Home›Core Tenets›Subject›Ritual and worshipBrowse ByRitual and worshipThis page groups beliefs by what they are actually about. Wikipedia notes that "to believe something is to take it to be true; for instance, to believe that snow is white is comparable to accepting the truth of the proposition 'snow is white.'" Browsing by subject lets a visitor find every belief built around the same underlying topic.FactsLearn MoreRitual and worshipSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe central affirmations of a tradition, stated one at a time. What counts as a core tenet is set by each tradition, and traditions differ over whether assent to stated propositions is what makes a member: creedal Christianity and Islam draw such lists explicitly, while Judaism, Hinduism and most Indigenous traditions do not. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedBeliefs & Restrictions 1ComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 4Learn MoreThe core tenets This group gathers the core tenets of the traditions, the central affirmations and defining beliefs that stand at the heart of a religion or worldview, the doctrines a tradition holds as essential to its identity. It is the largest belief grouping in the atlas. The browser will find the core tenets the atlas gathers from across the traditions. The entries describe each belief in its own terms, distinguishing what a tradition affirms of itself from the historical and comparative perspective of scholarship.Ritual and worshipFilter Results46 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllA minority position within the tradition (1)A permitted theological opinion, never defined (2)Affirmed, but left to individual conscience (1)Binding, without a formal definition (22)Defined and binding within this tradition (1)Genuinely disputed within the tradition (3)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (9)Standard teaching, not formally defined (19)The mainstream position, not formally binding (1)Origin Period Start YearAll364 (1)1215 (1)1520 (1)1525 (1)1652 (1)1844 (1)1868 (1)1901 (1)1923 (1)Affirmation OfAllBaptism in the Holy Spirit (1)Barakah (1)Believer's Baptism (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (21)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (2)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (2)Alevism (1)Amish (2)Anabaptism (2)Anglican 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BirdsRitual and worshipBaptism in the Holy SpiritRitual and worshipBarakah: Blessing Flows Through the Saints and Their TombsRitual and worshipBeliever's baptism (credobaptism)Ritual and worshipClosed communionRitual and worshipCongregational Chanting of the Divine Names Is the Practice Appointed for This AgeRitual and worshipContinuation of the spiritual gifts (charismata)Ritual and worshipDaimoku: chanting Nam Myoho Renge KyoRitual and worshipDhikr Is Made Aloud in AssemblyRitual and worshipDhikr Is Made Silently in the HeartRitual and worshipInfant baptism (paedobaptism)Ritual and worshipKhidma: Work Done for the Shaykh Is Itself WorshipRitual and worshipKoan introspection as the means of awakeningRitual and worshipLiturgy Is Rewritten to Remove Reference to a Supernatural GodRitual and worshipMarried ritual priesthoodRitual and worshipMemorialismRitual and worshipOpen communionRitual and worshipPax Deorum: The Peace of the Gods as the Aim of CultRitual and worshipReceptionismRitual and worshipRejection of outward sacramentsRitual and worshipSacramental union (real presence in the Eucharist)Ritual and worshipSama: Music and Listening Carry the Seeker Toward GodRitual and worshipSeventh-day (Saturday) SabbathRitual and worshipShikantaza, just sittingRitual and worshipSpiritual Mind Treatment: Affirmative Prayer Directed at a ConditionRitual and worshipSpiritual presence (real presence received by faith)Ritual and worshipThe Cem Is the Community's Central Act of WorshipRitual and worshipThe Gohonzon as the object of devotionRitual and worshipThe Holy Leaven (Malka) in the Eucharistic BreadRitual and worshipThe Ishtalinga Is Worn on the Body and Worshipped in Place of Temple ImagesRitual and worshipThe Julian Calendar for the Fixed FeastsRitual and worshipThe Kalachakra tantra and its six branch yoga as the culminating practiceRitual and worshipThe nembutsu is said in gratitude and not to earn meritRitual and worshipThe Old Rite as Received Before the Nikonian ReformsRitual and worshipThe Revised Julian Calendar for the Fixed FeastsRitual and worshipThe Sri Yantra Is the Goddess in Geometric FormRitual and worshipThe three mysteries of body, speech and mindRitual and worshipThe Turning Ceremony Is a Form of Contemplative WorshipRitual and worshipTransubstantiationRitual and worshipUnleavened Bread and Unmixed Wine in the EucharistRitual and worshipVisualization of inner and celestial deitiesRitual and worshipWithstanding Fire and Blades Testifies to the Saint's StateRitual and worshipWorship centered on public shrinesRitual and worshipWorship of five deities as forms of one Brahman (panchayatana)Ritual and worshipSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source3. Belief, Language, and Experiencetier 1Rodney Needham, Basil Blackwell, 19724. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (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.