Working from practice to belief: ritual, worship, story and sacred text

What this note covers

1. Why the examiners want you to start from practices
2. A four-step method for analysing any practice
3. Christian practices: baptism and Eucharist across variants
4. Islamic and Jewish practices: prayer, fasting, festivals and Shabbat
5. Hindu and Buddhist practices: puja, festivals, meditation and the sangha
6. How stories and texts express and reinforce belief
7. Lifting a practice paragraph from C to A

7 sections · 11 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes