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Definition and Defining Religion

Collection created July 2025

128 Total Resources

128 resources. Showing results 1 through 10.

Turner’s Definition and Explanation of Religion
Uploaded December, 2023
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- journal article
- journal for the cognitive science of religion
- origins of religion
- evolution
- teleology
- functionalism
A Trans-Species Definition of Religion
Uploaded June, 2023
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- journal article
- journal for the study of religion nature and culture
- theories of religion
- religion
- non-human
- action
- evolution
- primatology
- paleoanthropology
- symbolic behavior
- anthropomorphism
- origins of religion
Opportunity, Challenge and a Definition of Religion
Uploaded July, 2023
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- journal article
- journal for the study of religion nature and culture
- the study of religion
- nature
- disciplinary history
- anthropomorphism
- definitions
- religion
- culture
- cognitive study of religion
King/Key Categories, 21. Definition, Comparison, Critique
Uploaded April, 2023
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- book chapter
- key categories in the study of religion
- class
- social theory
- methodology
Locating Religion in South Asia: Islamicate Definitions and Categories
Uploaded May, 2022
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- journal article
- comparative islamic studies
- religion
- definition
- the study of religion
- islam
- south asia
- western philosophical traditions
- taxonomy
- orientalism
- categorization
- racial-linguistic categories
- scholarship
- history of ideas
- history of india
- islamic philosophy
- theories of religion
- dīn
- islamicate
- abu al-maʿali
- bayan al-adyan
- identity
- al-bīrūnī
Stoddard/Method Today, 7. Forget about Defining "It"
Uploaded April, 2023
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- book chapter
- method today
- methodology
- definition
- discourse
Hughes & McCutcheon/R5M, 17. What is the oldest religion?
Uploaded December, 2021
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- book chapter
- religion in five minutes
- introductory textbook
- religion
- definition
- key concepts
- religion-as-a-phenomenon
Taira/A5M, 1. What Does the Term “Atheism” Mean?
Uploaded April, 2023
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- book chapter
- atheism in five minutes
- atheism
- terminology
- definition
- theistic belief
Harris/B5M, 1. Is Buddhism a Religion?
Uploaded October, 2021
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- religion
- introductory textbook
- students
- general readers
- book chapter
- philosophy
- classification
- definition
Hughes & McCutcheon/R5M, 32. Is Satanism a religion?
Uploaded June, 2022
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- book chapter
- religion in five minutes
- satanism
- definition
- power
- counterculture
- ritual

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