Home›Devotional Practices›Who Performs It›Trained or authorised specialistsBrowse ByTrained or authorised specialistsThis 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 MoreTrained or authorised specialistsSourcesComments (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.Trained or authorised specialistsFilter Results23 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-650 (1)142 (1)850 (1)900 (2)1400 (1)1600 (1)1700 (1)1870 (1)1971 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (13)Performed by a gathered group (6)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (3)TraditionAllAladura (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Christian Science (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of Greece (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (2)Orthodox Judaism (1)Pentecostalism (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)Sufism (2)Tibetan Buddhism (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Zen (1)Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) (1)Zion Christian Church (1)Category of PracticeAllArtistic and literary (1)Devotional (6)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (21)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (22)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)CadenceAllAs the occasion requires (2)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (2)Weekly (1)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (1)In GroupAllBuddhist Devotional Practices (2)Christian Devotional Practices (6)East Asian Devotional Practices (1)Hindu Devotional Practices (3)Indigenous and Folk Devotional Practices (2)Islamic Devotional Practices (7)Jewish Devotional Practices (1)Sikh Devotional Practices (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 23Aboriginal Dot PaintingTrained or authorised specialistsAkhand PathTrained or authorised specialistsBadhaiTrained or authorised specialistsBharatanatyamTrained or authorised specialistsChristian MissionTrained or authorised specialistsDivine healingTrained or authorised specialistsEthiopian Church PaintingTrained or authorised specialistsFull-Time Missionary ServiceTrained or authorised specialistsHindu Temple SculptureTrained or authorised specialistsIcon PaintingTrained or authorised specialistsKhutbahTrained or authorised specialistsKufic CalligraphyTrained or authorised specialistsNaskh CalligraphyTrained or authorised specialistsNastaliq CalligraphyTrained or authorised specialistsPersian MiniatureTrained or authorised specialistsRetablo and SantosTrained or authorised specialistsSama (spiritual music and whirling)Trained or authorised specialistsShodo (Japanese Calligraphy)Trained or authorised specialistsSoferut (STaM Scribal Art)Trained or authorised specialistsTalismanic and exorcistic ritualTrained or authorised specialistsTemple ElephantsTrained or authorised specialistsThangka PaintingTrained or authorised specialistsThuluth CalligraphyTrained or authorised specialistsSources1. 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.