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Approaches to distinguishing religion from non-religion (10134 bytes)
1: '''Approaches to distinguishing religion from non-religion''' can be divided into two broadly defined school...
3: ...o we recognize what are religious beliefs?", "Are religions individual or group activities?", and "What meth...
13: ...are to be considered religious and the effects of religions.
17: ...mes referred to as "[[Hebrew thought]]", defines "religion" as any set of beliefs that fulfills certain func...
19: ...ct between “religion” and “anti-religion” is in fact competition between different [...

Religion (69478 bytes)
1: ...ls, but is dominated by a number of [[Major world religions]].
3: ...ften taking the form of a [[legal entity]]. See [[religion-supporting organization]].
7: ==The nature and content of religion==
8: ===Defining "religion"===
10: ... are a variety of uses and meanings for the word "religion." Some of the approaches are as follows:

Religion of Peace (260 bytes)
1: '''''Religion of Peace''''' (sometimes abbreviated as '''''RoP'...

Religion in China (8484 bytes)
3: ...of China|history]]. [[Temple]]s of many different religions dot the landscape of China.
5: ...s, some regard [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]] as religions, while others regard them as solely philosophie...
7: Secondly, unlike [[Abrahamic religion]], Chinese belief systems allow for [[syncretism]...
9: ...hina include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese folk religion]], [[Confucianism]], [[shamanism]], and [[Taoism]...
13: Influential religions introduced from abroad include [[Buddhism]], [[I...

Religion in the Philippines (7465 bytes)
1: [[Religion]] plays a vital role in the lives of many Filipin...
9: ...c practices to give a unique perspective on these religions.
20: Catholicism is the mainstream religion composed of about 80 % of Filipino population. Fi...
26: ...blend of Christian and indigenous elements to the religion (sometimes referred to as '''Folk Christianity'''...
41: ...ps that profess Islam in the Philippines as their religion, have been fighting the most protracted war of in...

Religion in Singapore (594 bytes)
12: [[Category:Religion in Singapore]]

Ethics in religion (23467 bytes)
1: ...es. From the point of view of [[theism|theistic]] religions, to the extent that ethics stems from [[revealed...
7: ... section will deal with classical Greek and Roman religion, and its relationship with classical Greek and Ro...
69: Of all religions, Hinduism is among the most compatible with the ...
142: <!--''We need someone familiar with animist religions to describe their ethical philosophies here''. -...
151: [[category:religion]][[category:ethics]]

State religion (16688 bytes)
2: :''See also [[civil religion]].''
4: ...logy|sociologists]] call [[ecclesia (sociology of religion)|ecclesiae]], though the two are slightly differe...
7: The degree of state endorsement of a state religion varies, from mere endorsement and financial suppo...
12: ...s of official disapproval. In these cases, state religions are widely seen as efforts by the state to preve...
15: ...s [[religious denomination|denominations]]. State religions tend to admit a larger variety of opinion within...

Lawsonian religion (434 bytes)
1: '''Lawsonianism''' is a religion founded by [[Alfred William Lawson]] (1869-1954)....

Greek religion (12705 bytes)
1: ...n cult and belief]] to inform much of the [[Roman religion]].
4: ...ual]]; perhaps the most conspicuous aspect of the religions practised in the Greek city states is their vari...
6: ...also caused by the long history of Greece. Greek religion spans a period from [[Minoan]] and [[Mycenean]] p...
8: ...p was out of the question, almost by definition. Religion was the collection of local practices to honour t...
12: ...crifice of animals. The [[temple]]s of the Greek religion generally were not public gathering places where ...

Parody religion (2272 bytes)
1: ...e. Often, the [[Internet]] activity of the parody religion is more important than any activities in real lif...
3: In some parody religions the emphasis is on making fun and being a conven...
5: Other parody religions target a specific [[religion]], [[sect]], [[cult]] or [[new religious movement...
7: A rare example of a parody religion movie is [[Monty Python's Life of Brian]].
9: ...dom|UK]] population were persuaded to state their religion as [[Jedi]] in the official [[census]] (see [[Jed...

Hawaiian religion (586 bytes)
1: The [[Hawaiian religion]] is a form of the [[Polynesian mythology]] follo...
9: [[Category:Religion in Hawaii]]

Fall (religion) (880 bytes)

Religion in Argentina (1963 bytes)

Religion in Canada (11778 bytes)
1: ...s a wide mix of [[religion]]s, it has no official religion and support for religious pluralism is an importa...
7: ...%; and [[Sikhism|Sikh]] 0.9%. Those who listed no religion account for 16% of total respondents.
11: ...r centres. Much of the increase in non-Christian religions is attributed to changing immigration trends in ...
19: ==Government and religion==
31: ...s]] followed a wide array of mostly [[animistic]] religions. See also [[Native American mythology]]. The f...

Cult (religion) (2449 bytes)
5: In traditional usage, the '''cult''' of a [[religion]], quite apart from its sacred writings ("[[scrip...
11: ...ology of religion]], two aspects of [[comparative religion]].
17: [[Category:Religion]]

Religion and heterosexuality (1569 bytes)
3: ...d as the ideal by some members of the [[Abrahamic religion]]s, which many argue have a long history of perse...
7: ...nd sexuality]], [[Homosexuality and morality]], [[Religion and homosexuality]]

Circumpolar religion (1397 bytes)
3: ...tially a social structure based on three factors: religion is managed and heritaged from antiquity before [[...

Glory (religion) (395 bytes)

Religion of Belgium (1892 bytes)
1: ...of the population regularly goes to church. Other religions widely practiced in Belgium are [[Islam]], [[Pro...
3: Religion was one of the differences between the Roman Cath...
14: [[Category:Religion by country]]

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