User:Mitzi.humphrey/Religious praise

Religious praise is an aspect of honoring and praising God or other worshipped entities and is used in many belief systems.

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a time set aside for praising God and giving thanks for harvest bounty and other blessings. In the United States of America it is a national holiday commemorating a feast of thanks at harvest time given by early settlers in Massachusetts and Virginia.

Christmas carols
Christmas carols are a type of praise music sung during the Christmas season.
 * Glory to God
 * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Hymns
Hymns are songs of praise used during worship services.
 * Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
 * [[For the Beauty of the Earth]

Gospel music
"Good News" songs of praise by gospel singers such as Mighty Clouds of Joy, Mahalia Jackson, George Beverley Shea, and Aretha Franklin (particularly during her formative years).

Hip-hop
Rastafarians believe that some reggae songs bring them closer to God.

Saints
St. Valentine

Saint Ignatius

St. Nicholas

St. Benedict

Hindu
====Sufism ====

Prayer
Attributes of religious praise through prayer may include required positions showing reverence.

kneeling on benches
In many churches or cathedrals with pews, kneeling benches are provided for worshippers.

rosary beads and chotki
===Yoruba Prayer of Praise ===

In literature
In the works of William Shakespeare, religious praise is often described as both noun and verb with the word "laud", as when Falstaff parodies Hal (King Henry) as being like a Puritan.