Home›Initiatory Rituals›Obligation›Undertaken only with authorisation or transmissionBrowse ByUndertaken only with authorisation or transmissionThis 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 MoreUndertaken only with authorisation or transmissionSourcesComments (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.Undertaken only with authorisation or transmissionFilter Results1 entryOrigin Period Start YearAll30 (1)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (1)Life Stage MarkedAllOrdination, profession or vows (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (1)Social FormAllPerformed by an officiant for a recipient (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (1)Native To RegionAllJudea (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Anglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Baptist (1)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (1)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Church of the Nazarene (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Dutch Reformed Church (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)Maronite Church (1)Methodism (1)National Baptist Convention of America (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Presbyterianism (1)Progressive National Baptist Convention (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)The Episcopal Church (1)The United Methodist Church (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Wesleyan Church (1)Originated InAllJudea (1)Kind of ritualAllChristian Initiation and Ordination Rites (1)Show ResultsHoly OrdersUndertaken only with authorisation or transmissionSources1. 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.