Religion, according to Clifford Geertz
Religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish, in the people, moods and powerful, persuasive and enduring motivations, formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and coating these conceptions with such an aura of factuality so that these moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic .
Religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish, in the people, moods and powerful, persuasive and enduring motivations, formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and coating these conceptions with such an aura of factuality so that these moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic .