Religion

590JReligious activities. Religious practice
590J11 Social behaviour and activities. Non-formal religious practice and observance
590J12  Moral behaviour. Moral theology
590J123   Right and wrong. Good and evil
590J1233    Knowledge of right and wrong
590J12335     Conscience. Guilt
590J1234    Freedom to act. Free will. Human ethical actions
590J12342     Influences on the exercise of free will
590J12344     Determinism
590J12345     Predestination
590J12347     Temptation
590J1235    Wrongdoing. Sin
590J12353     Origin, source of wrongdoing
590J12355     Nature of wrongdoing. Nature of sin
590J12357     Specific sins
590J12358     Seven deadly sins. Mortal sins
590J12359     Venial sins
590J1237    Good. Virtue. The good
590J12373     Origin of good
590J12375     Nature of virtue
590J12377     Specific virtues
590J12378     Cardinal virtues, etc.
590J12379     Theological virtues
590J125   Ethical systems. Ethical theory
590J126   Religious ethics. Ethics directly derived from religious systems
590J127   Informal promotion of the faith. Acting as exemplar or ambassador for the faith
590J128   Religious laws, obligations, moral precepts, moral laws. Regulations. Religious duties
590J1282    Nature of religious law
590J1283    Requirements of law
590J1284    Prohibitions
590J1285    Obedience to the law
590J1286    Interpretation of law
590J1287    Exemption from law
590J1288    Transgression of law
590J12885     Mitigation
590J12887     Indulgences
590J1289    Amendment, cancellation of law
590J13  Social customs and practice. Social theology
590J14  Social behaviour
590J141   Self-emptying. Kenosis
590J142   Food and diet
590J1424    Food laws
590J14245     Dietary requirements. Dietary limitations
590J14247     Abstinence. Fasting. Prohibition
590J1425    Rules concerning specific foods and drinks
590J143   Personal hygiene and appearance. Personal conduct
590J1433    Cleanliness. Washing
590J1435    Clothing. Headgear
590J1437    Cutting, wearing, arrangement of the hair
590J144   Social relationships
590J1442    Friendships
590J1444    Conversation
590J1446    Silence
590J145   Domestic customs and routines
590J146   Medical care and treatment
590J147   Sexual relations, activity
590J1472    Segregation of sexes
590J1474    Chastity. Purity
590J1476    Sexual faithfulness. Promiscuity
590J1477    Abstinence. Celibacy
590J1478    Prostitution
590J15  Marriage and the family
590J152   Courtship. Selection of marriage partners. Betrothal
590J153   Marital partners
590J1532    Monogamy
590J1535    Polygamy. Polyandry
590J154   Divorce
590J155   Children
590J156   Pregnancy
590J1562    Abortion
590J1565    Childbirth
590J157   Parenthood
590J1575    Adoption
590J158   Surrogacy
590J16  Charity. Support for others. Pastoral activities. Pastoral theology in the broad sense
590J162   Agencies, institutions for pastoral care and support
590J163   Charitable giving
590J1632    Tithes. Stewardship
590J1634    Almsgiving
590J1636    Surrender of wealth, possessions. Voluntary poverty
590J164   Practical support. Voluntary work
590J165   Counselling. Advising
590J166   Visiting
590J167   Hospitality
590J168   Care. Physical care and attendance
590J1682    Temporary, respite care
590J1684    Residential care
590J16845     Shelter. Housing
590J16847     Hostels. Hospices
590J1685    Nursing care. Medical care
590J1686    Healing
590J16865     Laying on of hands
590J17  Education
590J172   Religious education
590J1723    Preparation for initiation. Religious instruction
590J1725    Continuing religious education
590J174   Scriptural study and interpretation (for education)
590J175   Preaching (as education and instruction)
590J1752    Homiletics. Theory of preaching
590J1755    Sermons
590J2 Liturgy
590J21  Form of rite. Office
590J3 Worship broadly. Cult. Rites and ceremonies
590J32  Acts of worship (by participants)
590J322   Public worship. Communal worship. Services. (Usually assumed)
590J3224    Ceremonial. Ceremonies on the grand scale
590J3226    State ceremonies
590J3228    Partially public
590J323   Domestic observances. Family worship. Worship in the home
590J324   Personal worship. Private devotions
590J325   Secret worship (by degree of compulsion)
590J326   Compulsory. Obligatory
590J327   Recommended
590J328   Voluntary. Optional
590J33  Object of worship
590J34  Form of rites, worship (oral)
590J342   Calling to worship, prayer
590J343   Prayer
590J3435    Specific prayers
590J344   Reading of texts
590J345   Chants. Incantations
590J346   Prophecy
590J347   Glossolalia. Ecstatic utterance. Speaking in tongues
590J35  Music in worship
590J352   Solo singing
590J353   Choral music
590J3535    Musical chants. Plainsong
590J3536    Antiphonal singing
590J354   Congregational music. Public singing. Community singing
590J355   Instrumental music
590J356   Liturgical settings
590J3565    Of texts
590J3567    Of services
590J357   Hymns
590J3575    Anthems
590J358   Psalms
590J3585    Metrical psalms
590J359   Religious musical works. Oratorios. Cantatas
590J36  Physical rites and ceremonies
590J361   Washing. Ablution. Immersion in water. Sprinkling of water
590J362   Use of other materials, substances
590J3625    Oil. Anointing. Unction
590J3627    Incense. Censing
590J363   Postures
590J3632    Orientation
590J3634    Bowing. Bending
590J3635    Kneeling. Genuflection
590J3636    Prostration
590J3637    Laying on of hands
590J364   Symbolic gestures
590J365   Procession. Circumambulation
590J366   Dance
590J3665    Drama. Symbolic enactment
590J367   Eating. Food rites and ceremonies
590J3672    Shared food. Ritual meal. Breaking of bread
590J3674    Ritual fasting. Abstinence from food
590J3676    Drinking
590J36765     Potions
590J368   Marking of the body
590J3682    Ritual marking and scarring
590J3684    Body piercing
590J3686    Circumcision
590J369   Control of the body
590J3692    Endurance of pain
590J3694    Fire-walking
590J3696    Levitation
590J37  Offerings
590J38  Sacrifices
590J382   Burnt offerings
590J384   Whole burnt offerings
590J386   (By subject of sacrifice)
590J4 Ceremonies by purpose
590J423  Personal
590J425   Altruistic
590J427   Vicarious
590J432   Homage. Adoration. Veneration. Worship narrowly
590J433   Profession of belief. Credo. Confession of faith
590J434   Intercession. Influence
590J435   Propitiation
590J436   Petition (By subject of request)
590J437   Confession of sins
590J438   Penitence
590J442   Expiation. Atonement
590J4425    Scapegoat
590J443   Absolution. Forgiveness
590J444   Purification. Catharsis
590J445   Thanksgiving
590J4455    Commemoration
590J446   Dedication. Vow. Pledge
590J447   Knowledge. Enlightenment. Insight
590J448   Knowledge of events. Divination. Augury. Soothsaying. Oracles
590J45  Control of events. Magic
590J452   Sympathetic magic
590J453   Contagious magic
590J455   Homeopathic. Imitative rites
590J456   Binding and losing
590J457   Generating rites
590J462   Blessing. Sanctification. Consecration
590J464   Curse. Anathema. Desecration
590J466   Deconsecration
590J47  Evocation, 'calling-up' of spirits
590J475   Evocation of the dead. Necromancy
590J48  Elimination. 'De-desecration'. Casting out
590J485   Exorcism
590J49  Communication with the deity. Communion with the deity
590J492   Evocation of the deity
590J493   Coming of the deity. Presence of the deity
590J494   Assimilation of the deity
590J496   Departure of the deity
590J5 Sacraments. Sacramentals
590J52  Rites of passage. Stages in life
590J53  Birth
590J532   Pre-natal. Antenatal
590J533   Peri-natal
590J534   Post-natal
590J54  Adolescence. Puberty. Transition to adulthood
590J55  Betrothal. Marriage. Wedding ceremonies
590J555   Procreation. Fertility. Childbirth
590J56  Old age
590J57  Death. Funeral ceremonies
590J575   Disposal ceremonies. Burial. Cremation
590J58  Stages in spiritual life
590J582   Initiation
590J583   Baptism. Naming ceremonies
590J584   Confirmation. Adult re-initiation
590J585   Ordination. Entry to priesthood
590J586   Beatification
590J587   Canonization
590J588   Expulsion. Excommunication
590J59  Coronation. Enthronement
590J6 Celebration
590J62  Feasts and festivals. Holy days
590J63  Special weekday. Day of rest. Sabbath
590J635   Special times of day. Hours for prayer. Hours for worship
590J64  Religious calendar. Religious year
590J65  Named festivals A/Z
590J67  Special years. Holy years. Sabbatical years. Jubilees
590J7 Pilgrimage
590J8 Contemplation and reflective religion
590J82  Religious experience
590J83  Meditation. Contemplation. Prayer in the personal sense
590J84  Spiritual life
590J845   Spiritual growth and development
590J847   Spiritual exercises
590J85  Asceticism
590J855   Self-denial
590J857   Mortification of the flesh
590J86  Withdrawal. Retreat
590J865   Hermitage. Isolation
590J87  Mysticism. Altered states of consciousness. Mystic experiences
590J873   Trances
590J875   Visions
590J876   Mystic phenomena
590J8765    Stigmata
590J877   Direct experience of the divine