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Tag: Robert Bellah

On Expanding the Definition of Religion

June 6, 2019June 5, 2019 ~ Stephen Bradford Long ~ 4 Comments

I have long been an advocate for expanding the definition of religion beyond mere supernatural belief. I find Robert Bellah’s definition of religion particularly helpful: religion is “a set of symbolic forms and acts which relate man to the ultimate conditions of his existence.”

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