Defining Religion (Episode 2)

[Sorry about the audio quality on my end. It's much better in Episode 3, I swear.]
Recommended Podcasts and YouTube Channels for the Academic Study of Religion:
* YaleCourses:
* Introduction to the Old Testament With Christine Hayes (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi) .
* New Testament History and Literature with Dale Martin (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL279CFA55C51E75E0) .
* Religion For Breakfast (Dr. Andrew Henry): https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast
* Bart D. Ehrman:
https://www.youtube.com/@bartdehrman
* Eat Pray Anime:
https://www.youtube.com/@EatPrayAnime
* Bedroth’s Pick: Data Over Dogma (Dr. Dan McClellan):https://www.youtube.com/@dataoverdogma
Bedroth’s Other Podcast (highly recommended; not available on Spotify): BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast (https://bgmania.podbean.com/)
Bedroth’s Five-Minute Definition of Religion:
“[Religion is] an organized set of ideas based on shared ideals and practices with both theological and ethical implications.”
Prof-Jeff’s Five-Minute Definition of Religion:
“Religion is a sphere of culture that often gathers together intertwining myths, rituals, traditions, and texts with some connection to otherworldly or sacred powers.
“Alternatively, ‘religion’ refers to cultural institutions historically seen as in competition with Christianity—with ‘religion’ being the name of the category that encompasses both Christianity and its competitors.”
Ninian Smart’s Seven Dimensions of Religion:
* Ritual
* Narrative and Mythic
* Experiential and Emotional
* Social and Institutional
* Ethical and Legal
* Doctrinal and Philosophical
* Material
The Oxford English Dictionary’s Definition of Religion:
“Belief in or acknowledgement of some superhuman power or powers (esp. a god or gods) which is typically manifested in obedience, reverence, and worship; such a belief as part of a system defining a code of living, esp. as a means of achieving spiritual or material improvement.”
Wikipedia’s Definition of Religion:
“Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.”
Paul Tillich on Religions and Quasi-Religions:
“Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern…[which] contains the answer to the question of the meaning of our life….
“The predominant religious name for the content of such concern is God—a god or gods. In nontheistic religions divine qualities are ascribed to a sacred object or an all-pervading power or a highest principle such as the Brahma[n] or the One. In secular quasi-religions the ultimate concern is directed towards objects like nation, science, a particular form or stage of society, or a highest ideal of humanity, which are then considered divine.”
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