Religion

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Religion

Religion is an Ideological Institution setup and organized by the Accumulating Classes to satisfy one or more of our Seven Essential Needs by providing System friendly satisfactions.

Related Terms

Religion > Boundary Fetish, Boundary Problem, Sacrilization

Other Definitions

We can break sociological definitions of religion into two categories substantive and functional.

Substantive definitions revolve around the content (or substance) of a religion. Like, religion is the belief in spiritual beings What religion is.

Sociologists and others who have provided substantive definitions -> Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Joachim Wach, Melford Spiro, Romain Rolland, Sigmund Freud

Functional definitions "describe the utility of the effect of that religion" on individuals and society. What religion does.

Sociologists and others who have provided functional definitions -> Clifford Geertz, Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Joachim Wach, Melford Spiro, Romain Rolland, Sigmund Freud

Notes

Religions satisfy our Cognitive Needs to know and understand by providing System friendly answers.

This definition excludes grass roots Connection Framework, spiritual systems rooted in Connection Experience. As soon as a Connection Framework is infiltrated and co-opted by members of the Accumulating Class, the spiritual system transforms into a Religion.

Origins

Sigmund Freud suggest religious ideas arise from

1. an expression of the son-father relationship (see totem and taboo, related to religions where "totem animals" become sacred)
2. the need to defend oneself against the "crushingly superior force of nature."
3. The "urge to rectify the shortcoming of civilization..."

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