| Practical / Ritual | Experiential / Emotional | Narrative / Mythic | Doctrinal / Philosophical | Ethical / Legal | Social / Institutional | Material | |
| Judaism | daily prayers, study of Torah | Festivals, Sabbath, etc. (inner dimension) | Torah and Talmud | Monotheism | Halakhah, mitzvot | Rabbinate/ synagogue | Torah scrolls, |
| Islam | five pillars | Sufism, inner dimensions of pillars | Qur'an and Hadith | Tawhid | Shari'a | ulama/ mosque | calligraphy |
| Hinduism | puja, sacrifice | bhakti | Sruti and Smriti | atman, samsara | dharma | varnashrama | murti, |
| Buddhism | pilgrimages, Temple visits | meditation | Life of Buddha, Jataka Tales | anatta, four noble truths, five skandhas | sila (five - ten precepts) | sangha | Temples, Stupas |