Chapter 1

Religion
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Personal Definition of Religion
Scholars during the ancient and contemporary times have affirmed the difficulty in providing religion with an exact and fitting definition. Many a time the definitions from certain scholars have been dismissed as narrow, other haven been found to be partial, yet others rejected as been vague too inclusive. Definitions vary throughout the world to an extent that providing a non-vague yet inclusive definition has been a problem over the years.
Personally, the definition of religion should assume an impartial tone that represents religions practiced throughout the world. Hence, this definition qualifies as a personal endeavor to give the concept a fitting account. Therefore, religion can be defined as a concept that originated in the attempt to characterize and organized feelings, actions, beliefs, and imaginings that come up in reaction to a direct experience of the spiritual and the sacred. As the attempt extends in its elaboration and formulation, religion becomes a system that develops meaning into itself and then sustains the foundation in the form of the origin of experiences and own continuous reactions.
From the definition above, the organization of beliefs, actions, feelings, and imaginings, imply that religion is a socially acquired feature of human life. Further, the definition of religion includes the term experience, which implies that it is learned through time. The reactio…