Home›Purificatory Practices›Practice Status›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups practices by whether they are still carried out today. Wikipedia notes that "in French, for example, sections in newspapers giving the schedule of worship for Catholic services are headed Culte Catholique," ordinary evidence of a still-living practice. Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a living practice apart from one preserved only in historical description.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedPractices undertaken to remove a condition the tradition treats as impurity and to restore fitness for worship or for ordinary life - ablution before prayer, bathing, confession, the sweeping out of leaven, exorcism, purification by smoke. Impurity here is a ritual status rather than dirt or sin, and its causes and remedies are set by each tradition's own law. 2Contested UseContested or Appropriated Modern UseWell-attestedSourced to the subject's own accountTwo practices grouped here, smudging and the sweat lodge, are English names for ceremonies belonging to particular Native American nations, several of which those nations hold closed. The Lakota Summit V declaration of June 1993 objected by name to their conduct by people without standing. The atlas records that they exist and publishes no procedure. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPractices 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn MoreThe purificatory practices This group gathers purificatory practices, the acts by which practitioners cleanse themselves of impurity or sin in preparation for worship or as a discipline in itself: ritual washing, bathing, fasting and other rites of purification. The concern with purity before the sacred is nearly universal. The browser will find purificatory practices from across the traditions. The entries describe each practice's form and meaning, noting the conception of purity and pollution that underlies it.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results17 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-2000 (1)-300 (1)-50 (1)500 (3)610 (3)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (7)Performed alone or together (4)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (6)TraditionAllAnglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (2)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Beta Israel (2)Breslov Hasidism (4)Chabad-Lubavitch (4)Church of Cyprus (2)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (2)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (2)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (2)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (2)Greek Orthodox Church (2)Haredi Judaism (4)Hasidic Judaism (4)Karaite Judaism (1)Lutheranism (1)Maronite Church (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (4)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (2)Orthodox Judaism (4)Reform Judaism (1)Roman Catholicism (2)Romanian Orthodox Church (2)Russian Orthodox Church (2)Salafism (1)Sect Shinto (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (2)Shakers (1)Shrine Shinto (1)The Episcopal Church (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (2)Category of PracticeAllPurificatory (3)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (8)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Lay people (2)The candidate undergoing the rite (1)Trained or authorised specialists (4)Women only (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (16)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)CadenceAllAnnual (2)As the occasion requires (7)Daily (1)Several times a day (1)ObligationAllObligatory (4)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17BarashnumLiving tradition, practised todayBedikat ChametzLiving tradition, practised todayChhaupadiLiving tradition, practised todayCircumcisionLiving tradition, practised todayConfessionLiving tradition, practised todayExorcismLiving tradition, practised todayGhuslLiving tradition, practised todayMisogiLiving tradition, practised todayNetilat YadayimLiving tradition, practised todayNiddahLiving tradition, practised todayPratikramanaLiving tradition, practised todayRitual purification (harae)Living tradition, practised todayRuqyahLiving tradition, practised todaySnan (Sacred Bathing)Living tradition, practised todaySpiritual BathLiving tradition, practised todayTayammumLiving tradition, practised todayTemizuLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. PurificationView the Source3. Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spiritualitytier 1Lakota Summit V, 1993the holders' own accountDivinity 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.