Home›Devotional Practices›Practice Status›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups practices by whether they are still carried out today. Wikipedia notes that "in French, for example, sections in newspapers giving the schedule of worship for Catholic services are headed Culte Catholique," ordinary evidence of a still-living practice. Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a living practice apart from one preserved only in historical description.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (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.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results127 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-3000 (1)-1500 (3)-1000 (7)-800 (1)-650 (1)-500 (4)-400 (3)-300 (3)-200 (2)-195 (1)30 (2)70 (4)100 (1)142 (1)150 (1)600 (1)610 (11)634 (1)680 (1)700 (3)900 (2)1100 (4)1195 (1)1200 (2)1253 (1)1400 (3)1499 (1)1549 (1)1550 (1)1600 (1)1604 (1)1652 (1)1699 (1)1700 (1)1800 (1)1840 (1)1870 (2)1894 (1)1901 (1)1920 (1)1946 (1)1966 (1)1970 (1)1971 (2)1985 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (1)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (25)Performed alone or together (55)Performed by a gathered group (36)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (11)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (4)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (4)Ahmadiyya (1)Aladura (2)Alevism (2)Alexandrian Wicca (1)Amish (1)Anabaptism (1)Anglican Communion (9)Anglicanism (9)Armenian Apostolic Church (8)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Baptist (3)Beta Israel (2)Breslov Hasidism (16)Calvinism (Reformed) (3)Chabad-Lubavitch (16)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (4)Christian Science (2)Church of Cyprus (13)Church of England (9)Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) (2)Church of Greece (13)Church of Ireland (9)Church of Satan (1)Church of Scotland (3)Church of Sweden (7)Church of the Nazarene (4)Conservative Judaism (7)Coptic Orthodoxy (9)Dianic Wicca (1)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (3)Eastern Orthodoxy (16)Eclectic Solitary Wicca (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (13)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (9)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (9)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (7)Evangelicalism (1)Free Methodist Church (4)Gardnerian Wicca (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (13)Global Methodist Church (4)Greek Orthodox Church (13)Haredi Judaism (16)Hasidic Judaism (16)Humanistic Judaism (2)Ibadism (1)Irani Zoroastrianism (1)Jehovah's Witnesses (1)Karaite Judaism (2)Khalsa (1)Kimbanguist Church (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (3)Lutheranism (7)Mahayana (1)Maronite Church (1)Mennonites (1)Methodism (4)Modern Orthodox Judaism (16)Moravian Church (2)National Baptist Convention of America (3)Nichiren (1)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (9)Orthodox Judaism (16)Parsi Zoroastrianism (1)Pentecostalism (2)Presbyterianism (3)Progressive National Baptist Convention (3)Pure Land (1)Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) (2)Quanzhen (Complete Reality) (1)Reconstructionist Judaism (4)Reform Judaism (7)Roman Catholicism (22)Romanian Orthodox Church (13)Russian Orthodox Church (13)Saint Thomas Christians (2)Sect Shinto (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (13)Seventh-day Adventism (2)Shaivism (2)Shaktism (1)Shangqing (Highest Clarity) (1)Shia (Twelver) (5)Shrine Shinto (2)Smartism (1)Sufism (4)Sunni (2)The Episcopal Church (9)The United Methodist Church (4)Theravada (1)Tibetan Buddhism (3)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (2)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (13)Vaishnavism (3)Vajrayana (2)Wesleyan Church (4)Zaidiyyah (1)Zen (1)Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) (2)Zion Christian Church (3)Category of PracticeAllArtistic and literary (1)Devotional (32)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 (73)Clergy or ordained officiants (14)Householders, those living in the world (2)Initiates only (5)Lay people (8)Monastics: monks and nuns (2)Trained or authorised specialists (21)Women only (2)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (126)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)CadenceAllAnnual (10)As the occasion requires (25)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (5)Daily (36)Monthly (2)Once, or at a turning point in a life (3)Seasonal, at set points in the year (4)Several times a day (2)Weekly (8)ObligationAllObligatory (24)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (8)Optional and voluntary (5)Recommended and meritorious, not required (10)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (3)Offered ToAllExu (1)Pomba Gira (1)The Orishas (1)In GroupAllBuddhist Devotional Practices (10)Christian Devotional Practices (29)East Asian Devotional Practices (5)Hindu Devotional Practices (13)Indigenous and Folk Devotional Practices (2)Islamic Devotional Practices (23)Jewish Devotional Practices (14)New Religious Movement Practices (4)Sikh Devotional Practices (6)Traditional African and Diaspora Practices (3)Zoroastrian Devotional Practices (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 127Aboriginal Dot PaintingLiving tradition, practised todayAgpeyaLiving tradition, practised todayAiwisruthrem GahLiving tradition, practised todayAkhand PathLiving tradition, practised todayAltar callLiving tradition, practised todayAncestor tablet venerationLiving tradition, practised todayAncestor venerationLiving tradition, practised todayAsrLiving tradition, practised todayBadhaiLiving tradition, practised todayBaptism for the deadLiving tradition, practised todayBaptismal lifeLiving tradition, practised todayBhajanLiving tradition, practised todayBhakti (devotion)Living tradition, practised todayBharatanatyamLiving tradition, practised todayBlessingLiving tradition, practised todayCandle and lamp lightingLiving tradition, practised todayChanting / MantraLiving tradition, practised todayChanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyoLiving tradition, practised todayChristian MissionLiving tradition, practised todayComplineLiving tradition, practised todayConsecrationLiving tradition, practised todayCoven-based initiatory worshipLiving tradition, practised todayDarshanLiving tradition, practised todayDhikr (remembrance of God)Living tradition, practised todayDivine healingLiving tradition, practised todayDoor-to-door evangelismLiving tradition, practised todayEthiopian Church PaintingLiving tradition, practised todayEucharistic adorationLiving tradition, practised todayFajrLiving tradition, practised todayFamily History ResearchLiving tradition, practised todayFoot washingLiving tradition, practised todayFull-Time Missionary ServiceLiving tradition, practised todayGreater and Lesser MagicLiving tradition, practised todayHakafotLiving tradition, practised todayHatsumodeLiving tradition, practised todayHavan GahLiving tradition, practised todayHifzLiving tradition, practised todayHindu Temple SculptureLiving tradition, practised todayHoshanotLiving tradition, practised todayHukamnamaLiving tradition, practised todayIcon PaintingLiving tradition, practised todayIncense offeringLiving tradition, practised todayIshaLiving tradition, practised todayIstikharaLiving tradition, practised todayIstisqaLiving tradition, practised todayJapaLiving tradition, practised todayKabbalat ShabbatLiving tradition, practised todayKever AvotLiving tradition, practised todayKirtanLiving tradition, practised todayKola Nut OfferingLiving tradition, practised todayKufic CalligraphyLiving tradition, practised todayLaudsLiving tradition, practised todayLiturgical ColorsLiving tradition, practised todayMaarivLiving tradition, practised todayMaghribLiving tradition, practised todayMandala offeringLiving tradition, practised todayMatinsLiving tradition, practised todayMehndiLiving tradition, practised todayMerit-making (punya)Living tradition, practised todayMinchaLiving tradition, practised todayMourning of AshuraLiving tradition, practised todayMusafLiving tradition, practised todayNaskh CalligraphyLiving tradition, practised todayNastaliq CalligraphyLiving tradition, practised todayNembutsu (reciting Amitabha's name)Living tradition, practised todayNitnemLiving tradition, practised todayNone (Ninth Hour)Living tradition, practised todayNorito recitationLiving tradition, practised todayNovenaLiving tradition, practised todayObserving the SabbathLiving tradition, practised todayOri VenerationLiving tradition, practised todayPersian MiniatureLiving tradition, practised todayPesukei DezimraLiving tradition, practised todayPilgrimageLiving tradition, practised todayPradakshinaLiving tradition, practised todayPrayerLiving tradition, practised todayPraying the RosaryLiving tradition, practised todayProstrationsLiving tradition, practised todayPuja (daily worship)Living tradition, practised todayQiyam al-LaylLiving tradition, practised todayQuimbanda Offerings at the CrossroadsLiving tradition, practised todayRapithwin GahLiving tradition, practised todayRetablo and SantosLiving tradition, practised todaySahaj PathLiving tradition, practised todaySand MandalaLiving tradition, practised todaySandhyavandanamLiving tradition, practised todaySefirat HaOmerLiving tradition, practised todaySelichotLiving tradition, practised todaySermonLiving tradition, practised todaySextLiving tradition, practised todayShacharitLiving tradition, practised todayShakyo (Devotional Sutra Copying)Living tradition, practised todayShidianLiving tradition, practised todayShodo (Japanese Calligraphy)Living tradition, practised todayShrine offerings and worshipLiving tradition, practised todaySoferut (STaM Scribal Art)Living tradition, practised todaySolitary self-directed practiceLiving tradition, practised todaySpeaking in tongues (glossolalia)Living tradition, practised todayStations of the CrossLiving tradition, practised todayTahajjudLiving tradition, practised todayTalismanic and exorcistic ritualLiving tradition, practised todayTarawihLiving tradition, practised todayTawafLiving tradition, practised todayTemple ElephantsLiving tradition, practised todayTending the sacred fireLiving tradition, practised todayTerceLiving tradition, practised todayThangka PaintingLiving tradition, practised todayThanksgiving (gratitude)Living tradition, practised todayThe Cem ceremonyLiving tradition, practised todayThe Five PillarsLiving tradition, practised todayThuluth CalligraphyLiving tradition, practised todayTilakaLiving tradition, practised todayUchen CalligraphyLiving tradition, practised todayUnprogrammed silent worshipLiving tradition, practised todayUse of the Book of Common PrayerLiving tradition, practised todayUshahin GahLiving tradition, practised todayUzerin GahLiving tradition, practised todayVeneration of saints and MaryLiving tradition, practised todayVeneration of saints and their shrinesLiving tradition, practised todayVespersLiving tradition, practised todayVrataLiving tradition, practised todayWearing the Five KsLiving tradition, practised todayWitrLiving tradition, practised todayWomen-only covensLiving tradition, practised todayWomen's Mosque MovementLiving tradition, practised todayWorship of the lingamLiving tradition, practised todayYahrzeitLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. 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.