In the article, Bruce Lincoln, he describes Clifford Geertz's theory of religion as a method of symbols. Lincoln defines this as a maximalist grace in which religion pervades all parts of life. The main purpose of the article was to compare different definition and understanding of religion from different thinker. (In this case Clifford Geertz’s and Tala Asad thoughts about religion was being compared.) So, Geertz says religion is method to control set of group of people, which means in a way, he is indicating that religion has some form of definition . But, Asad says religion don’t have the universal definition. In my opinion, both are right in their own aspects. Since, religion itself is a different world, we all think
