1、THE DEFINITION OF RELIGION宗教的定義WHAT S DIFFERENT BETWEEN RELIGION AND WITCHCRAFT?巫術與宗教有分別嗎？什麼是巫術？What is witchcraft?巫術 WitchcraftWitch: a woman who is supposed to have magic powers, especially to do bad thingsWitchcraft: the use of magic to make things happen1. Edward TaylorAnimism is a Religion.Anim
2、ism is the belief that all things have a spirit or soul, including animals, plants, rivers, mountains, stars, the moon, and the sun. Each being is considered a spirit that can offer help or harm to humans. As such, spirits must either be worshiped or appeased in the existence of spirits separable fr
3、om bodies .2.保羅田立克(Paul Tillich)Religion was used by people to account for or explain things that occurred in the world. It was important for religions to have the ability to explain why and for what reason things occurred in the world.2.保羅田立克(Paul Tillich)Faith is that which comes upon a person, de
4、eply moving and taking hold of him or her. Faith as Ultimate Concern.Ultimate Concern refers both to the act of faith and to the content of faith .2.保羅田立克(Paul Tillich)神學家保羅田立克Paul Tillich：宗教就是人類終極的關懷。終極的關懷不僅指人生命的意義和存在目的(content)，而且以一生去追求、完成(act)。3. 歐大年 Daneil Overmyer宗教就是對超越人類力量(superhuman power)的象
5、徵物之崇拜。宗教信仰與儀式是人類最深沉的願望與恐懼的表達。5.崔默(William Calloley Tremmel)宗教是人類行為的一個複雜的形式，藉此，個人(團體)在理智上和情緒上能有所準備，以便處理生存中那些懾()人的、具高度威脅性的，以及無法控制的事物。宗教是因為相信在人類經驗，甚或在所有萬事萬物的中心，有一個或數個神聖的存在實體，個人(或團體) 藉以超 生存中一些 生命意義的 ， 克 那 人的力量有 的 。6.宗教社會家殷格(J.Milton Yinger)一個信仰和實 的體 ， 能藉 對人生終極 。 人在 對 ， 對 ， 人情currency1。“是以能的度 義宗教，fi宗教fl為是“人 處理生存中，一些 而無法控制的“ 、”、人生無意義“類 。
