User:Andries/Definitions of religions
- http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/Yinger.htm
- User:Andries/Theories_of_religion#Scope_and_classifications
- Religion#Definitions_of_religion
- "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. [1]
- ^ Kunin, page 85