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religion Noun[edit] religion ‎(countable and uncountable, plural religions) (uncountable) The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
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- Full Definition of CULT. 1. : formal religious veneration: worship. 2. : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents. 3. : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents.
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Religion 110- Anthropology of Religion, Magic and Witchcraft Religion is (1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by (3) formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and (4) clothing these conceptions with such
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religion Definition of religion for English Language Learners. : 1  the belief in a god or in a group of gods. : 2  an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods. : 3  an interest, a belief, or an activity that is very important to a person or group.
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- uk ​ /ˈpaɪ.ə.ti/ us ​ /ˈpaɪə.t̬i/ also piousness, formal. › 1  strong belief in a religion that is shown in the way someone lives. › 2  a strong belief in God or a religion, shown by your worship and behavior.
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Religion Religion (from O.Fr. religion religious community, from L. religionem (nom. religio) respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods, obligation, the bond between man and the gods) is derived from the Latin religiō, the ultimate origins of which are obscure.
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Christianity is not a religion Definition of RELIGION for Kids. 1. : the belief in and worship of God or gods. 2. : a system of religious beliefs and practices.ull Definition of RELIGION. 1. b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance. 2. : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices. 3.
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religion 1. the tenets of the primitive religion of northern Asia, especially a belief in powerful spirits who can be influenced only by shamans in their double capacity of priest and doctor. 2. any similar religion, as among American Indians.
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monotheism (mŏn`əthēĭzəm) [Gr.,=belief in one God], in religion, a belief in one personal god. In practice, monotheistic religion tends to stress the existence of one personal god that unifies the universe. , the religious beliefs and practices and the way of life of the Jews.
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- Thus, in its strictest sense, religion on its subjective side is the disposition to acknowledge our dependence on God, and on the objective side it is the voluntary acknowledgement of that dependence through acts of homage.
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Should You Eat Breakfast Before or After a Workout? Should You Eat Breakfast Before or After a Workout? As far as losing weight goes, is it better to eat breakfast before or after a morning run? I'm struggling between whether not eating beforehand prompts your body to burn more fat, or if this will throw my body into starvation mode. There is a lot of conflicting research out there, and I'd like some straight answers!
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cult A cult is also a religious group held together by a dominant, often charismatic individual, or by the worship of a divinity, an idol, or some other object. (See animism, fetish, and totemism.) Note: The term cult often suggests extreme beliefs and bizarre behavior.
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- Religion, however, is not the same as culture or ethnicity; it can overlap either. Technically, religion is defined as a set of beliefs. But while some religions confine themselves to the realm of ideas or beliefs, other religions extend into the realm of behavior and prohibit or mandate certain actions as well.
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- Religious art is any work whose theme supports the moral message of the religion it purports to illustrate. In this context, religion means any set of human beliefs relating to that which they regard as sacred, holy, spiritual or divine-whether or not deities are involved.
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- Hinduism. noun Hin·du·ism \ˈhin-(ˌ)due-dü-ˌi\. Zəm. : tweet the main religion Of india which includes the worship of many gods and the belief that after you die you return to life in a different. formweet. : the main religion of India which includes the worship of many gods and the belief that after you die you return to life in a different form.
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Problems. Some dictionary definitions Definitions of the word religion. The English word religion is derived from the Middle English religioun which came from the Old French religion.. It may have been originally derived from the Latin word religo which means good faith, ritual, and other similar meanings.
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Religion A religion is a set of beliefs that is held by a group of people. There are many different religions, each with a different set of beliefs. The beliefs are about the world and the people in it, about how they came into being, and what their purpose is. These beliefs are often linked to supernatural beings such as God, a number of gods or spirits. They may also be linked to an idea such as a path that the spirit of each person should take towards goodness, truth and duty. This is called spirituality. Each religion has different ideas about these things.
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religion meditation - (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects) belief - any cognitive content held as true. apophatism - the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) cataphatism - the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image')
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- There is no final definition of religion, even though many a scientist has and still tries to define religion. There are two general definition systems: the sociological/functional and the phenomenological/philosophical.
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- WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017. e•piph•a•ny (i pif′ə nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. Religion(cap.) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day. Religionan appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity.
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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912) Durkheim defined religion as a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say set apart and forbidden, beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community, called a church, all those who adhere to them (1965 [1912]: 62).
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religion Usage notes[edit] Generally speaking, certain groups that do not acknowledge the existence of one or more deities, such as Buddhism, are still religious—though some prefer a definition of religion without non-theistic groups within the definition.
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Introduction to Sociology/Religion Sacred vs. Profane [edit]. Perhaps the most well known definition of religion is that provided by Emile Durkheim. Durkheim argued that the definition of religion hinged on the distinction between things that are sacred (set apart from daily life) and things that are profane (everyday, mundane elements of society).
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Chapter 15. Religion The Sociological Approach to Religion. From the Latin religio (respect for what is sacred) and religare (to bind, in the sense of an obligation), the term religion describes various systems of belief and practice concerning what people determine to be sacred or spiritual (Durkheim 1915; Fasching and deChant 2001).
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Religion as Opium of the People Karl Marx’s Analysis of Religion. According to Marx, religion is one of those social institutions which are dependent upon the material and economic realities in a given society. It has no independent history but is instead the creature of productive forces.arl Marx’s Economic Theories. For Marx, economics are what constitute the base of all of human life and history — generating division of labor, class struggle, and all the social institutions which are supposed to maintain the status quo.
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freedom of religion : the right especially as guaranteed under the free exercise clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to practice one's religion or exercise one's beliefs without intervention by the government and to be free of the exercise of authority by a church through the government — see also free exercise clause.