Home›Devotional Practices›Cadence›DailyBrowse ByDailyThis 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 MoreDailySourcesComments (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.DailyFilter Results42 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-800 (1)-500 (1)-400 (2)70 (3)100 (1)200 (1)375 (1)610 (8)700 (1)1000 (1)1253 (1)1400 (1)1499 (1)1549 (1)1604 (1)1965 (1)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (4)Performed alone or together (33)Performed by a gathered group (4)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)TraditionAllAnglican Communion (5)Anglicanism (5)Armenian Apostolic Church (3)Breslov Hasidism (4)Chabad-Lubavitch (4)Church of Cyprus (8)Church of England (5)Church of Greece (8)Church of Ireland (5)Church of Sweden (4)Conservative Judaism (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (4)Eastern Orthodoxy (8)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (8)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (4)Georgian Orthodox Church (8)Greek Orthodox Church (8)Haredi Judaism (4)Hasidic Judaism (4)Lutheranism (4)Modern Orthodox Judaism (4)Nichiren (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Orthodox Judaism (4)Pure Land (1)Reform Judaism (2)Roman Catholicism (10)Romanian Orthodox Church (8)Russian Orthodox Church (8)Serbian Orthodox Church (8)Shaivism (2)Shaktism (1)Shia (Twelver) (2)Smartism (1)Sufism (1)The Episcopal Church (5)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (8)Vaishnavism (1)Vajrayana (1)Category of PracticeAllDevotional (16)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (29)Clergy or ordained officiants (10)Householders, those living in the world (1)Initiates only (1)Lay people (1)Practice StatusAllHistorical; not practised continuously (2)Living tradition, practised today (36)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (42)ObligationAllObligatory (19)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (3)Optional and voluntary (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (4)In GroupAllAncient and Historical Religious Practices (1)Buddhist Devotional Practices (4)Christian Devotional Practices (12)Hindu Devotional Practices (3)Islamic Devotional Practices (9)Jewish Devotional Practices (4)New Religious Movement Practices (2)Sikh Devotional Practices (2)Zoroastrian Devotional Practices (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 42AgpeyaDailyAiwisruthrem GahDailyAsrDailyChanting HUDailyChanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyoDailyComplineDailyDaily Temple Ritual (Cult Image Service)DailyDhikr (remembrance of God)DailyDhuhrDailyFajrDailyHavan GahDailyHellenic Household WorshipDailyHukamnamaDailyIshaDailyJapaDailyKirtanDailyLaudsDailyLiturgy of the HoursDailyMaarivDailyMaghribDailyMandala offeringDailyMatinsDailyMinchaDailyNembutsu (reciting Amitabha's name)DailyNone (Ninth Hour)DailyPesukei DezimraDailyPraying the RosaryDailyPrimeDailyProstrationsDailyPuja (daily worship)DailyQiyam al-LaylDailyRapithwin GahDailySextDailyShacharitDailyTahajjudDailyTerceDailyUse of the Book of Common PrayerDailyUshahin GahDailyUzerin GahDailyVespersDailyWitrDailyWorship of the lingamDailySources1. 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.