 | Clifford Geertz - 1973 - 484 pages
...liable to substitute rhetoric for argument, does not. Without further ado, then, a religion is: (7) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish powerful,...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 offactuality... | |
 | Evangelos A. Afendras, Eddie C. Y. Kuo - 1980 - 316 pages
...need only quote Clifford Geertz's anthropologist's definition of religion to see this very clearly: Religion is (1) a system of symbols which acts to...long-lasting moods and motivations in men by (3) formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and (4) clothing these conceptions in such as aura of factuality... | |
 | Gordon D. Kaufman - 1981 - 316 pages
...fruit" (Matt. 7:16, 18). 12. Cf. the definition of religion by the anthropologist Clifford Geertz: "A religion is (1) a system of symbols which acts to...longlasting 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... | |
 | Christel Lane - 1981 - 324 pages
...course of discussing Geertz' s description of religion. Religion, according to Geertz (1968: 4ff), is: (1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish...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... | |
 | Roger Cooter - 1984 - 436 pages
...Phren.J., 9 (1834/6), 381. 86. According to the definition provided by Clifford Geertz, religion is "(i) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish powerful,...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... | |
 | Larry D. Bouchard - 1989 - 300 pages
...Manichaean nature of "existential" reality. 37. Cf. Redfield, 78. Clifford Geertz defines religion as "(1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish...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... | |
 | Arthur F. McEvoy - 1986 - 392 pages
...University of Oklahoma Press, 1946), p. 77. 64 The anthropologist Clifford Geertz described "religion" as "(1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish...long-lasting moods and motivations in men by (3) formulating conceptions of a genera] order of existence and (4) clothing these conceptions with such an aura of... | |
 | Leendert Breure - 1987 - 306 pages
...opvatting van godsdienst als een systeem van symbolen, zoals CLIFFORD GEERTZ dit heeft gedefinieerd: '... a religion is: (1) a system of symbols which acts to...pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations m men by (3) formulat ing concept lons of a general order of existence and (4)clothingtheseconceptions... | |
 | Mary Jo Neitz - 336 pages
...defined as "religion." Hence Clifford Geertz's elegant definition of a religion as a cultural system. 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... | |
 | Jeffrey C. Alexander - 1987 - 410 pages
...religion, which because of its clarity and elegance has since become famous. "Religion," he writes, "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... | |
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Without further ado, then, a religion is: (1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish powerful, pervasive, and longlasting moods and motivations in men by (3) formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and (4) clothing these conceptions... 
