Religious Ritual Practices

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The paper discusses religious rituals or "ceremonial actions" that are in practice today. The paper highlights the concept of prayer and the activities associated with the selected rituals attached to the religions of Catholicism, Baptism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism.

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"In Roman Catholicism, the most important religious ritual is known as the Sacraments, usually called mass, and involves seven specific sacraments which stand as "signs and symbols by which God acts" upon man and the universe. The first of these ritualistic sacraments in baptism which for Catholics is necessary for personal salvation. Baptism is also necessary for the inborn sin that is found in all human beings simply because they are human."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Grissom, Harold J. "Ritual Practice in American Religious Sects." The Journal of Religion. (April 2006): 239-48.
• Hall, Manley P. The Psychology of Religious Ritual. Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 2003.
• Harvey, Graham. Ritual and Religious Belief. UK: Equinox Publishing, Ltd., 2005.
• Salomane, Frank. Encyclopedia of Religious Rights, Rituals and Festivals. New York: Routledge Publishing, 2004.
• Swift, Donald C. Religion and the American Experience: A Social and Cultural History, 1765-1996. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharp Publishers, 1997.

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