Transcript Abrahamic Religions

Abrahamic Religions
Judaism, Islam,
and Christianity and their customs
Islam
• Buildings and places of Worship
– Masjid
» a place of prostration
– collective mosque
» state owned center for community worship
• Place of Friday afternoon Services (jum'ah)
• Difference from churches and Synagogues
» marriage or birth not preformed in mosque
» confession, penitence, confirmation don't exist
Islam Cont.
• Prayer
– preformed in bows and prostrations
– Congregation gathers in a large room in rows
barefooted
• follow imam's movements
• Women are separated from the men, like in orthodox
Judaism
• No music in services, only chanting of the Qur’an
Islamic Service Customs
• Congregants gather in a large great hall
– Women and men are separated
• Men are on the ground floor
• Women in the balcony
• Individual Prayer
– Entrance to the great hall
• Individual prayer is done upon entering
Islamic service Cont.
• Imam chants the Qur'an
– First in Arabic
– Then in English
• Sermon is given by the Imam
• Group Prayer
– All congregants come to the front of the great hall
and do a prayer to Allah as one group
Music in Abrahamic Religious
Services
• Islamic Services
– Music is not used due to the fact that it is
considered Haram
– Chanting of the Qur’an is permitted
• Jewish Services
– Singing of certain prayers is an integral part of the
services especially in services on holidays
Music in Abrahamic Religious
Services Cont.
• Christian Services
– A Choir is used to sing hymns throughout the
service which is also an important part of the
service
• Summary
– Christian and Jewish services use music as an
important part of worship
– Islamic services don’t use music because it is part
of their law in regard to music
Christian Worship Services
• Buildings and places of Worship
– Usually held in a Church or Chapel
» Can be held anywhere.
• Services are held on Sundays
• Churches are also used for.
» marriages
» baptisms(specifically a Christian tradition)
» confession, penitence, confirmation
» Funeral services
Christian Worship Services Cont.
• Prayer
– Preformed in a group, but is also followed by
personal prayer.
– There are a variety of ways to pray
• Bowing is the most common
– Full body prostration is not often done.
• Face raised to the sky.
• No real specific or right way to pray.
Christian services Cont.
(basic outline of a Sunday service)
• Entrance
– Greetings, music, song, prayer, praise
• Proclamation and Response
– Scripture readings, prayer, offering, preaching
• Included in this section
– Music
– Witnessing
– Media messages
• Communion served (Could be once a month or every week)
• Benediction
Jewish Services
• Recitation of prayers is the central
characteristic of Jewish worship.
– There is often help from the people in the
congregation (Rabi speaks, and congregation
answers)
– Cantor is in a room, usually with an organ, singing
the prayers
Jewish Services Cont.
• 10 men needed to open the ark and take out
the Torah
– Passages are read during each prayer service
– 3 times of prayer
• Morning prayer ( week day, and Saturday morning)
• Afternoon prayer
• Evening prayer (weekly, congregational services on
Friday evenings)
Jewish Services Cont.
(Friday evening Service)
• Services begin with the song of songs
– composed of six psalms, 95 to 99, and 29,
representing the six week-days
– Sermon from Rabi
– List of honored deceased is read (if any)
– Benidiction
Pictures and Videos
• http://youtube.com/wa
tch?v=rk5qei2TtoM
– Recitation of the four
questions (said on
Passover by the
youngest child at the
Passover sader)
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