Home›Devotional Practices›Cadence›Continuous: a standing discipline, not an eventBrowse ByContinuous: a standing discipline, not an eventThis 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 MoreContinuous: a standing discipline, not an eventSourcesComments (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.Continuous: a standing discipline, not an eventFilter Results5 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)610 (1)1699 (1)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (1)Performed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (3)TraditionAllIrani Zoroastrianism (1)Khalsa (1)Parsi Zoroastrianism (1)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (2)Initiates only (1)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)ObligationAllObligatory (1)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)In GroupAllChristian Devotional Practices (1)Islamic Devotional Practices (1)Sikh Devotional Practices (1)Zoroastrian Devotional Practices (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5BlessingContinuous: a standing discipline, not an eventChristian MissionContinuous: a standing discipline, not an eventHifzContinuous: a standing discipline, not an eventTending the sacred fireContinuous: a standing discipline, not an eventWearing the Five KsContinuous: a standing discipline, not an eventSources1. 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.