Home›Dietary Practices›Scholarly Standing›A standard analytic category in the study of religionBrowse ByA standard analytic category in the study of religionThis page groups practices by how settled their scholarly classification is. Wikipedia notes that "starting about 1920, 'cult' acquired an additional six or more positive and negative definitions," a term whose meaning has shifted considerably. Browsing this way lets a visitor see which practices scholars describe consistently and which remain genuinely contested.FactsLearn MoreA standard analytic category in the study of religionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe keeping of a tradition's food rules as an ongoing discipline, as distinct from the rules themselves, which the atlas records as beliefs. What is kept differs in kind - a legal standard of permitted species and slaughter, a vow of restricted fare for a set period, an abstention grounded in non-injury - and these do not substitute for one another. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPractices 1Learn MoreThe dietary practices This group gathers dietary practices, the religious disciplines governing what, when and how the faithful eat: fasting, abstinence, vegetarianism, and rules of permitted and forbidden food. Diet is a daily and visible marker of religious identity and discipline in many traditions. The browser will find dietary practices from various traditions. The entries describe each practice's rules and rationale, noting the tradition that prescribes it.A standard analytic category in the study of religionFilter Results16 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)-600 (1)-200 (1)325 (1)511 (1)610 (1)1699 (1)1833 (1)1930 (1)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (1)Performed alone or together (12)TraditionAllArmenian Apostolic Church (1)Beta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of Greece (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Karaite Judaism (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)Seventh-day Adventism (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Vaishnavism (1)Category of PracticeAllDietary (10)Purificatory (1)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (9)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Lay people (1)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)Trained or authorised specialists (2)Practice StatusAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (13)CadenceAllAs the occasion requires (1)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (8)Seasonal, at set points in the year (2)ObligationAllObligatory (9)Optional and voluntary (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16AyambilA standard analytic category in the study of religionBiguA standard analytic category in the study of religionBuddhist Temple VegetarianismA standard analytic category in the study of religionFasting during RamadanA standard analytic category in the study of religionHalalA standard analytic category in the study of religionIslamic views on fasting in the polar regionsA standard analytic category in the study of religionItalA standard analytic category in the study of religionJain Dietary CodeA standard analytic category in the study of religionKeeping KosherA standard analytic category in the study of religionOrthodox Christian FastingA standard analytic category in the study of religionSaikaiA standard analytic category in the study of religionSattvic DietA standard analytic category in the study of religionSikh Dietary CodeA standard analytic category in the study of religionSitta min ShawwālA standard analytic category in the study of religionThe Word of WisdomA standard analytic category in the study of religionVegetarianismA standard analytic category in the study of religionSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religionstier 1John Bowker (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997View 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.