User:Andries/Definitions of religions


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 * Religion

Clifford Geertz
 * "Religion is: (1) a system of symbols (2) which acts to establish powerful, pervasive and long-lasting moods and motivations in men (3) by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and (4) clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that (5) the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic."

source:Religion the Modern theories by Seth D. Kunin Edinburg univ. press page 153

They define religion as a system of compensator that relies on the supernatural.