Open AccessNature and definition of a religious phenomenon
Author(s) -
Anatolii M. Kolodnyi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2014.71-72.429
Subject(s) - reverence , obedience , etymology , piety , phenomenon , philosophy , epistemology , religious studies , sociology , linguistics , psychology , social psychology
In their attempts to determine the nature of religion, researchers often refer to the Latin term religio. At the same time, there are several variants of his translation (piety, reverence, conscientiousness, etc.), but, deducing this word from the Latin word religare (bind, bind), preference is given to its etymology, proposed by the Christian apologist Lactania (near 250 - after 325). Since then, religion has emerged as a means of communicating man with God in serving him and obedience through piety. We note that "religion in general" does not exist. Historically, there were and there are only some specific species, confessions. Religious scholars count more than five thousand of them.