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19 Φεβ 2007 · This article examines Geertz's well-known definition of religion, with its emphasis on meanings, and argues that it omits the crucial dimension of power, that it ignores the varying social ...
Religions become religions (or "religious traditions") when they create or collect an authoritative body of truth supposedly based on these three transcendent principles (superhuman in origin or "authorship," and
concern can center on the real definition of religion, two popular alterna tives to it—namely, functional and stipulative definitions—and the more recent interest in prototype theory.
Religion is an explanation of the ultimate meaning of life, based on a notion and experience of the transcendent, and how to live accordingly, and it normally con- tains the four “C’s”: creed, code, cult, community structure.
This article examines Geertz's well-known definition of religion, with its emphasis on meanings, and argues that it omits the crucial dimension of power, that it ignores the varying social conditions for the production of knowledge, and that its initial plausibility derives from the
Sharpe’s view was that religious studies reflected the Western attempt to harmonize several disparate interests: scientific rationality linking the Enlightenment and the theory of evolution; Romanticism imbued with
What does science need to know about religion, or how should religion be defined so that science can look at it? A definition that refers to observable behavior is required. Then, a preliminary hypothesis to orient observations is proposed.
