Religion is a set of morals, rules, behaviors and ethics shared by a community that are based on stories about a higher power that serve to guide its followers into a good path and outlook in life. The word religion itself doesn’t have a true meaning for me, it is a set of many words and meanings inside the religious branch. We can define religion by different contexts like ‘what is religion spiritually, politically, personally’, among other forms.
“The language of religion has a great variety of expression: metaphor, simile, analogy, symbol, allegory. In speaking of God we are limited, for we are using human language to describe what is beyond the human.” (What is Religion?, Robert Crawford, p.)
I learned from our readings, more specifically from Robert Crawford’s “What is Religion?” that there are certain elements that make religion a religion, like rituals, that according to him, are based on custom, traditional and scripture teachings. Every religion has different rituals, it varies a lot from religion to religion how they worship their gods. I also learned that all religions worship the same god under different incarnations and, therefore, different names, so basically the God of the Christians is the same as the Allah of …show more content…
In the United States, the majority of Americans believe in God and there is a resurgence of religious fundamentalism." - (What is Religion?, Robert Crawford, p.5), Religion isn’t only applied into oneself, it is studied in different ways to learn more about its origin and interpret ideas and practices, I noted in one of my essays that “…a great way to study religion according to my reading, is to actually be part of that culture and community, to live with them, experience the way they live their culture and religion, that’s the best way you can learn about it, from the inside out.” (Unit
“The language of religion has a great variety of expression: metaphor, simile, analogy, symbol, allegory. In speaking of God we are limited, for we are using human language to describe what is beyond the human.” (What is Religion?, Robert Crawford, p.)
I learned from our readings, more specifically from Robert Crawford’s “What is Religion?” that there are certain elements that make religion a religion, like rituals, that according to him, are based on custom, traditional and scripture teachings. Every religion has different rituals, it varies a lot from religion to religion how they worship their gods. I also learned that all religions worship the same god under different incarnations and, therefore, different names, so basically the God of the Christians is the same as the Allah of …show more content…
In the United States, the majority of Americans believe in God and there is a resurgence of religious fundamentalism." - (What is Religion?, Robert Crawford, p.5), Religion isn’t only applied into oneself, it is studied in different ways to learn more about its origin and interpret ideas and practices, I noted in one of my essays that “…a great way to study religion according to my reading, is to actually be part of that culture and community, to live with them, experience the way they live their culture and religion, that’s the best way you can learn about it, from the inside out.” (Unit