Home›Initiatory Rituals›Social Form›Performed by an officiant for a recipientBrowse ByPerformed by an officiant for a recipientThis page groups rituals by whether they are performed by a community together or by a single person alone. 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 group ceremonies from solitary devotional acts.FactsLearn MorePerformed by an officiant for a recipientSourcesComments (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.Performed by an officiant for a recipientFilter Results8 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-2285 (1)-100 (1)30 (2)200 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (4)Once, or at a turning point in a life (4)Life Stage MarkedAllEntry into the community or the order (6)Ordination, profession or vows (2)ObligationAllObligatory (2)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (7)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (6)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (3)The candidate undergoing the rite (4)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (1)Ancient Rome (1)India (1)Judea (2)Persia (1)Rome (1)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)Breslov Hasidism (1)Calvinism (Reformed) (2)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (3)Church of Cyprus (3)Church of England (3)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)Conservative Judaism (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (3)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (3)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)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Kimbanguist Church (1)Lutheranism (3)Mahayana (1)Maronite Church (3)Mennonites (1)Methodism (3)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Moravian Church (2)National Baptist Convention of America (2)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Orthodox Judaism (1)Presbyterianism (2)Progressive National Baptist Convention (2)Reform Judaism (1)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 Israel (1)Ancient Rome (1)India (1)Judea (2)Persia (1)Rome (1)Originates In LanguageAllAvestan (1)Hebrew (1)Koine Greek (1)Sanskrit (1)Kind of ritualAllChristian Initiation and Ordination Rites (3)Indic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination Rites (2)Jewish and Islamic Coming-of-Age and Conversion Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8BaptismPerformed by an officiant for a recipientBodhisattva VowPerformed by an officiant for a recipientConfirmationPerformed by an officiant for a recipientEntu Priestess Installation RitePerformed by an officiant for a recipientGiyurPerformed by an officiant for a recipientHoly OrdersPerformed by an officiant for a recipientNavjotePerformed by an officiant for a recipientThe Consecration of a Vestal VirginPerformed by an officiant for a recipientSources1. 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.