Home›Devotional Practices›Cadence›As the occasion requiresBrowse ByAs the occasion requiresThis page groups practices by how regularly they are repeated. Wikipedia notes that "some degree of recurrence in place and repetition over time of ritual action is necessary for a cult to be enacted, to be practiced." Browsing by cadence lets a visitor separate a practice performed on a fixed schedule from one performed only rarely or once.FactsLearn MoreAs the occasion requiresSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe sustained acts by which adherents attend to a deity, ancestor or holy figure - prayer at fixed hours, recitation and chant, offerings at a shrine or home altar, veneration of saints and images, pilgrimage. It is the widest and loosest of these groupings and holds acts that are obligatory in one tradition and freely optional in another. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPractices 1ComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 3Learn MoreThe Devotional Practices This group gathers devotional practices, the acts by which the faithful express love, reverence and dependence toward the divine: prayer, worship, praise, offering, the reciting of names and the observance of daily and seasonal devotion. It is the largest practice grouping in the atlas, reflecting how central devotion is to religious life. The browser will find devotional practices from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each practice's form, purpose and setting, noting the tradition to which it belongs and how it is performed.As the occasion requiresFilter Results26 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1000 (2)-400 (1)-300 (3)500 (2)610 (2)700 (1)1100 (1)1200 (2)1700 (1)1840 (1)1870 (1)1901 (1)1966 (1)1985 (1)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (3)Performed alone or together (10)Performed by a gathered group (11)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (2)TraditionAllAladura (1)Anglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Christian Science (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (1)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Satan (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Eclectic Solitary Wicca (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Pentecostalism (2)Roman Catholicism (3)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Saint Thomas Christians (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)Shia (Twelver) (1)Shrine Shinto (1)The Episcopal Church (1)Theravada (1)Tibetan Buddhism (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Zion Christian Church (2)Category of PracticeAllDevotional (2)Devotional, addressed to the worshipper's own inner head (1)Devotional, and divinatory in the same act (1)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (16)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Householders, those living in the world (1)Lay people (5)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)Trained or authorised specialists (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (25)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (26)ObligationAllObligatory (2)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (3)Recommended and meritorious, not required (3)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (1)Offered ToAllThe Orishas (1)In GroupAllBuddhist Devotional Practices (2)Christian Devotional Practices (5)East Asian Devotional Practices (2)Hindu Devotional Practices (4)Islamic Devotional Practices (4)New Religious Movement Practices (2)Sikh Devotional Practices (2)Traditional African and Diaspora Practices (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 26Akhand PathAs the occasion requiresAncestor tablet venerationAs the occasion requiresBaptism for the deadAs the occasion requiresBhajanAs the occasion requiresDarshanAs the occasion requiresDivine healingAs the occasion requiresEucharistic adorationAs the occasion requiresGreater and Lesser MagicAs the occasion requiresIstikharaAs the occasion requiresIstisqaAs the occasion requiresKola Nut OfferingAs the occasion requiresMehndiAs the occasion requiresMerit-making (punya)As the occasion requiresNorito recitationAs the occasion requiresNovenaAs the occasion requiresOri VenerationAs the occasion requiresPilgrimageAs the occasion requiresPradakshinaAs the occasion requiresSahaj PathAs the occasion requiresSai between Safa and MarwaAs the occasion requiresSand MandalaAs the occasion requiresShrine offerings and worshipAs the occasion requiresSolitary self-directed practiceAs the occasion requiresSpeaking in tongues (glossolalia)As the occasion requiresTawafAs the occasion requiresVrataAs the occasion requiresSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Worship and Devotional LifeView the Source3. 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.