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1. www.researchgate.net › publication › 346899661_What(PDF) What is Religion?: Origins, Definitions, and Explanations

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   Jan 1, 1998 · It provides a definition of 'the sociology of the law on religion'. This can be understood as a discipline which studies the interaction between law, religion and society. The paper...

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

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   A functional definition of religion is based on what religion does and how it operates ‘in terms of its place in the social/psychological system.’ 1 This means that the focus is on the instrumental role of religion.

3. www.gla.ac.uk › docs › PragmaticsThe Pragmatics of Defining Religion in a Multi-cultural World

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   This brings us to the third type of definition of religion: functional definitions. These concentrate on the function of religion as its defining, or essential, feature. The particular function that religion is thought to serve is not always, however, the one that Freud identified.

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4. brill.com › downloadpdf › viewIntroduction to the Special Issue: What are Religious Beliefs

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   Religious beliefs are just beliefs about gods and other religious entities or events; like other beliefs, they are cognitive associa- tions between object concepts (e.g., God) and existential (e.g., real, imaginary)

5. religion.uga.edu › inline-files › RELDEFINECategory Formation and the History of Religions

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   The main alternative to a substantive definition of religion is a functional definition, i.e., a definition of religion in terms of its supposed consequences or functions within (1) the human psyche, (2) human society, or (3) human culture in general.

6. www2.kenyon.edu › Adler › Reln101Some Definitions of Religion - Kenyon College

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   "A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden – beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them."

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   Is religion substantive or functional?

   • Let us then look at some suggested definitions of religion which are, strictly speaking, neither substantive nor functional. In general, such definitions tend to stress the power of religion to answer life's basic questions and resolve its apparent problems. Such definitions usually consider religion in psychological or existential terms, or both.

   Category Formation and the History of Religions - UGA

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   What is a functional definition of religion?

   • A functional definition of religion does not necessarily entail a functionalistic explanation which reduces "the religious" to "the social" or "the psychological."23 But a definition or explanation of religion which takes into account solely its functions inherently tends toward the reductionist fallacy.

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   What is a unified system of beliefs and practices?

   • (William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience) 4. "A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden – beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them."

   Some Definitions of Religion - Kenyon College

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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.

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8. onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › pdf'Religion, Definition of' in: The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ...

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   Patrick J. Casey. The aim of this entry is to orient readers to an ongoing debate about the definition of the concept “religion” that cuts across disciplinary lines, among them: anthropol-ogy, history, philosophy, psychology, religious studies, sociology, and most recently, cognitive science.