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Running head: SCENARIO 1: DEFINING RELIGION
Scenario 1: Defining Religion
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SCENARIO 1: DEFINING RELIGION
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In religious studies, the definition of religion has been a controversial subject since the
scholars have failed to agree on a specific definition. In my assignment, I described religion as
a set of beliefs, practices, and feelings that describe the relationship that human beings share
with supernatural and sacred beings. People uphold different religious beliefs with specific
religions characterized by particular elements that they relate to their worship which include
the rites they believe in, sacred books, worship and other religious practices (Johnstone, 2015).
There are different types of religion, and each of them developed based on unique history either
of a region or a prophet who taught people about the ideal life.
Different scholars have defined religion differently with some viewing religion to be a
strong belief in a supernatural power believed to control the destiny of human beings. Other
scholars presented religion as an institution where human beings express their belief in a
particular divine power. Furthermore, religion is presented as the belief in a supernatural being
who is believed to control humankind’s relationship with the universe. As viewed in Livingsto n
context, religion is described as a power that obliges a human being to behave in a particular
manner with threats of pain and suffering if one fails to follow the proposed lifestyle. The
definitions of religion presented in the Livingston text prompted me to revise my definition of
religion.
Across the world, there are different versions of religion with...