Definition+of+Relgion

**Religion is…**(Some Definitions of Religion)
 * 1) The human search for ultimate meaning in life. A quest for and response to ultimacy.
 * 2) The quest for the values of the ideal life and for the means of achieving them, including a world view that relates this quest to the surrounding universe.
 * 3) "A set of symbolic forms and acts which relate man to the ultimate condition of his existence." (Robert Bellah)
 * 4) A specific system of belief in God, doctrines, etc. God’s relation to humanity and the universe.
 * 5) A set of rituals which transform the state of man. Rituals which are rationalized and confirmed by sacred myths. A supernatural power behind the ritual brings the transformation.
 * 6) The feeling of absolute dependence. A sense and taste for the infinite. (F. Schleiermacher)
 * 7) An exploration in self-discovery.
 * 8) "What an individual does with his solitariness" (Alfred North Whitehead)
 * 9) "A person’s ultimate concern" (Paul Tillich)
 * 10) "A system of beliefs and practices directed to the ultimate concern of society."
 * 11) A personalized set or institutional system of beliefs and practices pertaining to the supernatural. (Supernatural: An order of existence beyond human experience and observation)
 * 12) Belief in invisible superhuman power together with feelings and practices that flow from such a belief.
 * 13) Humanity encountering what is authentically real and unconditionally important.
 * 14) "[The seeking] of divine truth, exploring who we are, why we’re here, and how we should live." (Joel Beversluis, ed., //Sourcebook of the world’s Religions//)
 * 15) Ways of interpreting life and ways of living.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Belief about reality and living in accord with that belief.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">The search for the "more" of life; questioning, seeking truth.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">The ultimate sense that people give to their existence.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">The betterment of yourself and the betterment of the world you live in.
 * 20) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">A set of beliefs and practices designed to improve the nature of oneself.
 * 21) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">A means to ultimate transformation.
 * 22) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">A way to understand this experience that we call "life"
 * 23) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">Religion is the journey of life whereupon individuals attempt to achieve the highest possible good by adjusting their lives to the strongest and most magnificent power in the universe.
 * 24) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">A set of beliefs and practices which serve to subordinate us to something superior or holy in order to justify the events that control our lives
 * 25) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">A person’s journey within themselves and within society on a search for truth, love, community, and "holy connection".

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