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Assess the claim that the most compelling reason for studying religion today is to reach a better

understanding of contemporary society.

What is religion? This is not a question that can be answered easily. There is evidence of

religious activity in many cultures stretching back thousands of years however, according to

scholars, the use of the term religion is a relatively new and Western idea. Prior to the

Enlightenment scholars barely acknowledged any other religion except Christianity, referring to to

indigenous religious traditions as the 'religions of a given people'. As Europe expanded and more

civilisations were encountered European writers invented names for the various religious practices

of each nation. The names of these religions bore little relevance to the concepts of particular

traditions, but gave convenient labels so that scholars could categorize them as a religion. After the

war many other experimental religions other......

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