Home›Devotional Practices›Origin Period Start Year›7th centuryBrowse By7th centuryThis page groups practices by the year their recorded history begins. Wikipedia notes that "the term 'cult' first appeared in English in 1617," even though the underlying Latin concept is far older. Browsing by start year lets a visitor see how far back a practice's documented use in its own language reaches.FactsLearn More7th centurySourcesComments (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.7th centuryFilter Results17 entriesSolitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (3)Performed alone or together (8)Performed by a gathered group (4)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (2)TraditionAllAhmadiyya (1)Alevism (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Ibadism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Shia (Twelver) (6)Sufism (2)Sunni (2)Zaidiyyah (1)Category of PracticeAllDevotional (1)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (16)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (16)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (17)CadenceAllAnnual (3)As the occasion requires (3)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (1)Daily (9)ObligationAllObligatory (6)Recommended and meritorious, not required (9)In GroupAllEast Asian Devotional Practices (1)Islamic Devotional Practices (15)Jewish Devotional Practices (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17Asr7th centuryDhikr (remembrance of God)7th centuryDhuhr7th centuryFajr7th centuryHifz7th centuryIsha7th centuryIstikhara7th centuryIstisqa7th centuryMaghrib7th centuryMourning of Ashura7th centuryNorito recitation7th centuryQiyam al-Layl7th centurySelichot7th centuryTahajjud7th centuryTarawih7th centuryThe Five Pillars7th centuryWitr7th centurySources1. 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.