Definitions of Religion

• Religion is a sensuous symbol for which we lack the supersensuous concept, a figure we cannot finally figure out, which thought cannot ultimately transcend. This does not leave us without a clue; it leaves with only clues, hints, symbols, icons, traces, fingers pointing at the moon and the stars, wondering what is what, affirming an existence whose essence ever eludes us. - Caputo, what to believe - pg 90
•  "Religion is that which grows out of, and gives expression to, experience of the holy in its various aspects." - Rudolf Otto
•  "Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of the meaning of life." - Paul Tillich
• "Religions, then, are systems of meaning embodied in a pattern of life, a community of faith, and a worldview that articulate a view of the sacred and of what ultimately matters." - Schmidt, et al. 

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• From Personal Spiritual Formation class:
• "A Way for communities of people to gain access to, empowerment by, and orientation from something they they believe to be or experience as ultimately real and ultimately important, related to but not separate from other domains of existence.