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Ritual is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of ritual, practice, and spiritual discipline: rituals and disciplines through which communities worship, remember, transform, or express devotion.
Overview
This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of Ritual. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.
In philosophy of religion
In philosophy of religion, concepts such as Ritual can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.
Associated traditions and worldviews
The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:
- Christianity
- Islam
- Judaism
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Sikhism
- Shinto
- Vodou
- Candomblé
- Modern Paganism
- Daoism
- Confucianism
- Cheondoism
- Cao Dai
- Tenrikyo
- Ancient Egyptian religion
- Ancient Greek religion
- Asatru
- Celtic paganism
- Druidry
- Heathenry
- Hellenism
- Kemetism
- Mesopotamian religion
- Norse paganism
- Religio Romana
- Rodnovery
- Roman religion
- Romuva
- Tengrism
- Wicca
- Alexandrian Wicca
- British Traditional Wicca
- Dianic Wicca
- Feri Tradition
- Gardnerian Wicca
- Stregheria
- Traditional Witchcraft
- Akan religion
- Ifa
- Indigenous and Traditional Religions
- Santería
- Umbanda
- West African Vodun
- Rastafari
- Shamanism
- Digital Shamanism