psychological, and anthropological theories about religion generally attempt to explain the origin and function of religion. These theories define what they present...

Hundreds of conspiracy theories about Freemasonry have been described since the late 18th century. Usually, these theories fall into three distinct categories:...

Fields. New York: The Free Press. p. 35. Pals, Daniel. 1996. Seven Theories of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press. US ISBN 0-19-508725-9 (pbk)....

Sorcery (goetia) – Magical practice involving evocation of spirits Theories about religion Worship of heavenly bodies – Worship of stars and other heavenly...

termsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Theories about religion Timeline of religion Gibbons, Ann (June 13, 2012). "Bonobos Join Chimps as...

of religion, comparative religion, and social scientific studies. Theories of religion offer various explanations for its origins and workings, including...

Stonehenge has been the subject of many theories about its origin, ranging from the academic worlds of archaeology to explanations from mythology and the...

Set represented the moon in the ancient Egyptian calendar. In Bakongo religion, the earth and moon goddess Nzambici is the female counterpart of the sun...

Organized religion, also known as institutional religion, is religion in which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established...

elements and theories about deities, and Medieval philosophy was strongly influenced by the big three monotheistic Abrahamic religions. In the Western...

applied by Western anthropologists as outside observers of the ancient religion of the Turks and Mongols, as well as those of the neighbouring Tungusic-...

Abrahamic religions and Iranian religions), Indian religions, East Asian religions, African religions, American religions, Oceanic religions, and classical...

election as President of the United States in 2008. As with conspiracy theories surrounding his citizenship status, the claims are promoted by various...

code word" for conspiracy theories that unite antisemitism and Islamophobia. One prominent Soros-related conspiracy theory is that he is behind the European...

cultures that produce them. Cross-cultural or comparative theories of religion focus on “religion” as something that can be found and compared across all...

This is a list of notable conspiracy theories. Many conspiracy theories relate to supposed clandestine government plans and elaborate murder plots. They...

Conspiracy theories about the death of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, contradict the accepted fact that he committed suicide in the...

is some other theory or set of theories. In other words, it is a theory about theories. Statements made in the metatheory about the theory are called metatheorems...

state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state. A state with an official religion (also...

investigations and independent reviews have rejected these theories. Proponents of these theories assert that there are inconsistencies in the commonly accepted...

raised were called etemmu.[clarification needed] Traditional Chinese folk religion involves necromancy in seeking blessing from dead ancestors through ritual...

according to the criticism of Katz, is then an artifact of comparative religion. Paul Tillich uses transtheistic in The Courage to Be (1952), as an aspect...

shared origin, some think religion developed from magic, and some, magic from religion. Anthropological and sociological theories of magic generally serve...

religions, such as Abrahamic religions, or any system with an exclusivist approach, seeing syncretism as corrupting the original religion. Non-exclusivist systems...

is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person. It can also be defined within the broader context of embracing...

Antireligion is opposition to religion or traditional religious beliefs and practices. It involves opposition to organized religion, religious practices or...

also used to refer to a religion not practiced by the majority of a given society regardless of whether the prevailing religion contains alleged superstitions...

history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BCE). The prehistory of religion involves the study of religious beliefs that...

[The chapter title means: “About the ancient Hungarian religion”; the book title means: “Miracle deer. Ancient history, religion and folklore tradition”]...

African religion to the magical aspects of ancient Egyptian religion. Later, Auguste Comte employed the concept in his theory of the evolution of religion, wherein...