Home›Initiatory Rituals›Practitioner›Clergy or ordained officiantsBrowse ByClergy or ordained officiantsThis page groups rituals by who is qualified to perform them. Wikipedia notes that "healing rites performed by shamans frequently identify social disorder as the cause, and make the restoration of social relationships the cure." Browsing by practitioner lets a visitor find every ritual entrusted to one particular kind of specialist.FactsLearn MoreClergy or ordained officiantsSourcesComments (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.Clergy or ordained officiantsFilter Results7 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll30 (2)200 (1)600 (1)700 (1)1066 (1)Attested InAllThe Brahmanas (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (6)Life Stage MarkedAllEntry into the community or the order (2)Ordination, profession or vows (1)ObligationAllObligatory (2)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (6)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)Native To RegionAllAncient Rome (1)England (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)Judea (2)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (3)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (3)Aladura (1)Amish (1)Anabaptism (1)Anglican Communion (3)Anglicanism (3)Armenian Apostolic Church (3)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Baptist (2)Calvinism (Reformed) (2)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (3)Church of Cyprus (3)Church of England (4)Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) (1)Church of Greece (3)Church of Ireland (3)Church of Scotland (2)Church of Sweden (3)Church of the Nazarene (3)Churches of Christ (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (3)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (4)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (3)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (3)Free Methodist Church (3)Georgian Orthodox Church (3)Global Methodist Church (3)Greek Orthodox Church (3)Kimbanguist Church (1)Lutheranism (3)Maronite Church (3)Mennonites (1)Methodism (3)Moravian Church (2)National Baptist Convention of America (2)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Presbyterianism (2)Progressive National Baptist Convention (2)Roman Catholicism (3)Romanian Orthodox Church (3)Russian Orthodox Church (3)Saint Thomas Christians (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (3)Seventh-day Adventism (1)The Episcopal Church (3)The United Methodist Church (3)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (3)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (3)Wesleyan Church (3)Zion Christian Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Rome (1)England (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)Judea (2)Originates In LanguageAllKoine Greek (1)Sanskrit (1)Kind of ritualAllChristian Initiation and Ordination Rites (3)Royal Coronation and Consecration Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Anointing of MonarchsClergy or ordained officiantsBaptismClergy or ordained officiantsByzantine Imperial CoronationClergy or ordained officiantsConfirmationClergy or ordained officiantsCoronation of the British MonarchClergy or ordained officiantsHoly OrdersClergy or ordained officiantsRajasuyaClergy or ordained officiantsSources1. 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.