Intro/Basic

Question 1

Belief System

Answer 1

ideas which claim to be true about how the world is and ought to be which can be religious or non-religious (secular)

Question 2

Religion

Answer 2

belief/faith in a supernatural force/being/spirit and associated values and practices (rituals)

Question 3

Religiosity

Answer 3

how religious a individual is

Question 4

Substantive definition

Answer 4

Focus on what religion is

Question 5

Functional definitions

Answer 5

Focus on what religion does

Question 6

Constructionist definitions

Answer 6

What people say religion is based on their interpretations and meanings

Question 7

Durkheims definition

Answer 7

A unified system of beliefs and practices relating to sacred things, places, people, events

Question 8

Marx definition

Answer 8

human made ideologies which delude people about their social conditions

Question 9

Webers definition

Answer 9

answers to human existential dilemmas, which make life meaningful and off the ethical guidelines