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Clifford Geertz on Religion

1926–2006 United States

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A religion is (1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by (3) formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and (4) clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that (5) the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Clifford Geertz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.