Home›Initiatory Rituals›Obligation›ObligatoryBrowse ByObligatoryThis page groups rituals by whether performing them is a required duty or a voluntary devotion. Wikipedia notes that "for daily prayers, practicing Muslims must perform a ritual recitation from the Quran in Arabic while bowing and prostrating." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a mandatory rite from one an adherent may choose to observe or not.FactsLearn MoreObligatorySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedInitiation is treated as a species of rite of passage on van Gennep's 1909 three-stage scheme - separation, liminality, incorporation - as elaborated by Victor Turner in 1969. The scheme is a comparative frame devised by its authors, not an account any tradition gives of its own rite. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites that admit a person to a status, community or degree of knowledge not previously held. The atlas records that such rites exist, who confers them and what they are held to accomplish. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn MoreThe Initiatory Rituals This group holds initiatory rituals, the ceremonies by which a person is admitted into a religion, order or degree, or consecrated to a sacred role. Initiation typically enacts a symbolic death and rebirth, marking the passage into a new spiritual state. The browser will find initiatory rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the tradition and the admission or elevation it enacts.ObligatoryFilter Results3 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll30 (1)200 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (2)Life Stage MarkedAllEntry into the community or the order (3)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (3)Social FormAllPerformed alone or together (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (2)The candidate undergoing the rite (1)Native To RegionAllAncient Rome (1)Arabia (1)Judea (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (2)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (2)Aladura (1)Amish (1)Anabaptism (1)Anglican Communion (2)Anglicanism (2)Armenian Apostolic Church (2)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Baptist (1)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (2)Church of Cyprus (2)Church of England (2)Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) (1)Church of Greece (2)Church of Ireland (2)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (2)Church of the Nazarene (2)Churches of Christ (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (2)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (2)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (2)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2)Free Methodist Church (2)Georgian Orthodox Church (2)Global Methodist Church (2)Greek Orthodox Church (2)Kimbanguist Church (1)Lutheranism (2)Maronite Church (2)Mennonites (1)Methodism (2)Moravian Church (2)National Baptist Convention of America (1)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (2)Presbyterianism (1)Progressive National Baptist Convention (1)Roman Catholicism (2)Romanian Orthodox Church (2)Russian Orthodox Church (2)Saint Thomas Christians (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (2)Seventh-day Adventism (1)The Episcopal Church (2)The United Methodist Church (2)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (2)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (2)Wesleyan Church (2)Zion Christian Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Rome (1)Arabia (1)Judea (1)Originates In LanguageAllKoine Greek (1)Kind of ritualAllChristian Initiation and Ordination Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3BaptismObligatoryConfirmationObligatoryShahada (Act of Conversion)ObligatorySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView 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.