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 * Assignment #1**: from the definitions, identify:
 * 1) three that are **substantive** (states what religion //is//, relating religion to an underlying sacred "substance")
 * 2) three that are **functional** (states what religion //does//, relating religion to the way it functions in our lives)
 * 3) three that are too **broad**/general (allowing things not ordinarily considered "religion" to be included)
 * 4) three that are too **narrow** (too specific/limited) (excluding aspects of religion that ought to be a part of a basic definition and/or limiting religion so much as to exclude some things generally considered as a "religion" [for example: "belief in God" is too narrow because religion is a lot more than //just// a belief in God //and// there are some Eastern religions that are not based on belief in a god or gods])
 * 5) three that work fairly well: neither too broad nor too narrow, including both functional and substantive aspects


 * Assignment #2**: reviewing all the above definitions as well as your own, identify terms that seem to be common to a number of them and, using these terms, compile a good, useful definition of your own.

For each Assignment please title the assignment [Last name] Assignment #1 Religion and [Last name] Assignment #2 Religion. For example Reed Assignment #1 Religion would be the title of my assignment.

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