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   Jan 1, 1998 · PDF | On Jan 1, 1998, Clayton Crockett and others published What is Religion?: Origins, Definitions, and Explanations | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.

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2. assets.press.princeton.edu › chapters › i11200Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters ...

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   When people practice religion for whatever reasons, I argue in chapter 2, they create a variety of new social features and powers that are able to influence people’s lives and the world. These include things like new forms of identity, community, meaning, self- expression, aesthetics, ecstasy, social control, and legitimacy.

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   Can a definer's views on religion be separated from the form of religion?

   • The definer's views on religion cannot be separated from the way in which religion is represented and from the form the definition is given. Even those who refuse to define religion position themselves within the parameters of these three dimensions. You do not currently have access to this chapter.

   14 Defining Religion: A Social Science Approach - Oxford Academic

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   How do you define religion?

   • begin in chapter 1 by defining what religion is. Religion, I will argue, is best defined as a complex of culturally prescribed practices that are based on premises about the existence and nature of superhuman powers.

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   How is religion expressed?

   • Humanity's religion may be expressed in various ways, as through myths, symbols, rituals, or intellectual constructions. As a group of persons with the same basic views come to share and exchange their individual views and religious expressions, traditions evolve which tend to become more or less systematized.

   Category Formation and the History of Religions - UGA

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4. www.anthrocervone.org › worldreligions › wp-contentFunctional and Substantive Definitions of Religion

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   The definition of religion as stated by Herbert Spencer supports this as well; he said that ‘religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Power which transcends our knowledge.’ 11 All of these substantive definitions share the idea of content or essence that

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   1. either connected religion with the exact. application of t he ritual obligations or w ith the. imitation of the life of the priests. 2. either with the devoutness or virtue and the. expectance ...

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   An example is the Tylorian definition of religion in terms of supernatural or superhuman beings; this definition is still employed in various forms by some respectable scholars of religion.13 Others who have wished to employ a substantive definition have dismissed such a definition as too narrow,14 and chosen to define religion in broader terms,

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   meaning of religion itself. Buddhism does not easily accommodate ref erences to the "supernatural." Nor does the sacred/profane dichotomy do justice to the complexity of religious feeling, which is often a mix ture of the two. And the phrase "ultimate concern" suffers from such vagueness that it hardly qualifies as a general definition of ...

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   Sep 2, 2009 · This article tackles the vexed question of defining religion by looking at a map of the landscape through which definers travel. It highlights the merits of a social-constructionist approach to the issue, maintaining that definitions cannot be isolated from the position of the definer in global society, or from the religion and science and the ...