Home›Lifecycle Rituals›Obligation›Optional and voluntaryBrowse ByOptional and voluntaryThis 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 MoreOptional and voluntarySourcesComments (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.Optional and voluntaryFilter Results5 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll600 (1)1100 (1)1550 (1)1600 (1)1900 (1)Attested InAllTorah (2)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (5)Life Stage MarkedAllA milestone of childhood (2)Birth and the newborn (1)Marriage (2)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (4)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (1)Householders, those living in the world (1)Lay people (2)Officiant Led (1)Native To RegionAllByzantine Empire (1)Eastern Europe (1)Japan (2)TraditionAllAnglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Breslov Hasidism (2)Chabad-Lubavitch (2)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (1)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Haredi Judaism (2)Hasidic Judaism (1)Lutheranism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (2)Orthodox Judaism (2)Roman Catholicism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)The Episcopal Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Originated InAllByzantine Empire (1)Eastern Europe (1)Japan (2)Kind of ritualAllBirth and Naming Rites (2)Coming-of-Age and Initiation Rites (1)Marriage Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5BedekenOptional and voluntaryChurching of WomenOptional and voluntaryShichi-Go-SanOptional and voluntaryShinzen KekkonOptional and voluntaryUpsherinOptional and voluntarySources1. 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.