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Terms Related to Religion: One liner Meaning

by Sociology Group

Religion: Having Beliefs, Practices, and values on supernatural or in God, There are many religions in our world, in sociology, there is a separate branch to study religion, Durkheim explained elementary forms of religions and in India, M.N.Srinivas done fieldwork in south India

Religious Belief: It refers to attitudes towards mythological, supernatural, or spiritual aspects of religion, for example, Fasting on Saturday

Religious Experience: We call religious experience when one is connected to the divine, for example experiencing God in nature.

Religious Movements: It’s a Spiritual movement to develop or promote spirituality in society, religious reforms starts this religious movement, for instance, Bhakti Movement

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