Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: proponent (Noun) One who supports something; an advocate. Origin: * From proponens, present participle of prÅpÅnere
religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; he lost his faith but not his morality. faith, religion. persecution - the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
Durkheim defined religion as a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say set apart and forbidden, beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community, called a church, all those who adhere to them (1965 [1912]: 62).