On the Definition of “Religion”

Faith and Philosophy 3 (3):270-284 (1986)
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This essay is concerned with the definition of religion. This definition is developed within a context which recognizes the impossibility of value-neutrality in the definition of words. The definition proposed is applied to three complex borderline cases: Spinozism, Marxism,and economism or free-market ideology.

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07397046

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10.5840/faithphil19863324

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