Religion

Bibliographic Data

ID7076306
AuthorsRoberto Cipriani (0009-0009-3830-7677)
Year2016
Pages1-12
Publication date2016-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosr048.pub2
OpenAlexW4241283886
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited22

Religion is composed of interpersonal experiences with other humans and/or with one or more divinities. Such relations are made up principally of convictions (beliefs), sentiments (emotions), principles (values), and practice (rituals, i.e., cultural acts and also actions, whether they occur daily or on specific occasions), all of which are more or less coherently interconnected. Religion is expressed as a connection with the divinity, which gives humans unity, in the universal sense, by means of devotion toward a God, and the respect due to it. Religion is the manifestation of profound belief; it is professing one's faith; it is not necessarily critical, compared with those concepts of life which have a feature that is cogent and paradigmatic, and accepted almost unconditionally. Religion is fervor, dedication, ongoing practice, devout behavior; it is religiousness outwardly expressed through recollection, repentance, meditation, reflection, and silence

Aesthetics · Divinity · Embarrassment · Epistemology · Faith · Meditation · Psychoanalysis · Silence · Sociology · Theology · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology

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