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Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings.Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, matrimonial and funerary services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, or public service. Religions have sacred histories and narratives, which may be preserved in sacred texts, symbols, and holy places, that primarily aim to give life meaning. Religions may contain symbolic tales that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena; some followers believe these to be true stories; others regard them as myth. Traditionally, both faith and reason have been considered sources of religious beliefs.There are an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, though nearly all of them have regionally based, relatively small followings. Four religions—Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism—account for over 77% of the world's population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as nonreligious, meaning that the remaining 9,000+ faiths account for only 8% of the population combined. The religiously unaffiliated demographic includes those who do not identify with any particular religion, atheists, and agnostics, although many in the demographic still have various religious beliefs.Many world religions are also organized religions, most definitively including the Abrahamic religions Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, while others are arguably less so, in particular folk religions, indigenous religions, and some Eastern religions. A portion of the world's population are members of new religious movements. Scholars have indicated that global religiosity may be increasing due to religious countries having generally higher birth rates.The study of religion comprises a wide variety of academic disciplines, including theology, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, and social scientific studies. Theories of religion offer various explanations for its origins and workings, including the ontological foundations of religious being and belief. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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En villkorad gemenskap. Hbtq, sexualitet och kristen frikyrklighet
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Performing power in Nigeria
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Wacana Identitas Muslim Pribumi NTT: Ikhtiar Mengungkap Identitas Muslim Pribumi di NTT
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Claiming Notability for Women Activists in Religion
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Avec Dieu, on ne discute pas !
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Perspectives on the Religious Landscape in Africa
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Songs of Lust and Love
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Dorothy and Jack : the transforming friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis
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Destiny Builders for Nursery Schools
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Songs of Sadness
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Jesus Christ in Love
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John Paul II and Africa
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La convenienza umana della fede
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Quando il cielo ci fa segno
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De Romarias e Arraiais no Mundo Insular
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Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume II
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The Book of Dust
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Sects and Social Disorder : Muslim Identities and Conflict in Northern Nigeria
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Una strana compagnia
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Amigos orientales
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Essays in Anarchism and Religion
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La profezia finale
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Il nome di Dio è Misericordia
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Becoming Wise
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Messenger: Sydney Elton
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صوصافيون
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Icon, Cult, and Context: Sacred Spaces and Objects in the Classical World
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La Petite Faiseuse de livre - Premier arc
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Tornati dall'Aldilà
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Cristo compagnia di Dio all'uomo
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The Brunist Day of Wrath
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Le lacrime di Maria
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