Home›Devotional Practices›Who Performs It›All adherents of the traditionBrowse ByAll adherents of the traditionThis page groups practices by who actually carries them out. Wikipedia notes that in the Catholic Church, cultus "is the technical term for Roman Catholic devotions or veneration extended to a particular saint," a practice of ordinary believers rather than clergy alone. Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a practice open to any adherent from one reserved for a specialist.FactsLearn MoreAll adherents of the traditionSourcesComments (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.All adherents of the traditionFilter Results85 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-3000 (1)-1500 (3)-1000 (3)-800 (1)-500 (5)-400 (2)-300 (2)-200 (2)30 (2)70 (4)100 (1)150 (1)600 (1)610 (12)634 (1)680 (1)700 (2)874 (1)1100 (2)1150 (1)1200 (2)1253 (1)1400 (1)1499 (1)1549 (1)1550 (1)1604 (1)1652 (1)1870 (1)1894 (1)1901 (1)1920 (1)1965 (1)1966 (1)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (10)Performed alone or together (48)Performed by a gathered group (24)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (2)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (3)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (3)Ahmadiyya (1)Aladura (1)Alevism (2)Alexandrian Wicca (1)Amish (1)Anabaptism (1)Anglican Communion (5)Anglicanism (5)Armenian Apostolic Church (7)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Baptist (3)Beta Israel (2)Breslov Hasidism (15)Calvinism (Reformed) (3)Chabad-Lubavitch (15)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (3)Christian Science (1)Church of Cyprus (8)Church of England (5)Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) (2)Church of Greece (8)Church of Ireland (5)Church of Satan (1)Church of Scotland (3)Church of Sweden (3)Church of the Nazarene (3)Conservative Judaism (7)Coptic Orthodoxy (8)Dianic Wicca (1)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (3)Eastern Orthodoxy (10)Eclectic Solitary Wicca (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (8)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (7)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (7)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (3)Feri Tradition (1)Free Methodist Church (3)Gardnerian Wicca (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (8)Global Methodist Church (3)Greek Orthodox Church (8)Haredi Judaism (15)Hasidic Judaism (15)Humanistic Judaism (2)Ibadism (1)Jehovah's Witnesses (1)Karaite Judaism (2)Kimbanguist Church (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Lutheranism (3)Mahayana (1)Maronite Church (2)Mennonites (1)Methodism (3)Modern Orthodox Judaism (15)Moravian Church (1)National Baptist Convention of America (3)Nichiren (1)Old Believers (2)Oriental Orthodoxy (7)Orthodox Judaism (15)Pentecostalism (1)Presbyterianism (3)Progressive National Baptist Convention (3)Pure Land (1)Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) (2)Reclaiming (1)Reconstructionist Judaism (4)Reform Judaism (7)Roman Catholicism (12)Romanian Orthodox Church (8)Russian Orthodox Church (8)Saint Thomas Christians (2)Seax-Wica (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (8)Seventh-day Adventism (2)Shaivism (2)Shaktism (1)Shia (Twelver) (6)Shrine Shinto (1)Smartism (1)Sufism (2)Sunni (2)The Episcopal Church (5)The United Methodist Church (3)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (4)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (8)Vaishnavism (3)Vajrayana (1)Wesleyan Church (3)Zaidiyyah (1)Zion Christian Church (2)Category of PracticeAllDevotional (18)Devotional, addressed to the worshipper's own inner head (1)Devotional, and divinatory in the same act (1)Practice StatusAllHistorical; not practised continuously (5)Living tradition, practised today (73)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (85)CadenceAllAnnual (10)As the occasion requires (16)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (1)Daily (29)Monthly (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (2)Seasonal, at set points in the year (1)Several times a day (1)Weekly (6)ObligationAllObligatory (24)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (4)Optional and voluntary (3)Recommended and meritorious, not required (11)Offered ToAllThe Orishas (1)In GroupAllAncient and Historical Religious Practices (5)Buddhist Devotional Practices (4)Christian Devotional Practices (13)East Asian Devotional Practices (1)Hindu Devotional Practices (8)Islamic Devotional Practices (19)Jewish Devotional Practices (13)New Religious Movement Practices (2)Sikh Devotional Practices (4)Traditional African and Diaspora Practices (2)Zoroastrian Devotional Practices (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 85AgpeyaAll adherents of the traditionAiwisruthrem GahAll adherents of the traditionAparche (First Fruits Offering)All adherents of the traditionAsrAll adherents of the traditionBaptismal lifeAll adherents of the traditionBhajanAll adherents of the traditionBhakti (devotion)All adherents of the traditionCandle and lamp lightingAll adherents of the traditionChanting / MantraAll adherents of the traditionChanting HUAll adherents of the traditionChanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyoAll adherents of the traditionDarshanAll adherents of the traditionDhikr (remembrance of God)All adherents of the traditionDhuhrAll adherents of the traditionDoor-to-door evangelismAll adherents of the traditionEucharistic adorationAll adherents of the traditionFajrAll adherents of the traditionFamily History ResearchAll adherents of the traditionFoot washingAll adherents of the traditionGreater and Lesser MagicAll adherents of the traditionHakafotAll adherents of the traditionHatsumodeAll adherents of the traditionHavan GahAll adherents of the traditionHetep Di Nesu (Offering Formula Recitation)All adherents of the traditionHifzAll adherents of the traditionHoshanotAll adherents of the traditionHukamnamaAll adherents of the traditionIncense offeringAll adherents of the traditionIshaAll adherents of the traditionIstikharaAll adherents of the traditionIstisqaAll adherents of the traditionJapaAll adherents of the traditionKabbalat ShabbatAll adherents of the traditionKever AvotAll adherents of the traditionKirtanAll adherents of the traditionKola Nut OfferingAll adherents of the traditionLandtaking Observances (Landnam)All adherents of the traditionMaarivAll adherents of the traditionMaghribAll adherents of the traditionMehndiAll adherents of the traditionMinchaAll adherents of the traditionMourning of AshuraAll adherents of the traditionMusafAll adherents of the traditionNembutsu (reciting Amitabha's name)All adherents of the traditionNew Moon observanceAll adherents of the traditionNextlahualli (Debt Payment Offering)All adherents of the traditionNitnemAll adherents of the traditionObserving the SabbathAll adherents of the traditionOri VenerationAll adherents of the traditionPesukei DezimraAll adherents of the traditionPilgrimageAll adherents of the traditionPradakshinaAll adherents of the traditionPrayerAll adherents of the traditionPrayer compensationAll adherents of the traditionProstrationsAll adherents of the traditionPuja (daily worship)All adherents of the traditionQiyam al-LaylAll adherents of the traditionRapithwin GahAll adherents of the traditionSahaj PathAll adherents of the traditionSai between Safa and MarwaAll adherents of the traditionSefirat HaOmerAll adherents of the traditionSelichotAll adherents of the traditionSeven SacramentsAll adherents of the traditionShacharitAll adherents of the traditionShakyo (Devotional Sutra Copying)All adherents of the traditionShrine offerings and worshipAll adherents of the traditionSpeaking in tongues (glossolalia)All adherents of the traditionStations of the CrossAll adherents of the traditionTahajjudAll adherents of the traditionTarawihAll adherents of the traditionTawafAll adherents of the traditionThanksgiving (gratitude)All adherents of the traditionThe Cem ceremonyAll adherents of the traditionThe Five PillarsAll adherents of the traditionTilakaAll adherents of the traditionUnprogrammed silent worshipAll adherents of the traditionUse of the Book of Common PrayerAll adherents of the traditionUshahin GahAll adherents of the traditionUzerin GahAll adherents of the traditionVeneration of iconsAll adherents of the traditionVeneration of saints and MaryAll adherents of the traditionVotive Offering (Anathema)All adherents of the traditionWitrAll adherents of the traditionWorship of the lingamAll adherents of the traditionYahrzeitAll adherents of the traditionSources1. 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.