WHAT IS RELIGION?
The word “religion” comes from the Latin word “religare,” which means “to relate, to yoke together, or to bind back.”
What does this say about “religion?” It’s essential purpose is to relate us, or yoke us, or bind us to something greater than ourselves, someone like God.
Religion, at its most basic level, is the sum total of man’s attempts to know God and/or maintain correspondence with Him; it involves a body of beliefs, experiences, and institutions which correspond to, or grow out of those relations.
What does this say about “religion?” It’s essential purpose is to relate us, or yoke us, or bind us to something greater than ourselves, someone like God.
Religion, at its most basic level, is the sum total of man’s attempts to know God and/or maintain correspondence with Him; it involves a body of beliefs, experiences, and institutions which correspond to, or grow out of those relations.