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Religion (from O.Fr. religion religious community, from L. religionem (nom. religio) respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods, obligation, the bond between man and the gods) is derived from the Latin religiÅ, the ultimate origins of which are obscure.
There are numerous definitions of religion and only a few are stated here. The typical dictionary definition of religion refers to a belief in, or the worship of, a god or gods or the service and worship of God or the supernatural.However, writers and scholars have expanded upon the belief in god definitions as insufficient to capture the diversity of religious thought and experience.eligion is the substance, the ground, and the depth of man's spiritual life.. Friedrich Schleiermacher in the late 18th century defined religion as das schlechthinnige Abhaengigkeitsgefuehl, abhÃ¤ngigkeitsgefÃ¼hl commonly translated as a feeling of absolute. dependence