Home›Dietary Practices›Solitary or Communal›Performed alone or togetherBrowse ByPerformed alone or togetherThis page groups practices by whether they are carried out alone or with others. Wikipedia distinguishes "communal rites, whether of worship, where a community comes together to worship" from "rites of personal devotion, where an individual worships, including prayer and pilgrimages." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a group ceremony from a practice one person performs alone.FactsLearn MorePerformed alone or togetherSourcesComments (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.Performed alone or togetherFilter Results12 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)-600 (1)325 (1)511 (1)610 (1)1699 (1)1833 (1)1930 (1)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 (9)Purificatory (1)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (8)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Lay people (1)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (12)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (12)CadenceAllAs the occasion requires (1)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (8)Seasonal, at set points in the year (2)ObligationAllObligatory (8)Recommended and meritorious, not required (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12AyambilPerformed alone or togetherBuddhist Temple VegetarianismPerformed alone or togetherHalalPerformed alone or togetherItalPerformed alone or togetherJain Dietary CodePerformed alone or togetherKeeping KosherPerformed alone or togetherOrthodox Christian FastingPerformed alone or togetherSaikaiPerformed alone or togetherSattvic DietPerformed alone or togetherSikh Dietary CodePerformed alone or togetherThe Word of WisdomPerformed alone or togetherVegetarianismPerformed alone or togetherSources1. 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.