Clifford Geertz on Religion
Clifford Geertz
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Religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.
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“Religion as a Cultural System,” Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion, page 1–46, London: Tavistock Publications, 1966
