrical rituals, the rites fixed to the cycle of the year and the calendar: the observances of seasons, new moons, solstices and the recurring festivals that structure sacred time. They bind the community to the turning of the year and the rhythm of its tradition. The browser will find calendrical rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's timing, form and meaning, noting the tradition and the moment in the year it marks.TraditionFilter Results18 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll40,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll40,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (6)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (5)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllRegulator Filing (1)Date of Separation End YearAll900 (1)1815 (1)1846 (1)1876 (1)1913 (1)1967 (1)1968 (1)1971 (1)1974 (1)1980 (1)1995 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll760 (1)1772 (1)1810 (2)1883 (1)1935 (1)1962 (1)1963 (1)1971 (1)1973 (1)1979 (1)1985 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllA Goddess and a God as a divine pair (3)Ethics grounded in reason and human experience, without the supernatural (1)Halakha binding and not subject to historical revision (2)Halakha binding, but developing through scholarship (1)Halakha binding, with secular education, work and civic participation affirmed rather than merely tolerated (1)Halakha informative rather than binding on the individual (2)Judaism as an evolving religious civilisation, God reconceived naturalistically (2)No fixed pantheon or liturgy; each practitioner composes their own (3)The Goddess alone (1)The tzaddik or rebbe as spiritual intermediary and head of the community (2)The tzaddik or rebbe as spiritual intermediary and head of the community (2)The written Torah alone; the rabbinic Oral Torah not accepted (1)Documented Accused CountAll6 (1)GovernanceAllA federation of autonomous member organisations (1)A single central governing body over the whole movement (1)Authority in trained scholars, with no central office (3)Autonomous covens, authority conferred by initiation (4)Business decided by the gathered meeting seeking unity, without clergy (1)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (3)Delegated representation from congregations up to a general conference (3)No central authority (8)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation, Ruled Unenforceable (1)Customary Norm (1)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (2)Institutional Wealth or FinancesAllNo single consolidated figure found. (1)Liturgical LanguageAllAramaic (3)Hebrew (10)The vernacular (11)Membership Figure As OfAll1994-01-01 (1)2000-04-01 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2007-01-01 (1)2013-01-01 (6)2013-10-01 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (4)2021-05-11 (1)2021-05-12 (1)2022-05-03 (1)OrdinationAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (5)Conferred by a teacher's certification of learning (1)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (3)No successor by deliberate choice (1)Office passes by descent (2)Open to women and men (9)Restricted to men (3)Restricted to women (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (1)Origin Period End YearAll900 (1)1772 (1)1797 (1)1810 (1)1846 (1)1850 (1)1913 (1)1954 (1)1960 (1)1963 (1)1967 (1)1968 (1)1971 (1)1974 (1)1980 (1)1995 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll760 (1)1740 (1)1775 (1)1800 (2)1802 (1)1810 (1)1845 (1)1922 (1)1940 (1)1946 (1)1962 (1)1963 (1)1971 (1)1973 (1)1979 (1)1985 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (3)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (3)Same-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (3)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Relation to the StateAllNo Establishment (1)Privileged Never Established (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (18)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAlexandrian WiccaTradition1 entryBreslov HasidismTradition2 entriesChabad-LubavitchTradition2 entriesConservative JudaismTradition2 entriesDianic WiccaTradition1 entryEclectic Solitary WiccaTradition1 entryFeri TraditionTradition1 entryGardnerian WiccaTradition1 entryHaredi JudaismTradition2 entriesHasidic JudaismTradition2 entriesHumanistic JudaismTradition1 entryKaraite JudaismTradition1 entryModern Orthodox JudaismTradition2 entriesOrthodox JudaismTradition2 entriesReclaimingTradition1 entryReconstructionist JudaismTradition2 entriesReform JudaismTradition2 entriesSeax-WicaTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. 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