Home›Devotional Rituals›Scholarly Standing›A standard analytic category in the study of religionBrowse ByA standard analytic category in the study of religionThis page groups rituals by how settled or contested their scholarly description is. Wikipedia notes plainly that "the field of ritual studies has seen a number of conflicting definitions of the term." Browsing this way lets a visitor see which rituals scholars broadly agree on and which remain genuinely disputed.FactsLearn MoreA standard analytic category in the study of religionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites whose purpose is the honouring of a deity, ancestor or holy figure - offering, praise, procession, service - performed by a congregation or by an officiant on its behalf. The grouping cuts across traditions with very different accounts of what the act does, from a sacrament held to convey grace to a meal shared with the dead. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe devotional rituals This group holds devotional rituals, the formal, repeated acts of worship and reverence directed toward the divine: liturgies, offerings, processions and the regular rites of the temple, church, mosque or home. Where devotional practices are the ongoing habit of piety, these are its structured ceremonial forms. The browser will find devotional rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's order, purpose and setting, noting the tradition that performs it.A standard analytic category in the study of religionFilter Results39 entriesAddressed ToAllAmaterasu (1)God (Abrahamic) (1)Hathor (1)Juno (1)Jupiter (1)Khepri (1)Neptune (1)Ra (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-500 (4)-400 (2)-399 (1)30 (1)100 (1)142 (1)600 (1)610 (1)700 (3)1604 (2)1700 (1)1800 (1)1848 (1)1911 (1)1913 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (3)FrequencyAllAnnual (6)As the occasion requires (21)Daily (6)Once, or at a turning point in a life (2)Seasonal, at set points in the year (2)Several times a day (2)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (2)Held within an initiatory society (1)ObligationAllObligatory (6)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (4)Optional and voluntary (4)Recommended and meritorious, not required (4)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (1)Social FormAllPerformed alone (3)Performed alone or together (7)Performed by a gathered group (18)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (2)Practice StatusAllEnded (2)Living tradition, practised today (15)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (16)Clergy or ordained officiants (5)Householders, those living in the world (2)Initiates only (2)Lay people (1)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)Trained or authorised specialists (14)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (4)Britain (2)China (2)Greece (1)India (2)Indian Subcontinent (4)Japan (3)Korea (1)Mesopotamia (1)Persia (1)Punjab (3)Rome (1)Scandinavia (1)United States (2)Vietnam (1)West Africa (1)Yorubaland (1)Holds ElementAllFire (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Anglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (1)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Church of the Nazarene (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Disciples of Christ (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Global Methodist Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Lutheranism (1)Methodism (1)Nichiren (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Pure Land (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)Shia (Twelver) (1)The Episcopal Church (1)The United Methodist Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Vajrayana (1)Wesleyan Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (4)Britain (2)China (2)Greece (1)India (2)Indian Subcontinent (4)Japan (3)Korea (1)Mesopotamia (1)Persia (1)Punjab (3)Rome (1)Scandinavia (1)United States (2)Vietnam (1)West Africa (1)Yorubaland (2)Originates In LanguageAllArabic (1)Classical Arabic (2)Classical Chinese (1)Classical Japanese (1)Classical Persian (1)French (1)Hebrew (1)Korean (1)Old Norse (1)Pali (1)Sanskrit (2)Thai (1)Vietnamese Language (1)Kind of ritualAllAfrican, Diaspora and Native American Devotional Rites (3)Christian, Jewish and Western Esoteric Devotional Rites (5)Classical, Celtic, Norse and Mesopotamian Devotional Rites (2)East and Southeast Asian Shinto, Daoist and Spirit Rites (6)Hindu Murti Veneration Rites (4)Indic and Buddhist Devotional Rites (2)Islamic Devotional Rites (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 39AartiA standard analytic category in the study of religionAbhishekaA standard analytic category in the study of religionBembeA standard analytic category in the study of religionBuddhist ChantingA standard analytic category in the study of religionDaijosaiA standard analytic category in the study of religionDeisal, the Sunwise TurningA standard analytic category in the study of religionEgungun MasqueradeA standard analytic category in the study of 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study of religionThe Mass / EucharistA standard analytic category in the study of religionWai Khru Ram MuayA standard analytic category in the study of religionSources1. 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 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.