Home›Lifecycle 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-attestedThe category is van Gennep's: Les rites de passage (1909) proposed that such rites everywhere follow a three-stage pattern of separation, liminality and incorporation, and Victor Turner's 1969 work on liminality made the middle stage the centre of the frame. It is a scholars' scheme, not a traditions' one. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites marking a passage in an individual life - birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, ordination, death. Nearly every tradition marks some of these, but not the same set, and which passages are marked by religious rite rather than by civil custom differs by tradition and by period. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn MoreThe lifecycle rituals This group gathers lifecycle rituals, the rites that mark the great transitions of a human life: birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, and other passages by which a person moves from one status to the next. Such rites of passage are found in every religious tradition and are among the most universal features of religious life. The browser will find lifecycle rituals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each rite's form, meaning and setting, noting the tradition to which it belongs and the transition it marks.ObligatoryFilter Results12 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1200 (1)-1000 (1)-800 (3)-500 (2)150 (1)200 (2)1500 (1)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (12)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Life Stage MarkedAllA milestone of childhood (2)Birth and the newborn (1)Entry into the community or the order (1)Marriage (6)Naming of a child (2)Ordination, profession or vows (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (12)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed by a gathered group (10)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (9)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Householders, those living in the world (4)Lay people (2)Officiant Led (2)The candidate undergoing the rite (1)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (4)Ancient Rome (1)Eastern Europe (1)Indian Subcontinent (4)Punjab (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Anglican Communion (2)Anglicanism (2)Armenian Apostolic Church (2)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Breslov Hasidism (5)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (5)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (2)Church of England (2)Church of Greece (2)Church of Ireland (2)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Church of the Nazarene (1)Conservative Judaism (2)Coptic Orthodoxy (2)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 (1)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (2)Global Methodist Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (2)Haredi Judaism (5)Hasidic Judaism (5)Lutheranism (1)Maronite Church (1)Methodism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (5)Moravian Church (1)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (2)Orthodox Judaism (5)Presbyterianism (1)Reform Judaism (2)Roman Catholicism (2)Romanian Orthodox Church (2)Russian Orthodox Church (2)Saint Thomas Christians (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (2)The Episcopal Church (2)The United Methodist Church (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (2)Wesleyan Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (4)Ancient Rome (1)Eastern Europe (1)Indian Subcontinent (4)Punjab (1)Originates In LanguageAllHebrew (3)Punjabi (1)Sanskrit (4)Kind of ritualAllBirth and Naming Rites (5)Marriage Rites (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Anand KarajObligatoryAnnaprashanaObligatoryBrit Milah (Bris)ObligatoryChudakaranaObligatoryChuppahObligatoryInfant Baptism and ChristeningObligatoryKiddushin and NissuinObligatoryMonastic VowsObligatoryNamakaranaObligatorySheva BrachotObligatoryVivahaObligatoryYichudObligatorySources1. 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.