Rhythms of religious ritual : the yearly cycles of Jews, Christians, and Muslims / Kathy Black with Bishop Kyrillos, Jonathan L. Friedmann and Tamar Frankiel, Hamid Mavani and Jihad Turk.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Claremont studies in interreligious dialogue ; 1.
Main Author: Black, Kathy, 1956- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Claremont, CA : Claremont Press, [2018]
Series:Claremont studies in interreligious dialogue ; 1.
Subjects:
Religious calendars.
Rites and ceremonies.
Judaism > Liturgy.
Liturgics.
United States.
2000-2099
Online Access:
Open Access
Physical Description:xii, 165 pages ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • The Jewish year. Diversity of Judaism
  • Hebrew pronunciation guide
  • Important vocabulary
  • Weekly worship
  • Summary of the Jewish year
  • Pesach festival
  • Counting of the Omer
  • Yom Ha-Shoah
  • Yom Ha-Atzma'ut
  • Lag B'Omer
  • Sheloshet Yimei Hagbalah- 3 days of restriction
  • Shavuot
  • Fast days- 3 week mourning period
  • Tisha B'Av
  • Tu B'Av
  • Preparation for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
  • Days of awe. Rosh Hashana
  • 'Aseret Temei Teshuvah- 10 days of penitence
  • Yom Kippur- Day of atonement
  • Preparation for Sukkot
  • Sukkot- Festival of booths
  • Shemini Atzeret
  • Simchat Torah
  • Chanukah
  • Asarah B'Tevet
  • Tu B'Shevat- New Year for trees
  • Fast of Esther
  • Purim
  • The Christian year. Diversity within Christianity
  • Important vocabulary
  • Weekly worship
  • Summary of the Christian year
  • Christmas cycle. Advent
  • Christmas day
  • Christmas season
  • Day of Epiphany
  • Ordinary time after Epiphany
  • Easter cycle. Lent
  • Holy week
  • Easter eve/day
  • Easter season- The great 50 days
  • Day of Pentecost
  • Ordinary time after Pentecost
  • The Islamic year. Diversity within Islam
  • Important vocabulary
  • Weekly prayer
  • Summary of the Islamic calendar
  • Dawn of the Islamic new year
  • Ashura
  • Arba'een- 40th day
  • Hijrah
  • Milad-un Nabi- Birth of the prophet (PBUH)
  • Isra' and Mi'raj
  • Mid Shaban
  • Ramadan
  • Lailatul Qadr
  • Eid-ul Fitr- Feast of breaking the fast
  • Six days of fasting in Shawwal
  • Hajj
  • Eid-ul-Adha- Feast of sacrifice
  • Ghadeer Khumm- Prophet's (PBUH) speech
  • Comparisons and conclusions.