Definition of religon
1. religion [ n ] a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
Examples:
"he lost his faith but not his morality"
(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)
In the absence of a truly adequate conceptuality in which the gospel can be expressed , the unavoidable need to demythologize it makes use of whatever resources are at_hand - and this usually means one or another of the various forms of `` folk religion '' current in the situation .
(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)
The place of religion in the simple , preliterate societies is quite definite ; as a complex it fits into the whole social_organization and functions dominantly in every part of_it .
With the diversity of religious viewpoints , there are differences_of_opinion as to the essential features of religion ; and there are different opinions as to the essential functions of religion .
With the diversity of religious viewpoints , there are differences_of_opinion as to the essential features of religion ; and there are different opinions as to the essential functions of religion .
Nevertheless , for most_of the population of heterogeneous advanced societies , though less for the less religious portion , religion does perform certain modal individual and social functions .
Synonyms religion faith religious_belief Related Terms belief theological_virtue Christianity paganism shamanism Mithraism cult ecclesiasticism shamanism mysticism manichaeanism Jainism cataphatism sikhism Brahmanism Taoism Hinduism Zoroastrianism theism revealed_religion bahaism analogy nature_worship Buddhism apophatism Shinto Christian Protestant beelzebub believe Anglican brother demythologization persecution Orthodox worship orthodoxy formalistic chastity traditionalism Hel Methodist novitiate habit catechismal Unitarian conformist responsive censer discalced cloister consecration vigil Calvinist unclean clean Orthodox Episcopal Congregational toleration affirmation revivalistic Lutheran conforming meditation Mormon reincarnate latitudinarian numen misbelieve free-thinking die2. religion [ n ] institution to express belief in a divine power
Examples:
"he was raised in the Baptist religion"
"a member of his own faith contradicted him"
(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)
Each religion has its own tenets '' .
Synonyms religion faith Related Terms institution church cult Judaism sect Islam Hinduism khalsa Buddhism Taoism Rastafarianism Shinto established_church church_of_scientology deliver exorcise confirm covenantSimilar Spelling
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